Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Table of Cases
- Table of Legislation
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- One Introduction
- Two Determining the Boundaries Between Valid, Void and ‘Non-Qualifying’ Marriages: Past, Present and Future?
- Three ‘Cohabitants’ in the Law of England and Wales: a Brief Introduction
- Four Modern Marriage Myths: the Dichotomy Between Expectations of Legal Rationality and Lived Law
- Five The Case for Moving Away from ‘Non-Marriage’ Declarations
- Six Religious-Only Marriages and Cohabitation: Deciphering Differences
- Seven From Regulating Marriage Ceremonies to Recognizing Marriage Ceremonies
- Eight Nikah Ceremonies in the UK: a Tool for Empowerment?
- Nine In Pursuit of an Islamic Divorce: a Socio-Legal Examination of Practices Among British Muslims
- Ten Arbitration as a Legal Solution for Relationship Breakdown in the Muslim Community: the Case of the Muslim Arbitration Tribunal
- Eleven ‘Regrettably it is not that Simple’: the Case for Minimalistic Marriage Laws
- Twelve Conclusion
- References
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 March 2021
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Table of Cases
- Table of Legislation
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- One Introduction
- Two Determining the Boundaries Between Valid, Void and ‘Non-Qualifying’ Marriages: Past, Present and Future?
- Three ‘Cohabitants’ in the Law of England and Wales: a Brief Introduction
- Four Modern Marriage Myths: the Dichotomy Between Expectations of Legal Rationality and Lived Law
- Five The Case for Moving Away from ‘Non-Marriage’ Declarations
- Six Religious-Only Marriages and Cohabitation: Deciphering Differences
- Seven From Regulating Marriage Ceremonies to Recognizing Marriage Ceremonies
- Eight Nikah Ceremonies in the UK: a Tool for Empowerment?
- Nine In Pursuit of an Islamic Divorce: a Socio-Legal Examination of Practices Among British Muslims
- Ten Arbitration as a Legal Solution for Relationship Breakdown in the Muslim Community: the Case of the Muslim Arbitration Tribunal
- Eleven ‘Regrettably it is not that Simple’: the Case for Minimalistic Marriage Laws
- Twelve Conclusion
- References
- Index
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- Cohabitation and Religious MarriageStatus, Similarities and Solutions, pp. 171 - 176Publisher: Bristol University PressPrint publication year: 2020