Publication Date

Summer 2000

Journal

Israel Law Review

Abstract

The article examines the tension between gender equality and religious freedom through the lens of the *agunah* problem in Jewish law, where women are unable to remarry due to their husbands' refusal to grant a Jewish divorce (*get*). It critiques civil remedies aimed at addressing this issue, such as the Get Law, and evaluates their constitutional implications under the religion clauses. The analysis uses pluralist theories to assess how the liberal state should respond to conflicts between universal rights and group-specific legal practices, arguing that current approaches often undermine cultural diversity and individual rights within religious groups.

Volume

34

Issue

2

First Page

170

Last Page

210

Publisher

Faculty of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Disciplines

Comparative and Foreign Law | Courts | Law | Law and Gender

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