Cultural Expertise and Litigation

Patterns, Conflicts, Narratives
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-415-81526-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 406 g

Cultural Expertise and Litigation addresses the role of social scientists as a source of expert evidence, and is a product of their experiences and observations of cases involving litigants of South Asian origin. What is meant in court by "culture," "custom" and "law"? How are these concepts understood by witnesses, advocates, judges and litigants? How far are cross-cultural understandings facilitated - or obscured - in the process? What strategies are adopted? And which ones turn out to be successful in court? How is cultural understanding – and misunderstanding – produced in these circumstances? And how, moreover, do the decisions in these cases not only reflect, but impact, upon the law and the legal procedure? Cultural Expertise and Litigation addresses these questions, as it elicits the patterns, conflicts and narratives that characterize the legal role of social scientists in a variety of de facto plural settings – including immigration and asylum law, family law, citizenship law and criminal law.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Holden, Livia

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie des Brauchtums und der Traditionen
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht Staatsangehörigkeitsrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Berufs- und Gebührenrecht freie Berufe Rechtsanwälte und Notare
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction, Livia Holden; Patterns: 1. South Asian Muslims and the Country expertise in the American Immigration Courts, Sylvia Vatuk; 2: When South Asians marry trans-jurisdictionally: Some Reflections on Immigration Cases by and ‘Expert’, Prakash Shah; 3: French Law Courts and South Asians Litigants ,Véronique Bouillier; Part 2: Conflicts: 4: Being On and Being In: Exposure and Influence of Academic Experts in Contemporary Denmark, Stig Toft Madsen; 5: Witness Statements and Credibility Assessments in the British Asylum Courts, Anthony Good; 6: Honour Killing? Or Just Plain Homicide?, Roger Ballard; Part 3: Narratives; 7: Life and Law: Advocacy and Expert Witnessing in the UK, Werner Menski; 8. The Case of S.: Elaborating the ‘Right’ Narrative to fit Normative/Political Expectations in Asylum Procedure in Italy, Tommaso Sbriccoli and Stefano Jacoviello; 9: Expert Report Writing: Professional Commitments and Legal Outcomes, Livia Holden.

Über Autor(innen)

Livia Holden