Download or read book Cultural Expertise and Socio Legal Studies written by Austin Sarat and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this special issue, socio-legal scientists with interdisciplinary backgrounds scrutinize the applicability of the notion of cultural expertise in Europe and the rest of the World. Cases include murder, female genital mutilation, earthquake claims, Islamic law, underage marriages, child custody, adoption, land rights, and asylum.

Download or read book Cultural Expertise written by Livia Holden and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2020 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cultural expertise in the form of expert opinions formulated by social scientists appointed as experts in the legal process is not different from any other kind of expertise in court. In specialised fields of law, such as native land titles in America and in Australia, the appointment of social scientists as experts in court is a consolidated practice. This Special Issue focuses on the contemporary evolution and variation of cultural expertise as an emergent concept providing a conceptual umbrella for a variety of evolving practices, which all include use of the specialised knowledge of social sciences for the resolution of conflicts. It surveys the application of cultural expertise in the legal process with an unprecedented span of fields ranging from criminology and ethnopsychiatry to the recognition of the rights of autochthone minorities including linguistic expertise, and modern reformulation of cultural rights. In this Special Issue, the emphasis is on the development and change of culture-related expert witnessing over recent times, culture-related adjudication, and resolution of disputes, criminal litigation, and other kinds of court and out-of-court procedures. This Special Issue offers descriptions of judicial practices involving experts in local laws and customs and surveys of the most frequent fields of expert witnessing that are related with culture; interrogates who the experts are, their links with local communities, and also with the courts and the state power and politics; how cultural expert witnessing has been received by judges; how cultural expertise has developed across the sister disciplines of history and psychiatry; and eventually, it asks whether academic truth and legal truth are commensurable across time and space.

Download or read book The Cultural Defense written by Alison Dundes Renteln and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher's description: In a trial in California, Navajo defendants argue that using the hallucinogen peyote to achieve spiritual exaltation is protected by the Constitution's free exercise of religion clause, trumping the states' right to regulate them. An Ibo man from Nigeria sues Pan American World Airways for transporting his mother's corpse in a cloth sack. Her arrival for the funeral face down in a burlap bag signifies death by suicide according to the customs of her Ibo kin, and brings great shame to the son. In Los Angeles, two Cambodian men are prosecuted for attempting to eat a four month-old puppy. The immigrants' lawyers argue that the men were following their own "national customs" and do not realize their conduct is offensive to "American sensibilities." What is the just decision in each case? When cultural practices come into conflict with the law is it legitimate to take culture into account? Is there room in modern legal systems for a cultural defense? In this remarkable book, Alison Dundes Renteln amasses hundreds of cases from the U.S. and around the world in which cultural issues take center stage-from the mundane to the bizarre, from drugs to death. Though cultural practices vary dramatically, Renteln demonstrates that there are discernible patterns to the cultural arguments used in the courtroom. The regularities she uncovers offer judges a starting point for creating a body of law that takes culture into account. Renteln contends that a systematic treatment of culture in law is not only possible, but ultimately more equitable. A just pluralistic society requires a legal system that can assess diverse motivations and can recognize the key role that culture plays in influencing human behavior. The inclusion of evidence of cultural background is necessary for the fair hearing of a case.

Download or read book Cultural Expertise and Litigation written by Livia Holden and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-05-30 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cultural Expertise and Litigation addresses the issues surrounding the legal role of social scientists that provide evidence in cases related to minority groups and migration.

Download or read book Engaged Anthropology written by Tone Bringa and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-11-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, leading public anthropologists examine paths towards public engagement and discuss their experiences with engaged anthropology in arenas such as the media, international organizations, courtrooms, and halls of government. They discuss topics ranging from migration to cultural understanding, justice, development aid, ethnic conflict, war, and climate change. Through these examples of hands-on experience, the book provides a unique account of challenges faced, opportunities taken, and lessons learned. It illustrates the potential efficacy of an anthropology that engages with critical social and political issues.

Download or read book Diversity and Equality written by Avigail I. Eisenberg and published by University of British Columbia Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canada's protection of minority rights can be gauged by how public institutions weigh the claims of minorities against the values protected by individual rights. This book examines these debates and the groups that participate in them, including Aboriginal people, religious and ethnic minorities, children, women, and the majority or mainstream.

Download or read book La consulenza tecnica nel processo civile Problemi e funzionalit written by Vincenzo Ansanelli and published by Giuffrè Editore. This book was released on 2011 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Consulente tecnico e perito written by Giampaolo Di Marco and published by IPSOA. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Le fasi processuali della consulenza e della perizia sono diventate momenti decisivi delle sorti del processo e degli interessi delle parti. Il volume esamina gli aspetti giuridici più salienti dell’attività del consulente tecnico e del perito: - nel processo civile (cognizione, esecuzione e procedimenti speciali); - nel rito del lavoro; - nel processo amministrativo; - nel processo tributario; - nel processo penale; - nella mediazione civile e commerciale; - in materia medico-legale; - nei sinistri marittimi. L’esame è svolto con costante riferimento alle interpretazioni dottrinali più recenti ed è corredato da una Rassegna della giurisprudenza civile e penale relativa al 2014, da un Glossario, da un'Appendice normativa nonché da un formulario contenente le formule caratterizzanti lo svolgimento dell’attività di consulente tecnico. Completa la trattazione l'Indice analitico. PIANO DELL'OPERA Presentazione Capitolo 1 - Nozioni introduttive Capitolo 2 - Il processo civile di cognizione (C.T.U. e esame contabile) Capitolo 3 - Il ruolo della C.T.U. nel processo civile di esecuzione Capitolo 4 - La C.T.U. nei procedimenti speciali Capitolo 5 - La consulenza tecnica nella mediazione Capitolo 6 - Il ruolo del C.T.U. nei sinistri marittimi Capitolo 7 - La consulenza tecnica d’ufficio nel processo amministrativo Capitolo 8 - La consulenza tecnica nel processo tributario Capitolo 9 - La perizia quale mezzo di prova nel processo penale Capitolo 10 - Consulenza e perizia in materia medico–legale. Contenuti e limiti Formulario Glossario Appendice normativa Rassegna di giurisprudenza Indice analitico