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Multicultural jurisprudence : comparative perspectives on the cultural defense / Edited by Marie-Claire Foblets and Alison Dundes Renteln.
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Publication details:
Oxford : Hart Publishing, 2009.
Record id:
66306
Subject:
Actions and defenses -- Sociological aspects.
Cultural defense (Law)
Law and globalisation.
Sociological jurisprudence.
Multiculturalism -- Law and legislation.
Cultural pluralism.
Defense (Criminal procedure) -- Sociological aspects.
Defense (Civil procedure) -- Sociological aspects.
Contents:
Part I. 1. 2. 3. Part II. 4. 5. 6. 7. Part III. 8. 9. 10. 11. Part IV. 12. 13. 14. Theoretical perspectives
The culture defence in English common law : the potential for development
Culture, crime, and culpability : perspectives on the defence of provocation
The use and abuse of the cultural defence
Overview of countries
The cultural defence in Spain
Visions of a multicultural criminal law
The paradox of cultural differences in Dutch criminal law
The cultural defence in criminal law : South African perspectives
Specific issues
Criminalising Romani culture through law
Honor killings and the cultural defence in Germany
A critique of 'loss of face' arguments in cultural defense cases : a comparative study
The paradox of the cultural defence : gender and cultural othering in Canada
Legal actors
Dealing with the ethnic other in criminal law practice : a case study from the Netherlands
Cultural defence and social dynamics
The anthropologist as expert witness : the case of a murder in Maine.
Note:
Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781841138954
Phys. description:
xiv, 378 p. ; 24 cm