You would probably find analogous cases regarding courts' ability to apply the requirements of Jewish law to get a "Ghet" or "Get," a Jewish divorce. The first spelling would obviously be more westlawable or lexisable.
Sam Ventola Denver, Colorado On 2/15/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a student who is doing a moot court project on whether state > courts can settle a dispute over the meaning of an Islamic marriage > contract. The parties are resident aliens and the question is whether the > courts can interpret the relevant provisions of the religious marriage > contract without violating the Establishment Clause. I''m sure this issue > has arisen in the domestic context of mainstream American religions, but I > am not familiar with the caselaw in this area. Whatever the answer to the > domestic question is, does the fact that the parties are resident aliens > affect the answer. Off-List replies are fine, and I'll assume they can be > shared with other List members. If you do not want me to share off-List > responses please let me know. Thanks in advance. > > Bobby > > Robert Justin Lipkin > Professor of Law > Widener University School of Law > Delaware > _______________________________________________ > To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see > http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw > > Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as > private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are > posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or > wrongly) forward the messages to others. > > _______________________________________________ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
