Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; PART I HISTORICAL AND FORMAL LEGAL CONTEXT; 2 Shariâ#x80;#x98;a Courts in Palestine and Israel: A Socio-Historical Review; 3 Shariâ#x80;#x98;a Courts in Israel: The Legal Setting; 4 Establishment of the Shariâ#x80;#x98;a Court in West Jerusalem; PART II A COURT IN MOTION: ETHNOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT; 5 The Site; 6 The Cast of Characters; 7 Organizational Routines; 8 Doing Ethnography in the Shariâ#x80;#x98;a Court in West Jerusalem: Some Reflexive Notes
PART III THE WEST JERUSALEM SHARIâ#x80;#x98;A COURT AND THE FAMILY COURT9 Breaking Shariâ#x80;#x98;a Courtsâ#x80;#x99; Monopoly in Jurisdiction; 10 Shariâ#x80;#x98;a Courtsâ#x80;#x99; Response to Competition; 11 Forum Shopping: Where to File a Maintenance Suit; PART IV A TALE OF THREE COURTS AND ONE CITY; 12 Three Shariâ#x80;#x98;a Courts in Jerusalem; 13 Forum Shopping between Shariâ#x80;#x98;a Courts; PART V CONCLUDING DISCUSSION; 14 Israeli Shariâ#x80;#x98;a Courts as Pluralistic Organizations: A New Institutional Perspective; 15 Empirical and Theoretical Implications; Appendix 1: Shariâ#x80;#x98;a Court Fees; Appendix 2: Form for Court Petition
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Appendix 3: Fatwa by the Mufti of JerusalemBibliography
