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Married in Spite of The Law: An Ethnographic Study on Early Marriage in Zaatari Refugee Camp

Velasco Regulez, Itxaso LU (2019) SIMV11 20191
Graduate School
Master of Science in Global Studies
Abstract
Despite being generally forbidden by the Jordanian Law of Personal Status, early marriage among Syrian refugees in the camp of Zaatari is still common, and according to some sources, its incidence has increased during the past years. This practice in Zaatari is regulated by the Syrian adat, that at the same time coexists with Jordanian law and decision norms advocated by International NGOs; giving place to a situation of legal pluralism in the camp. The overall aim of this thesis is to contribute to scholarly debates around the socio-legal adaptation of refugees into a new legal environment by exploring legal pluralism in Zaatari and the interplay between the alternative normative orders that conform it, with a focus on the practice of... (More)
Despite being generally forbidden by the Jordanian Law of Personal Status, early marriage among Syrian refugees in the camp of Zaatari is still common, and according to some sources, its incidence has increased during the past years. This practice in Zaatari is regulated by the Syrian adat, that at the same time coexists with Jordanian law and decision norms advocated by International NGOs; giving place to a situation of legal pluralism in the camp. The overall aim of this thesis is to contribute to scholarly debates around the socio-legal adaptation of refugees into a new legal environment by exploring legal pluralism in Zaatari and the interplay between the alternative normative orders that conform it, with a focus on the practice of early marriage. For this purpose, this study is based on ethnographic fieldwork combined with qualitative methods of data collection. (Less)
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author
Velasco Regulez, Itxaso LU
supervisor
organization
course
SIMV11 20191
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Early marriage, Jordanian Law of Personal Status, adat, Zaatari refugee camp, socio-legal adaptation, legal pluralism, legal culture and living law.
language
English
id
8983723
date added to LUP
2019-09-16 12:10:15
date last changed
2019-09-16 12:10:15
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  abstract     = {{Despite being generally forbidden by the Jordanian Law of Personal Status, early marriage among Syrian refugees in the camp of Zaatari is still common, and according to some sources, its incidence has increased during the past years. This practice in Zaatari is regulated by the Syrian adat, that at the same time coexists with Jordanian law and decision norms advocated by International NGOs; giving place to a situation of legal pluralism in the camp. The overall aim of this thesis is to contribute to scholarly debates around the socio-legal adaptation of refugees into a new legal environment by exploring legal pluralism in Zaatari and the interplay between the alternative normative orders that conform it, with a focus on the practice of early marriage. For this purpose, this study is based on ethnographic fieldwork combined with qualitative methods of data collection.}},
  author       = {{Velasco Regulez, Itxaso}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Married in Spite of The Law: An Ethnographic Study on Early Marriage in Zaatari Refugee Camp}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}