Forum shopping between civil and shari’a courts: Maintenance suits in contemporary Jerusalem

Ido Shahar

doi:10.1057/9781137318343_9

Forum shopping between civil and shari’a courts: Maintenance suits in contemporary Jerusalem

Ido Shahar

Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies

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Abstract

Forum shopping," namely "[t]he practice of choosing the most favourable jurisdiction or court in which a claim may be heard" (Garner, 2001, p. 590), is highly prevalent in situations of legal pluralism. In such situations, actors are often able to choose between several legal forums, and tend to prefer the forum that they perceive as best serving their interests. Surprisingly, this practice has received but meager attention in anthropological studies of legal pluralism.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Religion in Disputes
Subtitle of host publication	Pervasiveness of Religious Normativity in Disputing Processes
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	147-164
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	9781137318343
ISBN (Print)	9781137322043
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137318343_9
State	Published - 1 Jan 2013

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© Franz von Benda-Beckmann, Keebet von Benda-Beckmann.

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