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Author(s) -
Lebanese American University
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
al-raida
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2226-4841
pISSN - 0259-9953
DOI - 10.32380/alrj.v0i0.270
Subject(s) - disadvantaged , family law , delegation , inheritance (genetic algorithm) , law , face (sociological concept) , pluralism (philosophy) , legal pluralism , political science , sociology , religious freedom , comparative law , social science , legal realism , politics , philosophy , biochemistry , chemistry , epistemology , gene
“The legal pluralism in family law has led to an absence of an 'equality before the law' standard in Lebanon. Women and children of different religious sects face very different legal choices and possibilities in terms of marriage, divorce, child custody, and inheritance… Women and children have been disproportionally disadvantaged by the delegation of family law to religious sects. Women are more likely than men to forfeit their religious heritages when they marry out.