
Present Absentee: The Sulha as a Mechanism of Legal Pluralism in Israeli Law
Both Middle Eastern and Western legal systems have dealt with the role of Sulha, a traditional Shari’a-based process of conflict resolution. How does this socio-legal mechanism coexist with Israel’s modern liberal legal system today and in the past? This post discusses Sulha as an intriguing socio-legal cultural meeting point and an expression of legal pluralism.