The Place of Religion in Family Law: A Comparative Search (European Family Law): 30 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1780680155 ISBN 13: 9781780680156

Publisher: Intersentia Ltd, 2011

Synopsis

To what extent does family law accommodate, deny, support or reflect the existence of religion and religious belief in a range of jurisdictions and throughout various family and social situations? This collection of comparative essays brings together reflections on a range of religions, including Islam, Judaism and Roman Catholicism. With insights, both historical and contemporary, from Ireland, Israel, Malta, Sweden, Russia, Turkey and the UK, it seeks to discover the place which religion has or might have within family law.

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About the Author

Esin Orucu is Professor Emerita of Comparative Law and Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Glasgow; and Professor Emerita of Comparative Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam. She was born in 1940 in Istanbul. She graduated from Istanbul University, Law Faculty. She completed her PhD in Istanbul University. She is a member of the Istanbul Bar. She has been working and living in Britain since 1976. She also was part time Professor in the Netherlands (EUR) until 2005. She is retired but still teaches in Glasgow (Mixed legal systems). 

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To what extent does family law accommodate, deny, support or reflect the existence of religion and religious belief in a range of jurisdictions and throughout various family and social situations? This collection of comparative essays brings together reflections on a range of religions, including Islam, Judaism and Roman Catholicism. With insights, both historical and contemporary, from Ireland, Israel, Malta, Sweden, Russia, Turkey and the UK, it seeks to discover the place which religion has or might have within family law.

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‘[i]t will hopefully function as a catalyst for further examination of the intricacies of the interaction [between religion and family law].’
Jacqueline Gray in European Journal of Law Reform 2012, 534

Edition details

• Publisher: Intersentia Ltd
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1780680155
• ISBN 13: 9781780680156
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 386
• Editor: Mair Jane, Orucu A. E.