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Unregistered Muslim marriages in the UK : examining normative influences shaping choice of legal protection
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Akhtar, Rajnaara C. (2019) Unregistered Muslim marriages in the UK : examining normative influences shaping choice of legal protection. In: Foblets, Marie-Claire and Graziadei, Michele and Renteln, Alison, (eds.) Personal Autonomy in Plural Societies, A Principle and its Paradoxes. Routledge: Law and Anthropology, pp. 140-155. ISBN 9780367884499
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315413617-10
Abstract
Unregistered marriages are reportedly on the rise within Muslim communities in Europe. Such unions are the outcome of couples concluding a religious ceremony of marriage which does not adhere to the requisite legislative instruments that confer state recognition on an official marriage, with all the subsequent rights and responsibilities attached to and protected by the law. The focus of this chapter is on the seemingly autonomous decision made by a couple choosing to enter into an unregistered marriage; how such a family arrangement is constructed vis-à-vis the practices in wider society, namely cohabitation; and the implications of legal intervention for personal autonomy.
| Item Type: | Book Item | ||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GT Manners and customs K Law [Moys] > KD Religious Systems K Law [Moys] > KN Common Law, Private Law |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Marriage (Islamic law), Marriage law -- Great Britain, Islamic marriage customs and rites, Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Islam, Unmarried couples -- Legal status, laws, etc. | ||||||
| Publisher: | Routledge: Law and Anthropology | ||||||
| ISBN: | 9780367884499 | ||||||
| Book Title: | Personal Autonomy in Plural Societies, A Principle and its Paradoxes | ||||||
| Editor: | Foblets, Marie-Claire and Graziadei, Michele and Renteln, Alison | ||||||
| Official Date: | 16 December 2019 | ||||||
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| Page Range: | pp. 140-155 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.4324/9781315413617-10 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in Personal Autonomy in Plural Societies: A Principle and its Paradoxes on December 16, 2019, available online: http://www.routledge.com/9780367884499 | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 21 September 2022 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 22 September 2022 | ||||||
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