Paternity Between Law and Biology: The Reconstruction of the Islamic Law of Paternity in the Wake of Dna Testing
Abstract: The discovery of DNA paternity tests has stirred a debate concerning the definition of paternity and whether the grounds for such a definition are legal or biological. According to the classical rules of Islamic law, paternity is established and negated on the basis of a valid marriage. Mo...
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| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2012
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Zygon
Year: 2012, Volume: 47, Issue: 1, Pages: 214-239 |
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Islam
B Islamic bioethics B Islamic Law B biomedical technology B ijtihad (independent legal reasoning) B DNA fingerprinting B paternity tests B DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) |
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