'Dr Tas' path-breaking empirical study of dispute processing in Britain's Kurdish community underpins his superb book. Using case studies, ethnographic observation and rich interview material, and setting everything in historical and cultural context, he illustrates how legal pluralism can be an everyday reality for ethnic minority groups, and why state law so often does not help to solve their problems. This is essential reading for anyone interested in problems of regulating multicultural societies today.' Roger Cotterrell, Queen Mary, University of London, UK 'This insightful study illustrates the beneficial role of community cohesion, based on non-state law, in the midst of London. The rich and unique experience of the Kurdish Peace Committee, without sliding into religious dogmatism or patriarchal authoritarianism, proves the strength of living law today, engaging people's power to settle disputes in the shadow of the state.' Werner Menski, SOAS, University of London, UK 'A ground breaking ethnographic study that provides a unique perspective into alternative dispute resolution processes and mechanisms among Kurds in the diaspora. Many have written on the history and political aspirations of Kurdish people in the past, but this is the very first study in the English language that not only challenges prevailing ways of thinking about the emergence of ethno-nationalist subjectivities and demands, particularly those dealing with the Kurdish identity, but also introduces a whole new set of methodological tools, a new epistemology and a refreshing socio-legal perspective that have been long wanting in the field of Kurdish Studies.' YA1/4ksel Sezgin, Syracuse University, USA 'This timely book is an important contribution and offers a rare insight into the unique and hybrid system with which the diasporic Kurdish community in London deals with conflict resolution.' Welat Zeydanlioglu, Kurdish Studies Network, Sweden '...a unique and timely contribution to