Mohammad Fadel (University of Toronto, Faculty of Law) takes a pragmatic approach that helps explain why Tunisian president Beji Caid Essebsi’s 2017 proposal to amend Tunisian inheritance laws has raised … Continue reading Thoughts on the Draft Tunisian Inheritance Reform Legislation
Katarzyna Sidło's (CASE - Center for Social and Economic Research) analysis of the Tunisian president Beji Caid Essebsi's 2017 proposal to amend Tunisian inheritance laws examines the issue with an … Continue reading Because They “Spend of Their Property” No More? An Economic Perspective on Inheritance Rights
Last fall, Tunisia overturned a 1973 law that banned Muslim women from marrying non-Muslim men. (It is generally accepted by Islamic scholars that men are permitted to marry women of … Continue reading In the News: Interfaith Marriages and Islamic Law in Tunisia
Earlier this month, Tunisia’s President announced in a speech: “I propose equality inheritance to become law.” Currently in Tunisia, men typically inherit double what women inherit. The proposed change has … Continue reading In the News: Islamic Inheritance Laws
By Nadia Marzouki* Summary Tunisia has often been too quickly branded as the poster child of the Arab Spring, without consideration of the real challenges and uncertainties faced by this … Continue reading Religious freedom in post-revolution Tunisia
