Cultural expertise and litigation : patterns, conflicts, narratives / / edited by Livia Holden

• Pubblicazione: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (254 p.)
• Disciplina: 347/.067
• Soggetto topico: Forensic anthropology; Forensic sociology; Evidence, Expert; Asylum, Right of
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: HoldenLivia
• Note generali: "A GlassHouse book."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [212]-225) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 - pro
• Titolo autorizzato: Cultural expertise and litigation
• ISBN: 1-283-15123-5; 1-136-73522-4; 9786613151230; 0-203-81830-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461369403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II