Judicial Activism and Islamic Family Law: A Socio-Legal Evaluation of Recent Trends in Bangladesh

Abstract This article critically examines instances of judicial activism in the field of Islamic family law in Bangladesh in an attempt to assess this judicial trend. Seeing 'judicial activism' mainly as an enlightened application of ijtihād and also as society-specific application of stat...

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Authors: Hoque, Ridwanul (Author) ; Khan, MD Morshed Mahmud (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2007
In: Islamic law and society
Year: 2007, Volume: 14, Issue: 2, Pages: 204-239
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