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Consent In Marriage: A Radical Feminist Analysis Of Pakistani Law, Iqra Saleem Khan
Consent In Marriage: A Radical Feminist Analysis Of Pakistani Law, Iqra Saleem Khan
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
In Abdul Kadir v. Salima, Mahmood J summarised the nature of a Pakistani wife’s duties under Islamic Law. The nikkah contract “imposes submission on the wife when summoned to the couch and confers on him the power of correction when she is disobedient or rebellious.” Earlier, a similar pronouncement was made across the ocean in the United Kingdom by Sir Matthew Hale that through the marriage contract the “wife hath given herself to the husband, consent of which she cannot retract.” Marital rape was later recognised as an offence in the UK by the House of Lords in R …
Empty Gestures: The (In)Significance Of Recent Attempts To Liberalize Algerian Family Law, Ann Luerssen Crowther
Empty Gestures: The (In)Significance Of Recent Attempts To Liberalize Algerian Family Law, Ann Luerssen Crowther
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
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