When contemporary observant Jewish and Muslim couples with troubled marriages deal with divorce in America, both classical-historical religious jurisprudence, and secular law impact their situations. Issues surrounding divorce in the tightest-knit, most religiously, culturally or ethnically homogeneous communities can be the most problematic for women who want to be able to continue to live within their own communities. Because of the large population clusters of Orthodox Jews and Muslims in certain regions of North America, the number of court cases involving family law are higher, and the media coverage frequently more extensive. Such places as New York, New Jersey, Los Angeles, Montreal, Detroit, and Florida yield extensive data for my inquiry into the dual legal life of such women whose issues have become part of the current North American public discourse.
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