Book Review: Mukaddam F Muslim Women between Community and Individual Rights: Legal Pluralism and Marriage in South Africa (Springer Nature Switzerland 2024)

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https://doi.org/10.17159//1727-3781/2024/v27i0a19949

Keywords:

Muslim law , Islamic personal law, Legal pluralism, Muslim marriages

Abstract

This review examines the book by Fatima Mudakkam titled Muslim Women between Community and Individual Rights: Legal pluralism and Marriage Rights in South Africa (2024). The book explores the pluralistic nature of South Africa’s national legal system, focusing on the experiences of Muslim women governed by Muslim Personal Law. It provides a critical analysis of how this legal pluralism affects Muslim marriages and the civil rights of women within these marriages. The book is an essential contribution to the ongoing discourse on gender justice and legal pluralism in South Africa.

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Author Biography

  • Fungisai Gloria A Gcumeni

    LLB (Rhodes) LLM (SU) LLD (UFS). Senior Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Faculty of Law, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa. 

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Mukaddam F Muslim Women between Community and Individual Rights: Legal Pluralism and Marriage in South Africa (Springer Nature Switzerland 2024) https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-54614-3

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Published

10-09-2024

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Book Reviews

How to Cite

Gcumeni, F. G. A. (2024). Book Review: Mukaddam F Muslim Women between Community and Individual Rights: Legal Pluralism and Marriage in South Africa (Springer Nature Switzerland 2024). Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 27. https://doi.org/10.17159//1727-3781/2024/v27i0a19949

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