Muslim Family Law in Western Courts

Elisa Giunchi is an Assistant Professor of History and Institutions of Muslim Countries at the University of Milan, Italy.

• Preface 1. Muslim Family Law and Legal Practice in the West: An Introduction 2. Shari‘a in the West: Colonial Consciousness in a Context of Normative Competition 3. Please Divorce Me! Subversive Agency, Resistance and Gendered Religious Scripts 4. Judicial Encounters with Islamic and Middle Eastern Family Law in Switzerland from a Private International Law Perspective – Marriage and Divorce 5. The Recognition of Transnational Muslim Marriages and Divorces by Norwegian Courts and Other Competent Authorities: Dynamics Between Legislation and Legal Practice 6. Islamic Family Law in the Courts: Spain’s Position with Regard to the Moroccan Family Code 7. An Analysis of British Judicial Treatment of Islamic Divorces, 1997 - 2009 8. Can there be a Compromise? Australia's State of Confusion Regarding Shari‘a Family Law 9. Islamic Family Law in American Courts: A Rich, Diverse and Evolving Jurisprudence

"These two volumes [Adjudicating Family Law in Muslim Courts and Muslim Family Law in Western Courts], taken together, represent a needed contribution to the field of Islamic studies, particularly in relation to Islamic law.“The pragmatic approach of the two volumes, taking into account the different faces of legal practices in several Muslim and Western countries, is […] refreshing, and can provide a valuable contribution to the understanding of phenomena which are too often interpreted through the lenses of prejudices.” - Luca Ozzano in Politics, Religion and Ideology