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Processes of family law reform: legal and societal change and continuity in Morocco and Jordan

Abstract:: The dissertation solves the empirical puzzle why similar regimes such as Morocco and Jordan vary in their engagement in family law reform between 1999 and 2013. Differences with respect to family law reform in the two monarchies are threefold: the way the reform processes were carried out, the content of the new family codes that were issued in Morocco in 2004 and in Jordan in 2010, and the way the laws were applied. Using Pierre Bourdieu's theory of practice as a theoretical framework the...
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Engelcke, D., & Engelcke, D. (2014). Processes of family law reform: legal and societal change and continuity in Morocco and Jordan [PhD thesis]. Oxford University, UK.

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Engelcke, D., and Dörthe Engelcke. Processes of Family Law Reform: Legal and Societal Change and Continuity in Morocco and Jordan. Oxford University, UK, 2014.

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Engelcke, D, and Dörthe Engelcke. 2014. “Processes of Family Law Reform: Legal and Societal Change and Continuity in Morocco and Jordan.” PhD thesis, Oxford University, UK.
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Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: HUMS
Department:: Oriental Studies Faculty
Oxford college:: St Antony's College
Role:: Author

+ Dörthe Engelcke More by this author

Role:: Author

Contributors

Role:: Supervisor

Publication date:: 2014
Type of award:: DPhil
Level of award:: Doctoral
Awarding institution:: Oxford University, UK

Language:: English
Keywords:: Middle East

authoritarianism

sociology of of law
Subjects:: Family law

Democratic government

Gender

Public policy

Law

International studies

Socio-legal studies
UUID:: uuid:60356e5a-968d-4381-b2a4-6bb507e29176
Local pid:: ora:11980
Deposit date:: 2015-07-28

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Copyright holder:: Dörthe Engelcke
Copyright date:: 2014
Notes:: This thesis is not currently available via ORA.

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