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). ISSN 1358-8184. (In Press)

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.

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.

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