Women judges in the Muslim world : : a comparative study of discourse and practice / / edited by Nadia Sonneveld and Monika Lindbekk.
Women Judges in the Muslim World: A Comparative Study of Discourse and Practice fills a gap in academic scholarship by examining public debates and judicial practices surrounding the performance of women as judges in eight Muslim-majority countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Syria, Egypt, Libya...
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| Superior document: | Women and Gender : the Middle East and the Islamic World, Volume 15 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2017. ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Women and gender, the Middle East and the Islamic world ;
Volume 15. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (324 pages). |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction: A Historical Overview of Gender and Judicial Authority in the Muslim World / Nadia Sonneveld and Monika Lindbekk
- Do Female Judges Judge Differently? Empirical Realities of a Theoretical Debate / Ulrike Schultz
- Women’s Access to Legal Education and Their Appointment to the Judiciary: The Dutch, Egyptian, and Indonesian Cases Compared / Nadia Sonneveld
- Female Judges at Indonesian Religious Courtrooms: Opportunities and Challenges to Gender Equality / Euis Nurlaelawati and Arskal Salim
- Seeking Portia and the Duke: Male and Female Judges Dispensing Justice in Paternity Cases in Morocco / Nadia Sonneveld
- Female Judges in Malaysian Shariʿa Courts: A Problem of Gender or Legal Interpretation? / Najibah Mohd Zin
- Tunisian Female Judges and ‘The Mobilization of the Emancipative Potential of the Tunisian Family Law’ / Maaike Voorhoeve
- Lady Judges of Pakistan: Embodying the Changing Living Tradition of Islam / Rubya Mehdi
- The Politics of Exclusion: Women Public Prosecutors and Criminal Court Judges in Syria (1975–2009) / Monique C. Cardinal
- The Best of Times, the Worst of Times: State-Salaried, Female Legal Professionals and Foreign Policy in Post-Qadhafi Libya / Jessica Carlisle
- Women Judges in Egypt: Discourse and Practice / Monika Lindbekk
- Index.