Introduction : individual autonomy in contemporary plural societies : how to reconcile competing normative standards? / Marie-Claire Foblets, Michele Graziadei and Alison Dundes Renteln -- The fault in our stars : personal autonomy, philosophy, and the law / Michele Graziadei -- Confronting autonomy in liberal practice / Geoffrey Brahm Levey -- Autonomy and deeply embedded cultural identities / John Christman -- Three approaches to the protection of religious freedom : choice, interest, identity / Avigail Eisenberg -- Appeals to choice and sexual equality : debates over religious attire / Monique Deveaux -- Why the individual must be defended : seemingly against all anthropological odds / Olaf Zenker -- Cultural diversity in the workplace : personal autonomy as a pillar for the accommodation of employees' religious practices? / Katayoun Alidadi -- Adopting a face-veil, concluding an islamic marriage : autonomy, agency, and liberal-secular rule / Annelies Moors -- Unregistered Muslim marriages in the UK : examining normative influences shaping choice of legal protection / Rajnaara C. Akhtar -- Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? : personal autonomy, forced marriage, and the inherent jurisdiction in English law / Alberto Neidhardt -- Balancing migration policy and personal autonomy in private international law : a shattered illusion? / Jinske Verhellen -- The anti-religious bias in personal autonomy : towards coherence and a solution / Toon Agten -- Shaping notions of personal autonomy in plural societies : addressing female genital cutting in France and the European regulatory framework's approach to this custom / Lucia Bellucci -- The human rights dimensions of virginity restoration surgery / Alison Dundes Renteln -- "It is better for me to agree when my guardian is here" : consent and relational personhood in postcolonial Malawi / Jessica Johnson -- The multiple search for autonomy among moluccans in the netherlands : a relational approach / Keebet von Benda-Beckmann -- An all but trivial abortion : scrutinizing sex selection legislation in India through the lens of women's autonomy / Kalindi Kokal -- Rethinking social norms : contraceptive use and women's right to choose in Senegal / Chiara Quagliariello -- Autonomous aspirations? : re-reading the CEDAW drafting process and examining Muslim women's contributions / Shaheen Sardar Ali and Arjumand Bano Kazmi -- "That's not our culture" : paradoxes of personal property in indigenous self-governance / Ian Kalman