Unequal and Unprotected: Women's Rights under Lebanese Personal Status Laws
- Collection Type:
- Articles
- Country:
- Lebanon
- Creator:
- Human Rights Watch (HRW)
- Year:
- 2015
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This document is related to the Land Acquisition Act, 1894.
This act was first in 1964 and was amended by Acts 23 of 1974, 15 of 1976, 501 of 1976,
15 of 1978, 14 of 1980, 1 of 1981, 7 of 1983, 11 of 1984,10 of 1989, 12 of 1998, 20 of 2000, 20 of 2001, FEE 15 FAF 98 of 2002 and FEE 16 FSW 2001 dt. 5-9-2002. This version includes all of those amendments.
Marriage Act
Adapted from a guide by Mary Whisner at the University of Washington Gallagher Law Library website.
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This framework is intended to help you assess the current situation for women’s land rights in a specific country, state, or community. This framework looks at a single question: Can women inherit land?