Lawrence Rosen

The Judgment of Culture (eBook, PDF)

Cultural Assumptions in American Law

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This original and thought-provoking volume considers how cultural assumptions are built into legal decision-making, drawing on a series of case studies to demonstrate the range of ways courts express their understanding of human nature, social relationships and the sense of orderliness that cultural schemes purport to offer. Unpacking issues such as native heritage, male circumcision and natural law, Rosen provides fresh insight into socio-legal studies, drawing on his extensive experience as both an anthropologist and a law professional to provide a unique perspective on the important issue of law and cultural practice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. August 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781315298986
• Artikelnr.: 49040661

Autorenporträt

Lawrence Rosen is the William N. Cromwell Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Princeton University, USA, and Adjunct Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, USA. As an anthropologist he has worked on Arab social life and Islamic law; as a legal scholar he has worked on the rights of indigenous peoples and American socio-legal issues. He is a member of the bar of the State of North Carolina and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Defending Culture: The Cultural Defense and the Law's Theory of Culture
2. Leave It to the Experts? The Anthropologist as Expert Witness 3. What's
It Like? Native Americans and the Ambivalence of Legal Metaphors 4. Should
We Just Abolish Marriage? The Uses of Anthropology in Law and Policy 5.
What's Wrong with Incest? Perception and Theory in a Shifting Legal
Environmentt 6. Natural Law or Law Naturalized? Nature v. Culture in the
U.S. Supreme Court 7. Medicalizing the Law: The Debate over Male
Circumcision 8. The Incorporation of Custom: The Case of the Flashing
Headlights 9. Is There a Place for Community? The Amish and the American
Romance of