Multicultural jurisdictions: The need for a feminist approach to law and religion

Thompson, Sharon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2569-856X and Sandberg, Russell ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4310-9677 2018. Multicultural jurisdictions: The need for a feminist approach to law and religion. Sandberg, Russell, ed. Leading Works in Law and Religion, London: Routledge, pp. 179-196. (10.4324/9780429401015-13)

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Abstract

This chapter explores the need for a feminist approach to Law and Religion through considering Ayelet Shachar’s Multicultural Jurisdictions: Cultural Differences and Women’s Rights as a leading work. On account of it being discussed during Rowan Williams’ infamous lecture on ‘Civil and Religious Law in England’ , Shachar’s book is widely cited. Our chapter shows, however, that Shachar’s diagnosis of the situation shows what a feminist approach to Law and Religion could achieve, ironically Shachar’s proposed solution of transformative accommodation suffers from many of the defects she is rightly critical of. We suggest instead that a feminist approach, derived from Thompson’s previous work on prenuptial agreements, can provide a way forward. More generally, the chapter suggests that a feminist approach provides one way in which the Law and Religion field could be developed and rejuvenated.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Cardiff Law & Politics Law
Subjects:	K Law > KD England and Wales
Additional Information:	Copyright Year 2019
Publisher:	Routledge
ISBN:	9781138244467
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2022 07:03
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/114008

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