03366oam 2200661I 450 991046136940332120200520144314.01-283-15123-51-136-73522-497866131512300-203-81830-X10.4324/9780203818305 (CKB)2670000000094559(EBL)710108(OCoLC)732067553(SSID)ssj0000521837(PQKBManifestationID)11913732(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000521837(PQKBWorkID)10522774(PQKB)10293139(MiAaPQ)EBC710108(Au-PeEL)EBL710108(CaPaEBR)ebr10480628(CaONFJC)MIL315123(EXLCZ)99267000000009455920180706d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCultural expertise and litigation patterns, conflicts, narratives /edited by Livia HoldenMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;New York, N.Y. :Routledge,2011.1 online resource (254 p.)"A GlassHouse book."0-415-81526-6 0-415-60156-8 Includes bibliographical references (pages [212]-225) and index.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.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 - proForensic anthropologyForensic sociologyEvidence, ExpertAsylum, Right ofElectronic books.Forensic anthropology.Forensic sociology.Evidence, Expert.Asylum, Right of.347/.067Holden Livia992692MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461369403321Cultural expertise and litigation2273138UNINA