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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780874903321

Autore

Barzilai Gad

Titolo

Communities and law [[electronic resource] ] : politics and cultures of legal identities / / Gad Barzilai

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, 2005

ISBN

1-282-59143-6

9786612591433

0-472-02400-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (381 p.)

Collana

Law, meaning, and violence

Disciplina

340/.115/095694

Soggetti

Law - Social aspects - Israel

Minorities - Legal status, laws, etc - Israel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Conceptual Framework and Structure; Chapter 1. Legal Cultures, Communities, and Democratic Political Cultures; Chapter 2. State Legal Culture: Domination, Identities, and the Politics of Rights; Chapter 3. The Arab-Palestinian Community in a Jewish (and Democratic) State; Chapter 4. Feminism, Community, and Law; Chapter 5. Religious Fundamentalism and Law: The Jewish Ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) Community and Legal Culture; Chapter 6. Conclusions: The Return to the Communal Space; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Offers an alternative approach to liberalism and to communitarianism, with an empirical focus on Israel