This study examines the legal impediments to the application of Islamic Family Law in the Philippines. It is carried out by critically analyzing the legal effects of the secular principles, the Constitution and other laws of the state towards the enforcement of Islamic family law in the Philippines. This research establishes that the Islamic family law in the Philippines is part and parcel …
The relationship between parents and children is a strong, ineluctable one. It has a profound, emotional effect on both, as it is based on blood and lineage. The child-parent relationship gives rise to mutual rights and duties. These rights relate to the person of the child: for protection, care and maintenance. This article will examine the rights of children to maintenance. It will exa…
This article addresses the differences between jurists of the three Shīʿī sects – Zaydīs, Ismāʿīlīs, and Twelver Shīʿīs – concerning the marriage contract. In general, Zaydī, Ismāʿīlī, and Twelver jurists agree on three elements of the marriage contract of a woman who is an adult, single, and a virgin (bikr). However, they disagree over certain elements of the contra…