Filiation and the protection of parentless children : towards a social definition of the family in Muslim jurisdictions / Nadjma Yassari, Lena-Maria Moller, Marie-Claude Najm, editors.

Filiation and the protection of parentless children : towards a social definition of the family in Muslim jurisdictions / Nadjma Yassari, Lena-Maria Moller, Marie-Claude Najm, editors.

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This volume explores filiation (nasab) and alternative forms of a full parent-child relationship in Muslim jurisdictions. Eleven country reports ranging from Morocco to Malaysia examine how maternal and paternal filiation is established - be it by operation of the law, by the parties' exercise of autonomy, such as acknowledgement, or by scientific means, DNA testing in particular - and how lawmakers, courts, and society at large view and treat children who fall outside those legal structures, especially children born out of wedlock or under dubious circumstances. In a second step, alternative care schemes in place for the protection of parentless children are examined and their potential to recreate a legal parent-child relationship is discussed. In addition to the countr y-specific analyses included in this book, three further contributions explore the subject matter from perspectives of premodern Sunni legal doctrine, premodern Shiite legal doctrine and the private international law regimes of contemporary Arab countries. Finally, a comparative analysis of the themes explored is presented in the synopsis at the end of this volume. The book is aimed at scholars in the fields of Muslim family law and comparative family law and is of high practical relevance to legal practitioners working in the area of international child law.

T.M.C Asser Press,

Yassari, Nadjma, 1971-

Möller, Lena-Maria, 1984-

Najm, Marie-Claude

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