The Multi-Cultural Family

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ISBN: 9780754626480 | 0754626482
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 9/28/2008

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With the accelerating movement of individuals and families across national borders, the intersections of cultural and legal frameworks have become increasingly complex. This volume collects essays from around the world on the challenges of legal pluralism, minority religious communities and customary or indigenous law, with attention paid to marriage and divorce, as well as child custody and adoption, family violence and dispute resolution.

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Introduction
Marriage and Divorce
Religious Minority Groups and the Secular State
Toward a multicultural family law
Taking multiculturalism seriously: marriage law and the rights of minorities
Muslim maghrebian marriage in France: a problem for legal pluralism
Migrant women caught between Islamic family law and women's rights
The search for the appropriate 'connecting factor' in international family law
Rationality and cultural pluralism in the non-recognition of foreign marriages
Citizenship on trial: Nadia's case
Blaming culture for bad behavior
The reconstruction of the Constitution and the case for Muslim personal law in Canada
Muslim women and 'Islamic divorce' in England
Jewish marriage and civil law: a 2-way street?
Legal Pluralism and Women's Rights
Balancing minority rights and gender justice: the impact of protecting multiculturalism on women's rights in India
A critical analysis of customary marriages, bohali and the South African Constitution
Women, religion and multiculturalism in Israel
A cross cultural perspective on reproductive rights
An Islamic perspective on domestic violence
Indigenous and Customary Law
Indigenous peoples and family law: issues in Aotearoa/New Zealand
Evolving indigenous law
Navajo marriage - cultural traditions and modern challenges
Valid-where-consummated: the intersection of customary law marriages and formal adjudication
Children
Children between cultures
Complicating culture in child placement decisions
Understanding sending country's traditions and policies in international adoptions: avoiding legal and cultural pitfalls
Placing the 'gift child' in transnational adoption
Multicultural Dispute Resolution
Cross-cultural dispute resolution: the consequences of conflicting interpretations of norms
Constructing an Islamic institute of civil justice that encourages women's rights
Building a bridge: lessons learned from family mediation training for the Hmong community of Minnesota
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