| | The Empire Strikes Back -- Froomkin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | In Israel, for example, the relevant "patch" for matters of status and family is religion, and these matters are largely regulated by separate confessional authorities and adjudicated by separate religious courts. |
| | In the Ottoman Empire the legal system established a confessional divide that granted limited privileges to confessional courts over penal matters involving members of their communities, especially matters involving violations of religious law. |
| | Just because it is possible, however, does not make it desirable; the victory of the English King's courts over the concurrent ecclesiastical jurisdiction is still seen as a healthy victory in many quarters despite leaving one open to the charge of a Whiggish reading of history. |
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