The Multi-Cultural Family

Ann Laquer Estin is a Professor of Law at the University of Iowa, USA.

Contents: Introduction; Part I Marriage and Divorce: Religious Minority Groups and the Secular State: Toward a multicultural family law, Ann Laquer Estin; Taking multiculturalism seriously: marriage law and the rights of minorities, Patrick Parkinson; Muslim maghrebian marriage in France: a problem for legal pluralism, Edwige Rude-Antoine; Migrant women caught between Islamic family law and women's rights. The search for the appropriate 'connecting factor' in international family law, Marie-Claire Foblets; Rationality and cultural pluralism in the non-recognition of foreign marriages, John Murphy; Citizenship on trial: Nadia's case, Unni Wikan; Blaming culture for bad behavior, Leti Volpp; The reconstruction of the Constitution and the case for Muslim personal law in Canada, Syed Mumtaz Ali and Enab Whitehouse; Muslim women and 'Islamic divorce' in England, Lucy Carroll; Jewish marriage and civil law: a 2-way street?, David Novak. Legal Pluralism and Women's Rights: Balancing minority rights and gender justice: the impact of protecting multiculturalism on women's rights in India, Pratibha Jain; A critical analysis of customary marriages, bohali and the South African Constitution, R. Songca; Women, religion and multiculturalism in Israel, Ruth Halperin-Kaddari; A cross cultural perspective on reproductive rights, Carla Makhlouf Obermeyer; An Islamic perspective on domestic violence, Azizah Y. al-Hibri. Indigenous and Customary Law: Indigenous peoples and family law: issues in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Jacinta Ruru; Evolving indigenous law: Navajo marriage - cultural traditions and modern challenges, Antoinette Sedillo Lopez; Valid-where-consummated: the intersection of customary law marriages and formal adjudication, Lona N. Laymon. Part II Children: Children between cultures, John Eekelaar; Complicating culture in child placement decisions, Annie Bunting; Understanding sending country's traditions and policies in international adoptions: avoiding legal and cultural pi