The cultural defense / Alison Dundes Renteln.

New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

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Defense (Criminal procedure) -- Sociological aspects.

Actions and defenses -- Sociological aspects.

Culture and law.

Sociological Jurisprudence.

Defence (Criminal procedure)

Pt. I. Law and culture

1. Introduction

2. Why culture matters for justice

Pt. II. Cultural conflicts in the courtroom

3. Homicide

4. Children

5. Drugs

6. Animals

7. Marriage

8. Attire

9. The dead

Pt. III. Toward a principle of maximum accommodation

10. The cultural defense in theory and practice

11. The right to culture.

Includes bibliography and index.

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viii, 404 p.