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Law Library Blog (July 2019): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law
Law Library Blog (July 2019): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law
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Law Library Blog (May 2019): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law
Law Library Blog (May 2019): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law
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Religious Courts In Secular Jurisdictions: How Jewish And Islamic Courts Adapt To Societal And Legal Norms, Rabea Benhalim
Religious Courts In Secular Jurisdictions: How Jewish And Islamic Courts Adapt To Societal And Legal Norms, Rabea Benhalim
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At first glance, religious courts, especially Sharia courts, seem incompatible with secular, democratic societies. Nevertheless, Jewish and Islamic courts operate in countries like the United States, England, and Israel. Scholarship on these religious courts has primarily focused on whether such religious legal pluralism promotes the value of religious freedom, and if so, whether these secular legal systems should accommodate the continued existence of these courts. This article shifts the inquiry to determine whether religious courts in these environments accommodate litigants’ popular opinions and the secular, procedural, and substantive justice norms of the country in which they are located. This article …