Bücher der Reihe Cultural Diversity and Law

Describes and analyses the notion of Mahr, the Muslim custom whereby the groom has to give a gift to the bride in consideration of the marriage. This book explores how Western courts, specifically in Canada, the United States, France, and Germany, have approached and interpreted Mahr.

Acknowledging the superdiversity of migration as a global issue, this book uses the case study of Polish post-2004 EU Enlargement migrants to examine values and attitudes to the rules that govern their work and residence in the UK and to the legal system in general.

Brings together leading international scholars of law and religion to provide an overview of the issues in State-religion relations. Suitable for academics, students and policy-makers with an interest in the interaction between law and religion, this collection offers a picture of the developments in key countries and regions.

In the rush to find answers to deal with the challenges of justice in diverse societies, sound normative foundations are often overlooked. This book examines questions raised by diversity and contributes to the ongoing dialogue which endeavours to better understand and respond to the challenges of justice in the context of diversity.

This book argues that the state's failure to accommodate ethno-religious diversity in Turkey is attributable to the founding philosophy of Turkish nationalism and its heavy penetration into the socio-political and legal fibre of the country.

Presents a comparative analysis of the judiciary in the Islamic, Jewish and Zoroastrian legal systems. This book compares postulations of legal theory to legal practice in order to show that social practice can diverge significantly from religious and legal principles.

This book takes up the postcolonial challenge for law and explains how the problems of recognition are tied to an orthodox theory of law. The author focuses on prominent aspects of legal discourse and process and includes case studies and examples principally drawn from Australia and Canada.

Taking a new approach by examining the impact of the transferability of law on end-users and by focussing on how appropriate norms are applied in specific situations.