Multicultural Jurisprudence: Comparative Perspectives on the Cultural Defense

by Alison Dundes Renteln

Book Overview

As individuals travel across borders, societies have become more and more pluralistic. The result of increased migration is the interaction among cultural communities and inevitably clashes between state law and customary law. These cultural conflicts have given rise to a new multicultural jurisprudence. In this volume scholars grapple with the immense challenges judges are currently experiencing everywhere. To what extent can and should courts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841138967
• ISBN13: 9781841138961
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"