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Modernizing Muslim Family Law: The Case Of Egypt, Lama Abu-Odeh
Modernizing Muslim Family Law: The Case Of Egypt, Lama Abu-Odeh
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
he Author discusses the dynamics of family law reforms in modern Egypt as an instance of similar dynamics of reforms in other Muslim countries. The forces that push for reforms as well as those that try to limit them are also introduced.
The Author begins by describing the historical legal background shared by the vast majority of Muslim countries, including Egypt. An account of the general evolution of Islamic law-from a dominant system existing within an Islamic state to a subordinate system existing within an overall secularized legal system characterized by legal borrowing from European codes-is given. Islamic law has …