Characterized as divinely ordained, the Islamic law of inheritance defines women’s rights to property of the deceased with specific roles and responsibilities for each individual. Obviously, the Islamic law of inheritance is a major contribution to the legal system of the world, compared to the customary laws in the pre‐Islamic Arab society that denied any proprietary right by way of inheritance to female relatives including daughters.
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Library ResourcePublicación revisada por paresDiciembre, 2014Malasia
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the EMPOWER report
Publicación revisada por paresAbril, 2015MalasiaWhy do activist groups representing some of society’s most marginalized employ legalistic forms of ‘rights talk’ when the reality of securing rights via the judicial system is almost unimaginable? The article considers this question in relation to the work of the Malaysian non-governmental organisation (NGO) EMPOWER who, in 2011, produced the Malaysian Women’s Human Rights Report focusing attention on the rights of informal sector workers, refugees, sexual minorities and women’s rights under non-Islamic family law.
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Library ResourcePublicación revisada por paresFebrero, 2013Malasia
Drawing on original survey research, this study examines how lay Muslims in Malaysia understand foundational concepts in Islamic law. The survey finds a substantial disjuncture between popular legal consciousness and core epistemological commitments in Islamic legal theory. In its classic form, Islamic legal theory was marked by its commitment to pluralism and the centrality of human agency in Islamic jurisprudence. Yet in contemporary Malaysia, lay Muslims tend to understand Islamic law as being purely divine, with a single “correct” answer to any given question.
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Library ResourceArtículos de revistas y librosNoviembre, 2018Serbia, Nepal, Marruecos, Guatemala, Filipinas, Uganda, Albania, Omán, Perú, Azerbaiyán, Indonesia, Zimbabwe, Colombia, Camboya, Congo, Argentina, Sierra Leona, Tanzania, China, México, Kenya
Goal 5 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls” recognizes the fundamental role of women in achieving poverty reduction, food security and nutrition.
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Library ResourceRegulacionesViet Nam, Asia, Asia sudoriental
This Decree provides for the exemption from the agricultural land use tax in case of land assigned by the State to households and individuals for agricultural development, or belonging to farmer cooperatives whose land has been assigned for agricultural production, or for agricultural and forestry farmers which have been assigned lands for farming, in poor and less favoured areas.
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Library ResourcePolíticas NacionalesLaos, Asia, Asia sudoriental
The Vision of the present cross-sectoral Forestry Strategy 2020 (FS2020) establishes that by 2020, the Government of the Lao PDR envisages a sizeable, vigorous and robust forestry sector continuing in its role as one of the leading sectors advancing national socio-economic development. A sector in which scientifically-managed natural production forests generate timber and non-timber products at sustainable levels with village participation, under supervision and technical support from well-staffed, well-trained local and national government units.
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Library ResourceSingapur, Asia, Asia sudoriental
The provisions of the Land Titles (Strata) Act shall not apply to the PSA Building as per the actual Notification.
Implements: Land Titles (Strata) Act (Chapter 158). (2013-11-07)
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Library ResourceSingapur, Asia, Asia sudoriental
The provisions of the Land Titles (Strata) Act shall not apply to the Tanjong Pagar Complex as per the actual Notification.
Implements: Land Titles (Strata) Act (Chapter 158). (2013-11-07)
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An Act to provide for the acquisition of land for public and certain other specified purposes, the assessment of compensation to be made on account of such acquisition and for purposes connected therewith.
LegislaciónSingapur, Asia, Asia sudorientalThis Act consists of 7 Parts: Preliminary (I); Acquisition (II); Reference to an Appeals Board and procedure thereon (III); Apportionment of Compensation (IV); Payment (V); Temporary Occupation of Land (VI); Miscellaneous (VII).The Act provides a legal framework for the acquisition of private land by the government for the benefit of the public. Procedures and requirements for the acquisiton of land are set out in detail in the text. The Act further provides for the constitution of one or more Appeal Boards for the purpose of hearing appeals in respect of any award made by the Collector.
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An Act Which Makes Provision for the Registration of Titles to Land.
LegislaciónSingapur, Asia, Asia sudorientalThe Act is divided in the following parts: I, Preliminary; II, Establishment of land State Registry; III, Initial registration of Titles; IV, Registration; V, Effect of registration; VI, Instruments; VII, Transfers; VIII, Mortgages and Charges; IX, Leases; X, Easements; XI, Transmissions; XII, Caveats; XIII, writs and Orders of Court; XIV, Restrictive Covenants; XV, Statutory acquisition and Sale; XVI, Powers of Attorney; XVII, Civil Rights and Remedies;XVIII, Searches and certified Copies; XIX, Miscellaneous; Schedule Part I.Provisions are detailed on the registration of land, its tenure,
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