Child Custody in Islamic Law - Theory and Practice in Egypt since the Sixteenth Century

List of contents

Part I. Child Custody and Guardianship in Comparative Perspective: 1. Child custody in civil and common law jurisdictions; 2. The best interests of the child in juristic discourse; Part II. Ottoman Egyptian Practice 1517-1801: 3. Private separation deeds in action; 4. Ottoman juristic discourse in action (1517-1801); 5. Child custody in Egypt 1801-1929; 6. Twentieth- and twenty-first-century child custody (1929-2014).

About the author

Ahmed Fekry Ibrahim is Assistant Professor of Islamic Law at McGill University, Montréal. He has been writing about the theory and practice of Islamic law in the pre-modern and modern periods by examining both juristic discourse and court records. His research has been supported by numerous bodies, including the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, the American Research Center in Egypt, and the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Qatar.

Summary

In this longitudinal history of Islamic child custody law, Ahmed Fekry Ibrahim challenges Euro-American exceptionalism and unveils developments akin to the Euro-American concept of the best interests of the child, enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).

Product details

• Authors: Ahmed Fekry Ibrahim, Ahmed Fekry (Mcgill University Ibrahim, Ibrahim Ahmed Fekry
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781108456197
• ISBN: 978-1-108-45619-7
• No. of pages: 279
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 230 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Print on demand; Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization; Cambridge Studies in Islamic C
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; HISTORY / Middle East / General, Egypt, Islamic Law, Middle Eastern history, Systems of law: Islamic law, Family law: children