Legal pluralism in the Holy City : competing courts, forum shopping, and institutional dynamics in Jerusalem / Ido Shahar, University of Haifa, Israel.

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.