Multicultural jurisprudence : comparative perspectives on the cultural defense /: comparative perspectives on the cultural defense. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Marie-Claire Foblets and Alison Dundes Renteln.
• Other Names: Foblets, Marie-Claire, 1959-; Renteln, Alison Dundes
• Contents: Culture defence in English common law : the potential for development / Gordon R. Woodman -- Culture, crime, and culpability : perspectives on the defence of provocation / Kumaralingam Amirthalingam -- Use and abuse of the cultural defense / Alison Dundes Renteln -- Cultural defence in Spain / Barbara Truffin and César Arjona -- Visions of a multicultural criminal law : an Australian perspective / Simon Bronitt -- The paradox of cultural differences in Dutch criminal law / Mirjam Siesling and Jeroen Ten Voorde -- The cultural defence in criminal law : South African perspectives / Pieter A. Carstens -- Criminalising Romani culture through law / Joke Kusters -- Honor killings and the cultural defense in Germany / Sylvia Maier -- A critique of 'loss of face' arguments in cultural defense cases : a comparative study / Cher Weixia Chen -- The paradox of the cultural defence : gender and cultural othering in Canada / Maneesha Deckha -- Dealing with the ethnic other in criminal law practice : a case study from the Netherlands / Brenda Carina Oude Breuil -- Cultural defence and societal dynamics / Erik Claes and Jogchum Vrielink -- Anthropologist as expert witness : the case of a murder in Maine / John L. Caughey.
• Publisher Details: Oxford : Hart Pub
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 378 pages)
• Subjects: 340/.115; Law and globalization; Sociological jurisprudence; Cultural pluralism; Defense (Criminal procedure); LAW -- Jurisprudence; LAW -- General Practice; LAW -- Reference; LAW -- Essays; LAW -- Paralegals & Paralegalism; LAW -- Practical Guides; Cultural pluralism; Defense (Criminal procedure); Law and globalization; Sociological jurisprudence; Multikulturelle Gesellschaft; Recht; Wertordnung; Rechtsordnung; Verdediging (recht); Culturele minderheden; Multiculturele samenlevingen; Rechtsvergelijking; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847314819; 1847314813
• Related ISBNs: 9781841138954; 1841138959; 1841138967; 9781841138961
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-366) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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