Overview
- Uniquely addresses the interaction of multiple family law systems from the perspective of the everyday life of transnational families
- Presents a range of international examples from the Netherlands, Morocco and Egypt
- Provides a crossover between family sociology, migrant transnationalism and socio-legal studies
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book uniquely focuses on the role of family law in transnational marriages. The author demonstrates how family law is of critical importance in understanding transnational family life. Based on extensive field research in Morocco, Egypt and the Netherlands, the book examines how, during marriage and divorce, transnational families deal with the interactions of two different legal systems. Sportel studies the interactions of European and Islamic family law, addressing its interconnections with migration and everyday life, within the context of highly politicised debates on gender, Islam, migration and the family.
The book will be of interest to scholars and students of family sociology, migration and diaspora studies, transnational families, family law, and sociology of law.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Iris Sportel is Fellow at Lichtenberg Kolleg, Institute for Advanced Studies, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Germany.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Divorce in Transnational Families
Book Subtitle: Marriage, Migration and Family Law
Authors: Iris Sportel
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-34009-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34008-1Published: 04 November 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81655-5Published: 23 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-34009-8Published: 25 October 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 270
Topics: Family, Ethnicity Studies, Civil Procedure Law, Children, Youth and Family Policy