A Feminist Response to Address Discrimination in Inheritance in South Africa

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Seeham Samaai
Charlene May

Keywords

Inheritance , Feminist, Islamic will, Transgender

Abstract

A response to "A Brief Analysis of the Status of a Transgender Beneficiary for Purposes of an Islamic Will Within the South African Context” 

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