2023

Probert, Rebecca, Akhtar, Rajnaara C. and Blake, Sharon (2023) Belief in Marriage : the evidence for reforming Weddings Law. Justice, Law and Human Rights . Bristol University Press. ISBN 9781529230499

Akhtar, Rajnaara C., Krayem , Ghena and Buckley, Anisa (2023) Vesting powers in officiants : reforming weddings law in England and Wales; lessons from Australia’s Muslim communities. Child and Family Law Quarterly, 35 (1). pp. 49-69. ISSN 1358-8184.

Akhtar, Rajnaara C. and Manjoo, Faizal Ahmed (2023) Matrimonial property in Islamic law. In: Research Handbook on Family Property and the Law. Edward Elgar.

2022

Probert, Rebecca, Akhtar, Rajnaara C., Blake, Sharon and Pywell, Stephanie (2022) The impact of Covid 19 on legal weddings and non-legally binding ceremonies. Nuffield Foundation.

Probert, Rebecca, Pywell, Stephanie, Akhtar, Rajnaara C., Blake, Sharon, Barton, Tania and Vora, Vishal (2022) Trying to get a piece of paper from City Hall? The availability, accessibility, and administration of the register office wedding. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 44 (2). pp. 226-244. doi:10.1080/09649069.2022.2067651 ISSN 0964-9069.

Probert, Rebecca, Akhtar, Rajnaara C. and Blake, Sharon (2022) When is a wedding not a marriage? Exploring non-legally binding ceremonies : final report. Nuffield Foundation.

Akhtar, R. (2022) Contemporary issues in marriage law and practice in Qatar. HAWWA : Journal of Women of the Middle East and the Islamic World, 20 (1-2). pp. 124-158. doi:10.1163/15692086-12341389 ISSN 1569-2078.

2021

Probert, Rebecca, Akhtar, Rajnaara C. and Blake, Sharon (2021) When is a wedding not a marriage? Exploring non-legally binding ceremonies : a briefing paper for the law commission. Nuffield Foundation.

Probert, Rebecca, Akhtar, Rajnaara C., Blake, Sharon, Vora, Vishal and Barton, Tania (2021) The importance of being authorized : the genesis, limitations, and legacy of the Marriage Act 1898. Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, 10 (3). pp. 394-417. doi:10.1093/ojlr/rwac002 ISSN 2047-0770.

2020

Akhtar, Rajnaara C. (2020) Case Note: 'From ‘non-marriage’ to ‘non-qualifying ceremony’. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 42 (4). pp. 384-387. doi:10.1080/09649069.2020.1796375

Akhtar, Rajnaara C. and Nash, Patrick and Probert, Rebecca, eds. (2020) Cohabitation and religious marriage : status, similarities and solutions. Bristol University Press. ISBN 9781529210835

Akhtar, Rajnaara C. (2020) Religious-only marriages and cohabitation : deciphering differences. In: Akhtar, Rajnaara and Nash, Patrick and Probert, Rebecca, (eds.) Cohabitation and Religious Marriage: Status, Similarities and Solutions. Bristol University Press, pp. 69-84. ISBN 9781529210835

Akhtar, Rajnaara C. (2020) Non-legally binding Muslim marriages in England and Qatar : circumventing the state. Electronic Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, 8 (1). pp. 13-24. doi:10.5167/uzh-187603 ISSN 1664-5707.

2019

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

Akhtar, Rajnaara C. (2019) Plural approaches to faith-based dispute resolution by Britain's Muslim communities. Child and Family Law Quarterly, 31 (3). pp. 189-214.

Vickery, Jonathan and Akhtar, Rajnaara C., eds. (2019) Development, democracy and culture [Special issue of The Journal of Law, Social Justice and Global Development]. Journal of Law, Social Justice and Global Development (24). Coventry, UK: University of Warwick.

2018

Akhtar, Rajnaara C., Probert, Rebecca and Moors, Annelies (2018) Informal Muslim marriages : regulations and contestations. Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, 7 (3). pp. 367-375. doi:10.1093/ojlr/rwy036 ISSN 2047-0789.

Akhtar, Rajnaara C. (2018) Modern traditions in Muslim marriage practices, exploring English narratives. Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, 7 (3). pp. 427-454. doi:10.1093/ojlr/rwy030

Akhtar, Rajnaara C. (2018) The human right to marry : a refugee’s perspective. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 40 (2). pp. 262-269. doi:10.1080/09649069.2018.1451013 ISSN 0964-9069.

Vickery, Jonathan and Akhtar, Rajnaara C., eds. (2018) Cultural rights and global development [Special issue of The Journal of Law, Social Justice and Global Development]. The Journal of Law, Social Justice and Global Development (22). Coventry, UK: University of Warwick.

2016

Vickery, Jonathan and Akhtar, Rajnaara C., eds. (2016) Cultural economies and cultural activism [Special issue of The Journal of Law, Social Justice and Global Development]. The Journal of Law, Social Justice and Global Development (20). Coventry, UK: University of Warwick.

2015

Akhtar, Rajnaara C. (2015) Unregistered Muslim marriages : an emerging culture of celebrating rites and compromising rights. In: Miles, Joanna and Mody, Perveez and Probert, Rebecca, (eds.) Marriage Rites and Rights. Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 167-192. ISBN 9781782259657