Ahmed, Farrah --- "Enforcing religious law" [2018] ELECD 797; in Ahdar, Rex (ed), "Research Handbook on Law and Religion" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018) 240

Book Title: Research Handbook on Law and Religion

Editor(s): Ahdar, Rex

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781788112468

Section: Chapter 12

Section Title: Enforcing religious law

Author(s): Ahmed, Farrah

Number of pages: 21

Abstract/Description:

This chapter outlines two main legal regimes through which the law gives effect to religious norms in contemporary states: personal law systems and religious alternative dispute resolution. It examines the Indian personal law regime as an exemplar of how personal law systems work. It then critically evaluates this regime. The second part of the chapter analyses the operation of regimes of religious alternative dispute resolution and then critically evaluates such regimes. There are important differences between the personal law system, on the one hand, and religious alternative dispute resolution or religious tribunals, on the other. This chapter explores their main features, and evaluates them against the context of the questions and controversies that surround them.