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Multicultural Jurisprudence : Comparative Perspectives on the Cultural Defense.

Foblets, Marie-Claire.

Multicultural Jurisprudence : Comparative Perspectives on the Cultural Defense. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (392 pages) - Oñati International Series in Law and Society Series . - Oñati International Series in Law and Society Series .

Prelims -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- I Theoretical Perspectives -- 1 The Culture Defence in English Common Law: the Potential for Development -- 2 Culture, Crime and Culpability: Perspectives on the Defence of Provocation -- 3 The Use and Abuse of the Cultural Defense -- II Overview of Countries -- 4 The Cultural Defence in Spain -- 5 Visions of a Multicultural Criminal Law: an Australian Perspective -- 6 The Paradox of Cultural Differences in Dutch Criminal Law -- 7 The Cultural Defence in Criminal Law: South African Perspectives -- III Specific Issues -- 8 Criminalising Romani Culture through Law -- 9 Honor Killings and the Cultural Defense in Germany -- 10 A Critique of 'Loss of Face' Arguments in Cultural Defense Cases: a Comparative Study -- 11 The Paradox of the Cultural Defence: Gender and Cultural Othering in Canada -- IV Legal Actors -- 12 Dealing with the Ethnic Other in Criminal Law Practice: a Case Study from the Netherlands -- 13 Cultural Defence and Societal Dynamics -- 14 The Anthropologist as Expert Witness: the Case of a Murder in Maine -- Conclusion -- Scientific Bibliography -- Index.

In this volume scholars grapple with the immense challenges judges are currently experiencing everywhere due to increased travel across borders.

9781847314819


Defense (Criminal procedure) -- Sociological aspects.


Electronic books.

K2229.M85 2009

340.1

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