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

Door: Shahar, Ido.

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• ISBN: 9781409410522
• Uitgever: Farnham : Ashgate, 2016. Hardcover. xiv,225 pp. (Cultural diversity and law). Conditie: als nieuw
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• Extra informatie: - Contents: Introduction. Part I Historical and Formal Legal Context: 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. Part II A Court in Motion: Ethnographic Portrait: The site; The cast of characters; Organizational routines; Doing ethnography in the shari'a court in West Jerusalem: some reflexive notes. Part III The West Jerusalem Shari'a Court and the Family Court: Breaking shari'a courts' monopoly in jurisdiction; Shari'a courts' response to competition; Forum shopping: where to file a maintenance suit. Part IV A Tale of Three Courts and One City: Three shari'a courts in Jerusalem; Forum shopping between shari'a courts. Part V Concluding Discussion: Israeli shari'a courts as pluralistic organizations: a new institutional perspective; Empirical and theoretical implications. Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
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