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A Doctrinal and Law and Economics Justification of the Treatment of Women in Islamic Inheritance Laws
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- Author / Creator
- Alshankiti, Asma
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several criticisms regarding the treatment of women in Islamic Inheritance Laws have
stated that these laws are in favor of males. The most common claim is that women
receive half the share of men in the Islamic inheritance system.
This thesis examines this issue from legal and economic prospective. It shows that the
inheritance system is part of a broader socio-economic system. Moreover, this thesis
shows that unlike men, women in Islamic law receive fixed shares, which guarantees a
minimum amount of inheritance for women. It concludes that women have more than
twenty conditions where they would inherit equivalent share as men, more share than
men, or they would exclusively inherit. In addition, women inherit half the share of men
only in four cases if there is a man inheriting from an equivalent status and he is, mostly,
obliged to maintain her. -
- Graduation date
- Fall 2012
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- Type of Item
- Thesis
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- Degree
- Master of Laws
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- License
- This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for non-commercial purposes. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.