TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fournier,Pascale
TI  - Muslim marriage in Western courts: lost in transplantation 
T2  - Cultural diversity and law
SN  - 9781409404415 (hbk)
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Farnham, Surrey, England
PB  - Ashgate
KW  - Dowry (Islamic law)
KW  - Marriage (Islamic law)
KW  - Conflict of laws
KW  - Marriage
KW  - Muslims
KW  - Legal status, laws, etc
KW  - Divorce settlements
KW  - Divorce
N1  - The roots of Mahr and the hybrid transplant : introducing Mahr as an Islamic legal conception and a fragmented legal concept -- When Mahr travels : adjudicating Mahr in Canada, the United States, France, and Germany -- Nourishing the transplanted law : fertile soil or rocky ground? -- Contradictions in the reception of Mahr as ideology and subjectivity -- Samir and Leila revisited : the adjudication and reception of Mahr and its subjective significance for Muslim women -- Deep roots and tall branches : conclusions on the reception of Mahr by Western courts
ER  -