Rethinking Muslim Personal Law

This volume critically analyses Muslim Personal Law (MPL) in India and offers an alternative perspective to look at MPL and the Uniform Civil Code debate. Tracing the historical origins of this legal mechanism and its subsequent political manifestations, it highlights the complex nature of MPL as a sociological phenomenon.

Auteur

Hilal Ahmed is Associate Professor at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi, India.

R. K. Mishra is Senior Professor and ONGC Subir Raha Chair Professor at the Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad, India.

K. N. Jehangir is Faculty Member (Students' Mentor) at the Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad, India.

Contenu

Introduction

Hilal Ahmed

Part 1. History and Law

Chapter 1. Of Statutes and Scriptures: Diversity, Democracy, Personal Laws and Courts

M. R. Shamshad

Chapter 2. Muslim Personal Laws from a Cross-national and Comparative Law Perspective

Werner Menski and Kalindi Kokal

Chapter 3. Decoding Uniform Civil Code (UCC): A Sociological Analysis

Abdul Matin

Chapter 4 Muslim Personal Law Reform and Human Rights

Furqan Ahmad

Part II. Politics and Law

Chapter 5. Muslim Personal Law and Triple Talaq: Claims, Counter-claims and the Media Discourse

Nazima Parveen

Chapter 6. Triple Talaq Bill and Reforming the Muslim Personal Law in India

Maidul Islam

Chapter 7. Politics of Shariat in Postcolonial India

Hilal Ahmed

Part III. Gender and Law

Chapter 8. Challenging the Hegemonic Discourse: All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board and Gender Justice

Misbah Rashid

Chapter 9. Gender Equality Should Guide the Process of Reforming Family Laws and Not National Integration

Irfan Engineer

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Index