Book contents
- Human Rights under State-Enforced Religious Family Laws in Israel, Egypt and India
- Series page
- Human Rights under State-Enforced Religious Family Laws in Israel, Egypt and India
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables and figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Personal status,nation-building and the postcolonial state
- 3 The impact of state-enforced personal status laws on human rights
- 4 A fragmented confessional system:
- 5 A unified confessional system:
- 6 A unified semi-confessional system:
- 7 Conclusion
- Appendix Country-Specific Declarations and Reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)1
- Glossary of foreign terms
- Bibliography
- Index
5 - A unified confessional system:
state-enforced religious family laws and human rights in Egypt
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2013
- Human Rights under State-Enforced Religious Family Laws in Israel, Egypt and India
- Series page
- Human Rights under State-Enforced Religious Family Laws in Israel, Egypt and India
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables and figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Personal status,nation-building and the postcolonial state
- 3 The impact of state-enforced personal status laws on human rights
- 4 A fragmented confessional system:
- 5 A unified confessional system:
- 6 A unified semi-confessional system:
- 7 Conclusion
- Appendix Country-Specific Declarations and Reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)1
- Glossary of foreign terms
- Bibliography
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013