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1 online resource. |
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Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
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Cambridge studies in law and society.
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| Summary |
"What does it mean for courts and other legal institutions to be culturally sensitive? What are the institutional implications and consequences of such an aspiration? To what extent is legal discourse capable of accommodating multiple cultural narratives without losing its claim to normative specificity? And how are we to understand meetings of law and culture in the context of formal and informal legal processes, when demands are made to accommodate cultural difference? The encounter of law and culture is a polycentric relation, but these questions draw our attention to law and legal institutions as one site of encounter warranting further investigation, to map out the place of culture in the domains of law by relying on the insights of law, anthropology, politics, and philosophy. Culture in the Domains of Law seeks to examine and answer these questions resulting in a richer outlook on both law and culture"-- Provided by publisher |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title ; Series information ; Title page ; Copyright information ; Dedication ; Table of contents ; Acknowledgments ; List of Contributors ; 1 Centaur Jurisprudence: Culture before the Law ; 1.1 Translation of Cultures ; 1.2 Acculturation of Justice. |
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1.3 Pluralized Narratives on Law and Cultures Part I Accommodation of Minority Cultural Practices ; 2 Legal Pluralism and the Interpretive Limits of Law ; 2.1 The Problematic -- Recognition, Interpretation, and Identity as Law. |
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2.2 Cross-cultural Interpretation and Understanding in Legal Settings 2.3 The Interpretive Limits of Law -- a Legal Positivist Case Study ; 2.4 A Legal Pluralist Intervention -- Indigenous Law as Fact ; 2.5 Concluding Remarks: Positivist Concepts and Judicial Practice. |
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3 Family Law, State Recognition and Intersecting Spheres/Spaces: Jewish and Muslim Women Divorcing in the United Kingdom 3.1 Introduction ; 3.2 A New Approach to the Study of Law and Culture ; 3.3 Law and Culture as Intersecting Spaces: Legalizing Religion ; 3.4 Conclusion. |
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4 Customary Norms vs State Law: French Courts' Responses to the Traditional Practice of Excision 4.1 Introduction ; 4.2 Customary Norms vs State Law: An Ethnographic Inquiry on the Response of the French Criminal Justice System ; 4.3 Excision as a Customary Norm with the Force of Law. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Culture and law.
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Culture and law. |
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Sociological jurisprudence.
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Sociological jurisprudence. |
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LAW -- General. |
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LAW -- Essays. |
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LAW -- General Practice. |
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LAW -- Jurisprudence. |
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LAW -- Paralegals & Paralegalism. |
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LAW -- Practical Guides. |
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LAW -- Reference. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Provost, René, 1965- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Culture in the domains of law. 9781107163331 1107163331 (DLC) 2016028915 (OCoLC)950929309 |
| ISBN |
1316753417 (electronic book) |
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9781316753415 (electronic book) |
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9781316747629 (electronic book) |
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131674762X (electronic book) |
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9781107163331 (hardback) |
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1107163331 (hardback) |
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