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UNINA9910461369403321 |
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Titolo |
Cultural expertise and litigation : patterns, conflicts, narratives / / edited by Livia Holden |
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Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-15123-5 |
1-136-73522-4 |
9786613151230 |
0-203-81830-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (254 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Forensic anthropology |
Forensic sociology |
Evidence, Expert |
Asylum, Right of |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [212]-225) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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South Asian Muslims and country expertise in the American immigration courts / Sylvia Vatuk -- When South Asians marry trans-jurisdictionally : some reflections on immigration cases by an expert? / Prakash Shah -- French law courts and South Asians litigants / Vronique Bouillier -- Being on and being in : exposure and influence of academic experts in contemporary Denmark / Stig Toft Madsen -- Witness statements and credibility assessments in the British asylum courts / Anthony Good -- Honour killing?, or, Just plain homicide? / Roger Ballard -- Life and law : advocacy and expert witnessing in the UK / Werner Menski -- The case of S. : elaborating the right? narrative to fit normative/political expectation in asylum procedure in Italy / Tommaso Sbriccoli and Stefano Jacoviello -- Expert report writing : professional commitments and legal outcomes / Livia Holden. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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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 - pro |
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