Ayelet Shachar is Assistant Professor of Law in the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto. She is also currently a Member at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. She has written extensively on issues of contemporary political theory, group rights and gender equality. Her most recent publications appear in the Journal of Political Philosophy, Political Theory and the Harvard Civil Rights - Civil Liberties Law Review. She has also contributed to several edited volumes including Multicultural Questions (1999); Citizenship in Diverse Societies (2000); and From Migrants to Citizens (2000).

• 1. Introduction; 2. The perils of multicultural accommodation; 3. Family law and the construction of collective identity; 4. State vs. nomos: lessons from contemporary law and normative theory; 5. Sharing the pieces of jurisdictional authority: mapping the possibilities; 6. Transformative accomodation: utilizing external protections to reduce internal restrictions; 7. Towards a resolution of the multiculturalism paradox: family law revisited; 8. Conclusion.

"This is an excellent example of the kind of new comparative law theory and application appearing in many recent texts...where the definition of legal culture is expanded, and the exciting and creative prospects for cross-fertilization are apparent. This book should be regarded as a necessary addition to these new voices." International Journal of Legal Information