![]() ![]() DIRECTOR: Marian Yeager. Nov 13, 2017 - One of the topics that came up at a recent Muslim lawyers' conference I recently attended was the way attorneys like myself handle the values that we have as Muslims and combine them with the laws of whatever jurisdiction we practice in. A professor spoke, noting that we have been trashing much of what. ![]() ![]() ![]() Equal Rights in Inheritance. Legislation should prohibit discrimination against women and girls in inheritance and explicitly allow females to inherit property and. It’s decades since we agreed that women can do any job as well as a man, so long as it doesn’t involve heavy lifting. And it’s decades since we agreed that women and men should be treated equally. Yet now that the law on succession to the monarchy has been changed, there is still one glaring exception. Women aren’t allowed to inherit most hereditary peerages. This anachronism leads to the most bizarre injustices. Baron Braybrooke’s title and ancestral home will go to his fourth cousin once removed, rather than one of his eight daughters. The Duke of Rutland can’t hand Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire on to the oldest of his three daughters. The earldom of Kitchener will soon become extinct for the lack of a.
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