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.
| ISBN: | 9781107163331 |
| Publication date: | 2nd February 2017 |
| Author: | René Provost |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 467 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in Law and Society |
| Genres: |
Law and society, sociology of law Cultural studies Social groups, communities and identities |
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.
Culture in the Domains of Law features in the following genres: Law and society, sociology of law, Cultural studies, Social groups, communities and identities
Culture in the Domains of Law is available in Hardback
Culture in the Domains of Law was written by René Provost and published by Cambridge University Press
Culture in the Domains of Law has 467 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Studies in Law and Society series
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