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Multicultural Jurisprudence : Comparative Perspectives on the Cultural Defense.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Oñati International Series in Law and Society SeriesPublisher: London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (392 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781847314819
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Multicultural JurisprudenceDDC classification:
  • 340.1
LOC classification:
  • K2229.M85 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: In this volume scholars grapple with the immense challenges judges are currently experiencing everywhere due to increased travel across borders.
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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.

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