Legal pluralism in the Holy City : competing courts, forum shopping, and institutional dynamics in Jerusalem /

Shahar, Ido, 1969-

Legal pluralism in the Holy City : competing courts, forum shopping, and institutional dynamics in Jerusalem / Ido Shahar, University of Haifa, Israel. - xiv, 225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Cultural diversity and law .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-219) and index.

Introduction -- Shari'a courts in Palestine and Israel : a socio-historical review -- Shari'a courts in Israel : the legal setting -- Establishment of the Shari'a court in West Jerusalem -- The site -- The cast of characters -- Organizational routines -- Doing ethnography in the Shari'a court in West Jerusalem : some reflexive notes -- Breaking Shari'a courts' monopoly in jurisdiction -- Shari'a courts' response to competition -- Forum shopping : where to file a maintenance suit -- Three Shari'a courts in Jerusalem -- Forum shopping between Shari'a courts -- Israeli Shari'a courts as pluralistic organizations : a new institutional perspective -- Empirical and theoretical implications.

9781409410522 (hbk) GBP73.99 9781409472513 (ebk-ePUB)

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Islamic courts--Jerusalem.
Palestinian Arabs--Legal status, laws, etc.--Jerusalem.
Forum shopping--Jerusalem.

kpm KML158.75 / .S525 2015

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