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What’S The Constitution Got To Do With It? Regulating Marriage In Pakistan, Karin Carmit Yefet
What’S The Constitution Got To Do With It? Regulating Marriage In Pakistan, Karin Carmit Yefet
Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy
[...] the supreme law of the land seems to embody a blatant contradiction. The Pakistani Constitution extends protection to an impressive catalog of fundamental rights, placing Pakistan in line with some of the most western-minded constitutional regimes in the world.3 At the same time, in contrast to the American-style constitutional commitment to separate church and state,4 the Pakistani regime is constitutionally committed to integrate the two, in the sense that all laws must conform to the injunctions of Islam as a condition of their constitutional validity.5 So the same Constitution that protects western fundamental rights also elevates Islamic law, a …
Texas Community Property Law: Conservative Attitudes, Reluctant Change, Joseph W. Mcknight
Texas Community Property Law: Conservative Attitudes, Reluctant Change, Joseph W. Mcknight
Law and Contemporary Problems
A senselessly rigid interpretation of a provision in the Texas consititution referring to a married woman's separate property has hampered development of community property law. The state's addressing of this issue is discussed.
Identifying And Valuing Goodwill At Divorce, Grace Ganz Blumberg
Identifying And Valuing Goodwill At Divorce, Grace Ganz Blumberg
Law and Contemporary Problems
A generally accepted economic and accounting definition of goodwill is presented. Divorce-related issues of goodwill are discussed.
Restoration Of The Separate Estate From Community Property After The Equal Management Reform: Some Thoughts On Louisiana’S Reimbursement Rules, Cynthia Samuel
Restoration Of The Separate Estate From Community Property After The Equal Management Reform: Some Thoughts On Louisiana’S Reimbursement Rules, Cynthia Samuel
Law and Contemporary Problems
In 1980, Louisiana shifted from husband management to a general rule of equal management of the community property; these rules are more sympathetic to separate reimbursement claims than to safeguarding a spouse's interest in the community property. It is argued that Louisiana's rules on restoration of the separate estate need some revision.