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Policy-makers and the public are increasingly attentive to the role
of shari'a in the everyday lives of Western Muslims, with negative
associations and public fears growing among their non-Muslim
neighbors in the United States and Canada. The most common way
North American Muslims relate to shari'a is in their observance of
Muslim marriage and divorce rituals; recourse to traditional
Islamic marriage and, to a lesser extent, divorce is widespread.
Julie Macfarlane has conducted hundreds of interviews with Muslim
couples, as well as with religious and community leaders and family
conflict professionals. Her book describes how Muslim marriage and
divorce processes are used in North America, and what they mean to
those who embrace them as a part of their religious and cultural
identity. The picture that emerges is of an idiosyncratic private
ordering system that reflects a wide range of attitudes towards
contemporary family values and changes in gender roles. Some women
describe pervasive assumptions about restrictions on their role in
the family system, as well as pressure to accept these values and
to stay married. Others of both genders describe the gradual
modernization of Islamic family traditions - and the subsequent
emergence of a Western shari'a--but a continuing commitment to the
rituals of Muslim marriage and divorce in their private lives.
Readers will be challenged to consider how the secular state should
respond in order to find a balance between state commitment to
universal norms and formal equality, and the protection of
religious freedom expressed in private religious and cultural
practices.
The New Lawyer analyzes the profound impact changes in client needs
and demands are having on how law is practised. Most legal clients
are unwilling or unable to pay for protracted litigation and count
on their lawyers to pursue just and expedient resolution. These
clients are transforming the role of lawyers, the nature of client
service, and the principles of legal practice. In this fully
revised edition of the now classic text, Julie Macfarlane outlines
how lawyers can meet new expectations by committing to
lawyer-client collaboration, conflict resolution advocacy, and
revised financial structures so that the legal profession can
remain relevant in this rapidly changing environment.
If you say nothing, the system is working. It took Julie Macfarlane
a lifetime to say the words out loud-the words that finally broke
the calm and traveled farther than she could have imagined. In this
clear-eyed account, she confronts her own silence and deeply rooted
trauma to chart a remarkable course from sexual abuse victim to
agent of change. Going Public merges the worlds of personal and
professional, activism and scholarship. Drawing upon decades of
legal training, Macfarlane decodes the well-worn methods used by
church, school, and state to silence survivors, from first
reporting to cross-examination to non-disclosure agreements. At the
same time, she lays bare the isolation and exhaustion of going
public in her own life, as she takes her abuser to court,
challenges her colleagues, and weathers a defamation lawsuit. The
result is far more than a memoir. It's a courageous and essential
blueprint for going toe-to-toe with the powers behind institutional
abuse and protectionism. Macfarlane's experiences bring her to the
most important realization of her life: that no one but she can
make the decision to stand up and speak about what happened to her.
The New Lawyer analyzes the profound impact changes in client needs
and demands are having on how law is practised. Most legal clients
are unwilling or unable to pay for protracted litigation and count
on their lawyers to pursue just and expedient resolution. These
clients are transforming the role of lawyers, the nature of client
service, and the principles of legal practice. In this fully
revised edition of the now classic text, Julie Macfarlane outlines
how lawyers can meet new expectations by committing to
lawyer-client collaboration, conflict resolution advocacy, and
revised financial structures so that the legal profession can
remain relevant in this rapidly changing environment.
* Provides clarity to the confusing the field of business
enterprise; * Draws on theories, concepts and models from the
established business great and good; * Contains international case
studies to illustrate and examine globalisation. For the first time
in history, more than half of the world's businesses are small,
however, the technological revolution has meant that some small
firms are "born global" i.e. they operate in multiple markets
and/or geographies from the outset. Business enterprises need to
move and adapt quickly, in line with competition and changing
customer tastes. The challenges they face to succeed are
relentless. '''Enterprise and its Business Environment''' offers a
clear and insightful introduction to the world of business
enterprise and the inner workings of the firm. It explores the role
of entrepreneurs, consumers and businesses to understand how their
roles affect the production and allocation of good and services and
provides a solid base from which those new to the study of business
can develop their own interests in relation to the most powerful
economic and entrepreneurial forces shaping the world in which we
live. '''Enterprise and its Business Environment''' is written and
contributed to by a team of expert scholars from Heriot-Watt
University, who teach across the globe. This important text: *
Brings structure to the field of 'business enterprise' by
organizing basic ideas and introducing concepts; * Builds on the
established theories and contributions of the great and good in the
field of management and organization; * Uses international case
studies to examine globalisation and its significance to
organisations. To help support their learning, readers have access
to a range of online resources including chapter-by-chapter
multiple choice questions which will enable them to assess how well
they have grasped individual chapters. The text also features a
range of supplementary readings, in text exercises and
cases/examples to help bring concepts to life. Part of the '''The
Global Management Series'''; a complete portfolio of global
business and management texts that successfully meets the needs of
students on international undergraduate and postgraduate business
and management degree courses. Each book is a clear, concise and
practical and has a thorough pedagogic structure to suit a 12 week
semester. The series offers a flexible 'pick and mix' choice of
downloadable e-chapters, so that users can select and build
learning materials tailored to their specific needs. See
www.goodfellowpublishers.com/GMS for details. Each book in the
series is edited and contributed to by a team of experienced
academics based in the UK, Dubai and Malaysia it provides an
essential learning aid for students across a wide range of business
and management courses and an invaluable teaching tool for
lecturers and academics. '''Series Editors''': Robert MacIntosh,
Professor of Strategy and Kevin O'Gorman, Professor of Management,
both at Heriot-Watt University, UK]
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