Legal pluralism in the Holy City : competing courts, forum shopping and institutional dynamics in Jerusalem - Shahar, Ido, 1969- (Farnham, Surrey, England : Ashgate, 2015)
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
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-219) and index
Keywords: Islamic courts -- Jerusalem; Palestinian Arabs -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Jerusalem; Forum shopping -- Jerusalem