This chapter outlines the features of the legal systems in Jordan and Morocco. It demonstrates that the structure of the legal systems in each country contains preferences towards different institutions and actors. Different types of actors may have different preferences with respect to the content of the law. The chapter contributes to the foundation of the structural argument that sees different approaches to family law reform partly as a result of variations in the legal system. What is considered as relevant cultural capital varies between judicial fields. Due to family law being considered Islamic law and due to the division of the judicial field in Jordan into regular and religious courts, knowledge of Islamic law is perceived as the only valuable and necessary entry qualification to enter the Jordanian judicial shariʿa court field. In Morocco, by contrast, the unified legal system has meant that secular law degrees have greater value. In Morocco women have increasingly entered the judiciary and are present in all courts. By contrast Jordanian shariʿa courts could block the appointment of women judges. Despite both judicial fields being subject to executive power, the Jordanian king has refrained from appointing women to the shariʿa courts. This indicates a greater degree of autonomy of these courts.