Thesis (M.A.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Women's Studies, 1998? / Bibliography: leaves 1-11 at end.

<p>Sharia or western equality?</p><p>women</p><p>in Egyptian legislation</p><p>The Islamic law (Sharia) in most of the countries in Middle East and North Africa has been the basis for modern laws which regulate issues such as marriage, divorce and inheritance. These laws (personal status law or family law) have been debated frequently in the last decades.</p><p>There are those who consider personal status law (PSL) as unjust, male-biased and discriminating against women especially in the issue of divorce. On the other hand there are voices who call to go back to the Sharia, because muslims has to follow the islamic law and its values, they are universal as they claim. In this essay I try to enlighten these two points of view which can be found in the debate in Egypt. A country witch was first among the Arabic countries to adopt a modern jurisprudence.</p><p>Despite several reforms in personal status law (PSL) in the last 80 years women groups and international organisations consider that there are much more to be done.</p><p>This essay gives a historical background of Islamic jurisprudence, its development and islamic political ideas behind Sharia. It also describes PSL with divorce in focus.</p>

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1974. / Typescript.

Thesis (doctoral)--Université Paris IV-Sorbonne, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [515]-536) and index.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1974. / Also available in print.

Shared custody has risen to the fore as one of the most contentious issues facing family law justice systems. Ongoing efforts to implement or contemplate legislative reforms to prescribe a rebuttable presumption for shared custody have been central. Drawing on in-depth, retrospective qualitative interviews with 28 young adults between 18 and 25 years of age, this researcher conducted a thematic analysis and examined children’s perspectives and motivations regarding transitions into and out of shared custody, relationships with parents, and their sense of fairness around decision-making. The dissertation research is presented in a ‘publications format’ and contains an introduction, three self-contained journal-ready publications and an overarching discussion. The introduction provided an overall review of the literature and presented a developing model for tying together the complex strands of existing theoretical and empirical literature. Paper one focused how and why transitions into and out of shared custody happen. Drawing on the metaphor of alchemy, the analysis illustrated that shared custody is not a short-cut to a successful custodial arrangement or parent-child relations. Shared custody blends together complex interactions among elements related to the child’s living situation, maturation and changing notions of fairness, flexibility, the push and pull of relationships, and in some instances, rigid enforcement. The second paper highlighted how participants’ utilized the business strategy of “managing-up” and illustrated how children are active agents in navigating post-separation family relations finding ways to exert their agency to help and protect siblings, manage parental conflict, maintain shared custody to shield their parents and siblings from emotional hurt and initiate contact to maintain parent-child relationships. Including children’s voices in custodial decision-making is predicated on a rights-based doctrine that children ought to have input on decisions that affect their best interests. Participants felt that young children (13 years or less) should have input in how their arrangements were constructed, but not the final say about the type of custodial arrangement. There was general consensus that adolescents (about age 14), should have considerably more input. A final overarching discussion chapter integrated the three papers with the model presented in the introduction and suggests implications for policy and practice.

Thesis (J.C.L.)--Catholic University of America, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 78-83).

Die Zahl der Scheidungen nimmt sowie in Deutschland als auch in Korea zu. Das heißt, es wird für mehr Menschen wichtig, mit welchen finanziellen und anderen Folgen ein geschiedenes Paar zu rechnen hat. Sehr oft ist die Ehefrau in einer sozial schlechteren Position, weil sie wenige Beschäftigungsmöglichkeiten auf dem Arbeitsmarkt hat als der Mann und weil sie sich um die Kinder kümmert. Die Gesetze hinsiehtlich der Scheidungsfolgen wurden in Deutschland genauer ausgearbeitet als in Korea. In Korea sind sie häufiger Ermessensentscheidungen des Gerichts als in Deutschland. Drei wichtige finanzielle Möglichkeiten im deutschen Recht sind Zugewinnausgleich, der nacheheliche Unterhaltsanspruch und der Versorgungsausgleich. Zwei wichtige finanziellen Möglichkeiten im koreanischen Recht sind der Vermögensteilungsanspruch und der Schmerzensgeldanspruch. Das Rechtssystem von beiden Länder sind unterschiedlich. Ein Unterschied zwischen Deutschland und Korea ist, daß der Ausgleich der Rentenversorgung in Deutschland eine wichtige Scheidungsfolge ist und in Korea wenig entwickelt ist. Die unterschiedlichen Rechtssysteme werden verglichen. / The number of divorces increases both in Germany and in Korea. That means that it is important for a larger number of people to know what financial and other consequences a divorced couple have to face. Very often the wife is in a socially worse situation, because she has fewer job opportunities and she cares for the children. The law of consequences after a divorce is more exactly worked out in Germany than in Korea. In Korea it is more often a matter of opinion of the court than in Germany. Three important financial possibilities in Germany are equalization of the surplus, maintenance after divorce and equalization of the pension. Two important financial possibilities in Korea are claim of propertyshares and claim of damages for pain and suffering. Both systems of law are different. A difference between Germany and Korea is that in Germany the equalization of the pension ist very important and not worked out in Korea. I compare both the German and Korean law system.

Sharia or western equality? women in Egyptian legislation The Islamic law (Sharia) in most of the countries in Middle East and North Africa has been the basis for modern laws which regulate issues such as marriage, divorce and inheritance. These laws (personal status law or family law) have been debated frequently in the last decades. There are those who consider personal status law (PSL) as unjust, male-biased and discriminating against women especially in the issue of divorce. On the other hand there are voices who call to go back to the Sharia, because muslims has to follow the islamic law and its values, they are universal as they claim. In this essay I try to enlighten these two points of view which can be found in the debate in Egypt. A country witch was first among the Arabic countries to adopt a modern jurisprudence. Despite several reforms in personal status law (PSL) in the last 80 years women groups and international organisations consider that there are much more to be done. This essay gives a historical background of Islamic jurisprudence, its development and islamic political ideas behind Sharia. It also describes PSL with divorce in focus.