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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 …
Women's Quotas: Making The Case For Codifying Syrian Women's Political Participation, Jomana Qaddour
Women's Quotas: Making The Case For Codifying Syrian Women's Political Participation, Jomana Qaddour
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Reintegration Of Female Rape Survivors: The Overlooked Priority Of Transitional Justice In The Face Of Mass Wartime Rape, Layla Abi-Falah
Reintegration Of Female Rape Survivors: The Overlooked Priority Of Transitional Justice In The Face Of Mass Wartime Rape, Layla Abi-Falah
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
While mass wartime rape has become a core characteristic of modern armed conflict, transitional justice mechanisms have continuously failed to bring about successful achievement of justice, reconciliation, and truth for female survivors. The abuse, exile, and humiliation of large numbers of female rape survivors by their families and communities leaves entire societies destabilized and susceptible to prolonged instability and state failure, thus obstructing attempts by transitional justice mechanisms to usher in long-lasting peace and stability. To achieve more successful post-conflict reconstruction, transitional justice mechanisms situated in the aftermath of wars marked by mass rape must first focus on the reintegration …
Stripped: Speech, Sex, Race, And Secondary Effects, Lisa Crooms-Robinson
Stripped: Speech, Sex, Race, And Secondary Effects, Lisa Crooms-Robinson
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
No abstract provided.