Contents

List of contributors vii

Introduction 1

SAMIA BANO

1 Religious-Only Marriages in England and Wales:

Taking the Long View 11

REBECCA PROBERT

2 Women and Shari’a Law: The Impact of Soft Legal

Pluralism in the UK 27

ELHAM MANEA

3 Shariah Councils in the UK: Reform and Regulation 60

DR ISLAM UDDIN

4 Domestic Abuse: The Dichotomy of Choosing

between Informal and Formal Forum for Mediation, Arbitration and Justice 78

NAHEED GHAURI

5 Sharia Councils and Muslim Family Law: Analysing the Parity Governance Model, the Sharia Inquiry and

the Role of the State/Law Relations 95

SAMIA BANO

Index

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