Law and Ethnic Plurality

Socio-Legal Perspectives
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-90-04-16245-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 13, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 590 g

Reihe: Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy in Europe

The large-scale establishment of ethnic minorities and diasporic communities in Europe has gained the attention of social science scholars for a number of decades now. However, legal interest in this field has remained relatively underdeveloped, and few scholars have addressed emerging legal issues to any significant degree. This collection of contributions by leading writers in the field of ethnic migration and diaspora studies therefore provides some important interdisciplinary perspectives of how ethnic/diasporic minorities in British and European contexts interact with the official legal system. This volume makes a significant contribution in assessing the role of law in current debates on the integration of ethnic and religious minorities of migrant origin in the EU. The chapters derive from papers first delivered at a lecture series on ‘Cultural Diversity and Law’ at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. The contributors’ disciplinary interests range across law, anthropology, sociology, geography and political theory, and each one addresses the issues within his or her field of study by adopting approaches that place law within its wider social and political context. The topics covered range from a number of ‘public’ and ‘private’ law issues as well as the more conceptual realms of jurisprudence. They include marriage laws, approaches to dispute resolution, the role of courts and juries in the criminal justice system, drugs policies and the criminalisation of minorities, free speech and blasphemy, planning laws and the construction of religious buildings, composition of the judiciary, the normative foundations of cultural diversity in law, and integration and law. The compilation should therefore attract an interest beyond its core readership in law, making legal issues accessible to a whole range of students and policy makers within the social sciences.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shah, Prakash

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Migrations- & Minderheitenpolitik
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Kriegsrecht, Territorialrecht, Humanitäres Recht
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Sicherheitsrecht Ausländerrecht, Asylrecht, Flüchtlingsrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtssoziologie, Rechtspsychologie, Rechtslinguistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Rechtssoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of contributors; Introduction: Socio-Legal Perspectives on Ethnic Diversity Prakash Shah; On Cultural Diversity: The Importance of Normative Foundations for Legal Responses Meena Bhamra; Immigration, Diversity and Integration: The Limits of EU Law Valsamis Mitsilegas; Changes in Drugs Policy and Practice: Implications for the Black Community Anita Kalunta-Crumpton; Common Law and Common Sense: Juries, Justice and the Challenge of Ethnic Plurality Roger Ballard; Artistic Licence, Free Speech and Religious Sensibilities in a Multicultural Society Ralph Grillo; Planning Law and Mosque Development: The Politics of Religion and Residence in Birmingham Richard Gale; Alternative Dispute Resolution in a Diasporic Muslim Community in Britain Mohamed Keshavjee; Rituals of Recognition: Ethnic Minority Marriages in British Legal Systems Prakash Shah; Ethnicity and the Senior Judiciary in England and Wales Tahir Abbas; Index.