Muslim divorce and the 1996 Divorce Amendment Act: The cart before the horse?

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dc.contributor.authorMoosa, Najma
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-23T10:04:44Z
dc.date.available2022-09-23T10:04:44Z
dc.date.issued1999
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this article is to clarify some issues regarding Muslim divorces which have been the topic of debate in previous issues of De Rebus (1997 DR 495; 1998 (Jan) DR 55; 1998 (Aug) DR 31). The Divorce Amendment Act 95 of 1996 as it is discussed in this article has relevance only for Muslim parties who intend to terminate a lawful civil marriage but who have also entered into a religious union with each other only. Polygynous unions as such are therefore not discussed here. (For detail in this regard see my LLM thesis A comparative study of the South African and Islamic law of succession and matrimonial property, special attention to the implications for the Muslim woman (University of the Western Cape 1991 ).) Nonetheless, because practitioners often confront legal problems when dealing with matters of Muslim Personal Law (MPL), I find it necessary also to elaborate on the status of that law in South Africa. Furthermore, while a brief background of Muslim divorces is provided, a detailed analysis will be the subject of an article intended to be published elsewhere later this year.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMoosa, N. (1999) “Muslim divorce and the 1996 Divorce Amendment Act: The cart before the horse?” Law Society South Africa, De Rebus, 381: 33-37en_US
dc.identifier.issnISSN: 0250-0329
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/7957
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDe Rebusen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesLaw Society of South Africa, De Rebus;381
dc.subjectDivorceen_US
dc.subjectDivorce Amendment Acten_US
dc.subjectMuslim Marriageen_US
dc.subjectMuslim Divorceen_US
dc.subjectMuslim Personal Lawen_US
dc.titleMuslim divorce and the 1996 Divorce Amendment Act: The cart before the horse?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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