Legal Pluralism in Action
Legal Pluralism in Action This groundbreaking book contributes to, and refocuses, public debates about the incorporation of plural approaches into the English legal system. Following migration to the…
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Legal Pluralism in Action
This groundbreaking book contributes to, and refocuses, public debates about the incorporation of plural approaches into the English legal system. Following migration to the West, many Kurds still adhere to traditional values and norms. The book specifically advances the recent, largely theoretical, discussions of Sharia legal practice by examining a secular method of dispute resolution as practised by the Kurdish Peace Committee in London.
These practical solutions to the challenges of a pluralistic life are seen by Kurdish communities in the UK as applicable not only to British and transnational daily life, but also as a training ground for institutions in a possible future Kurdish state. Building on these, they have adapted their customary legal practices to create unofficial legal courts and other forms of legal hybridisation. The study provides a substantive evidence base using