Religious Freedom under the Personal Law System

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ID7518819
AuthorsFarrah Ahmed (0000-0002-9446-5567, corresponding author)
Year2015
Pages264
Publication date2015-12-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueReligious Freedom under the Personal Law System (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199458066.001.0001
OpenAlexW2493797726
Open LibraryOL28591169M
ISBN9780199458066
LanguageEN
Citations received10

The personal law system is hugely controversial and the subject of fierce debates. This book addresses a vital issue that has received inadequate attention in these debates: the impact of the personal law system on religious freedom. Drawing on scholarship on the legal reform of the personal law system, as well as philosophical literature on multiculturalism, autonomy, and religious freedom, this book persuasively argues that the personal law system harms religious freedom. Several reform proposals are considered, including modifications of the personal law system, a move towards a millet system, ‘internal’ reform of individual personal laws, the introduction of a Uniform Civil Code, and a move towards religious alternative dispute resolution

Autonomy · Law reform · Multiculturalism · Political science · Scholarship · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies · Religious Freedom and Discrimination · 86.00 law: general · Domestic relations · Freedom of religion · Legal polycentricity · Legal status, laws · Religious minorities

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