Panel Two: Changing Families, Changing Family Law

Presenter Information

Ziba Mir-Hosseini, New York University Law School
Zainah Anwar, Sisters of Islam, Selagnor, Malaysia
Martha Albertson Fineman, Emory University Law School

Start Date

30-3-2007 11:00 AM

End Date

30-3-2007 12:30 PM

Description

Panel Chair: Robin F. Wilson

Ziba Mir-Hosseini
How the Door of Ijtihad was Opened and Closed? A Comparative Analysis of Recent Family Law Reforms in Iran and Morocco

Zainah Anwar
Justice and Equality in Islamic Family Law: Possibilities, Challenges and Strategies for Reform

Martha Albertson Fineman
The Competing Paradigms of Religion and Rights: Authority within the Family