Introduction -- Personal status, nation-building, and the postcolonial state -- The impact of state-enforced personal status laws on human rights -- A fragmented confessional system: state-enforced religious family laws and human rights in Israel -- A unified confessional system: state-enforced religious family laws and human rights in Egypt -- A unified semi-confessional system: state-enforced religious family laws and human rights in India -- Conclusion: upholding human rights under religious legal systems
Summary
The book shows how state-enforced religious laws impact human rights, and what people do to advance their rights from within
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-292) and index
