Roundtable: Tunisian inheritance-law reform
The May 2019 address identifies a roundtable on Tunisian inheritance-law reform.
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Historical archive, 2016–2019
Abstracts and bibliographic records for earlier blog addresses. Each record links to the original-source locator and identifies later case developments where relevant.
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Thoughts on the draft Tunisian inheritance-reform legislation
The title expressly concerns draft legislation.
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Recent scholarship: Akhter v. Khan
A November 2018 bibliographic note connecting the Akhter roundtable with Alistair Jones’s commentary at LSE.
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Islamic marriage and English divorce: a new Family Court decision
Ralf Michaels considers the 2018 decision’s potential to improve financial protection for a partner whose religious ceremony had not been accompanied by civil registration.
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Re-opening the debate on the law of marriage as a whole
Writing as an anthropologist, Ralph Grillo distinguishes his favorable response to the practical result from his uncertainty about legal classifications.
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The move toward cohabitation: Islamic marriage in England and Wales
Hadeer Soliman and Vishal Vora examine marriage registration and the financial position of couples through the wider question of cohabitation.
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The 2018 Akhter decision and the “semblance of marriage” comparison
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Roundtable on Islamic family law in the UK: Akhter v. Khan (2018)
Six scholarly and practitioner responses to a 2018 Family Court decision, spanning statutory interpretation, registration and reform.
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Engaging with the terms of the Marriage Act of 1949
Rebecca Probert’s 2018 contribution argues for close attention to the statutory requirements behind classifications of marriage.
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The need for an efficient mechanism to marry
Vishal Vora’s contribution to the 2018 Akhter roundtable argues for marriage formalities that connect civil recognition and a meaningful ceremony.
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Compendium on triple ṭalāq
This September 2017 address identifies a compendium concerning triple ṭalāq.
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Triple ṭalāq: a legislative proposal after India's Supreme Court decision
The title distinguishes a legislative proposal from a court decision.
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