Registration and non-registration of marriage: Effects on non-muslim and muslim wife
Legislation's on registration of marriage provide mechanism, which represents a societal commitment to equality, diversity and non-discrimination, thereby benefiting women's lives.However, often vague provisions on the marriage laws and weak practices can be the hurdle towards the upholdin...
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| author | Chua Abdullah, Nuraisyah |
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| description | Legislation's on registration of marriage provide mechanism, which represents a societal commitment to equality, diversity and non-discrimination, thereby benefiting women's lives.However, often vague provisions on the marriage laws and weak practices can be the hurdle towards the upholding of the rights of ‘unregistered wife’ as evident in this paper.This paper focuses on the legal position of the ‘unregistered wife’ in the unique multi-religious and multi-racial society in Malaysia. Selected jurisdictions are used as comparative study and the paper emphasized the importance of registration of marriage and urge for the re-enforcement of registration of marriage via unambiguous provisions of the laws and strategic practices. |
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| spelling | uum-185502016-08-14T07:52:08Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/18550/ Registration and non-registration of marriage: Effects on non-muslim and muslim wife Chua Abdullah, Nuraisyah HQ The family. Marriage. Woman K Law (General) Legislation's on registration of marriage provide mechanism, which represents a societal commitment to equality, diversity and non-discrimination, thereby benefiting women's lives.However, often vague provisions on the marriage laws and weak practices can be the hurdle towards the upholding of the rights of ‘unregistered wife’ as evident in this paper.This paper focuses on the legal position of the ‘unregistered wife’ in the unique multi-religious and multi-racial society in Malaysia. Selected jurisdictions are used as comparative study and the paper emphasized the importance of registration of marriage and urge for the re-enforcement of registration of marriage via unambiguous provisions of the laws and strategic practices. 2013-12-10 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/18550/1/ICAW%202013%201-7.pdf Chua Abdullah, Nuraisyah (2013) Registration and non-registration of marriage: Effects on non-muslim and muslim wife. In: International Conference on Asean Women (ICAW2013), 10th-12th December 2013, Bandung, Indonesia. |
| spellingShingle | HQ The family. Marriage. Woman K Law (General) Chua Abdullah, Nuraisyah Registration and non-registration of marriage: Effects on non-muslim and muslim wife |
| title | Registration and non-registration of marriage: Effects on non-muslim and muslim wife |
| title_full | Registration and non-registration of marriage: Effects on non-muslim and muslim wife |
| title_fullStr | Registration and non-registration of marriage: Effects on non-muslim and muslim wife |
| title_full_unstemmed | Registration and non-registration of marriage: Effects on non-muslim and muslim wife |
| title_short | Registration and non-registration of marriage: Effects on non-muslim and muslim wife |
| title_sort | registration and non registration of marriage effects on non muslim and muslim wife |
| topic | HQ The family. Marriage. Woman K Law (General) |
| url | https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/18550/1/ICAW%202013%201-7.pdf |
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