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Multicultural jurisprudence [electronic resource] : comparative perspectives on the cultural defense /

by Foblets, Marie-Claire; Renteln, Alison Dundes; ProQuest (Firm).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: O�nati international series in law and society: Publisher: Oxford ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2009Description: xiv, 378 p.ISBN: ; ; ; .Subject(s): Actions and defenses -- Sociological aspects | Cultural defense (Law) | Law and globalization | Sociological jurisprudence | Multiculturalism -- Law and legislation | Cultural pluralism | Defense (Criminal procedure) -- Sociological aspects | Defense (Civil procedure) -- Sociological aspects | Electronic booksOnline resources: Click to View
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-366) and index.

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 C�esar 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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.


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