Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-292) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Personal status, nation-building, and the postcolonial state -- The impact of state-enforced personal status laws on human rights -- A fragmented confessional system : state-enforced religious family laws and human rights in Israel -- A unified confessional system : state-enforced religious family laws and human rights in Egypt -- A unified semi-confessional system : state-enforced religious family laws and human rights in India -- Conclusion -- Appendix. Country-specific declarations and reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
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