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Culture and the Judiciary - Ilenia Ruggiu

Culture and the Judiciary

The Anthropologist Judge

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
272 Seiten
2020
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-53409-7 (ISBN)
CHF 69,80 inkl. MwSt
Through the analysis of hundreds of cases produced through decades of multicultural jurisprudence, this book reconstructs the constitutional and anthropological narratives and the legal techniques used by Western judges to face the challenges posed by multiculturalism.
How can jurists resolve multicultural conflicts? Which kind of questions should judges ask when culture enters the horizon of the law? Are they then called to become anthropologists? Through the analysis of hundreds of cases produced through decades of multicultural jurisprudence, this book reconstructs the constitutional and anthropological narratives and the legal techniques used by Western judges to face the challenges posed by multiculturalism: from Japanese parent–child suicide to the burqa, from Jewish circumcision to Roma begging, from kissing a son on his genitals to the claim of indigenous people to fish salmon in natural parks, the book brings the reader into a fascinating journey at the crux of the encounter between the relativism of anthropology and the endeavor toward a democratic coexistence pursued by the law. After identifying the recurrent themes or topoi used by judges and lawyers, this book critically analyzes them, evaluates their persuasive power and suggests a "cultural test" that gathers together the crucial questions to be answered when resolving a multicultural dispute. The "cultural test" is a matrix that guides the judge, lawyers and legislatures across the intricate paths of multiculturalism, to assure a relational dialogue between the law and anthropology.

Ilenia Ruggiu is Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Cagliari. She holds a PhD in European and Public Law from the University of Palermo. She is the author of Interpreting Culture in Italian Courts: A Proposal of a Cultural Test (LEHR 2016).

Introduction; Part I: Descriptive analysis: the use of culture by judges; 1: In medias res: the cases; 2: The resolution of multicultural conflicts in Western comparative jurisprudence: in search of a common tradition and reliable legal techniques; Part II: Deconstructive analysis: a critical reading of culture; 3: Concepts of culture in anthropology and judicial reasoning; Part III: Prescriptive analysis: a proposal of a cultural test; 4: A test as contribution to the resolution of multicultural conflicts; Conclusions; Appendices; References

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Cultural Diversity and Law
Zusatzinfo 3 Line drawings, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 453 g
Themenwelt Recht / Steuern Allgemeines / Lexika
Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 0-367-53409-6 / 0367534096
ISBN-13 978-0-367-53409-7 / 9780367534097
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