The judgment of culture: cultural assumptions in American law
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The judgment of culture: cultural assumptions in American law
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I: Bringing culture into the law -- 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 -- PART II: Nature and the family -- 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 environment -- 6 Natural law or law naturalized? Nature v. culture in the U.S. Supreme Court -- PART III: Reaching out -- 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 community -- Conclusion: "Secreted in the interstices" -- Index
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Sprachen
Englisch
Verlag
Routledge
ISBN
9781138237780, 9781138237797, 9781315298993
Seiten
xi, 254 Seiten
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