On the theme "How, if at all, should a national legal system adapt to religious pluralism in relation to marriage?" a seminar took place on November 27, 2018 organised by the EPLO together with the Centre of Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge on the recognition of religious law by national courts, particularly in the field of marriage and divorce.
Program
2.30pm start – speaker presentation
3.30pm - break
4pm resume – panel discussion and open floor questions
5pm finish
Theme, Speakers & Topics: 'How, if at all, should a national legal system adapt to religious pluralism in relation to marriage?' [In context of Akhter v. Khan and the Attorney General {2018} EWFC 54]
1) The Right Honourable Lord Woolf presiding;
2) Professor Rebecca Probert (Exeter) - criminal offences in marriage law;
3) Professor Spyros Flogaitis (Athens) & Professor Yiannis Ktistakis (Thrace)– Greece and the historical application of sharia;
4) ProfessorShazia Choudhry (QML) – potential impact of human rights framework on the availability of remedial processes when (non-)marriages break down;
