DY- I hear you. Was Rambam writing this halacha ;’maaseh, that batei din today have the (potential) power to beat a woman who doesn’t want to do work?
In any case, Raavad says ????? ?? ????? ???? ????? ?????, beis din or no beis din, and the Shulchan Aruch does not mention beating her at all. I wonder why they would object to a husband taking his wife to beis din, on your reading.