Law and ethnic plurality : socio-legal perspectives / edited by Prakash Shah.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shah, Prakash.

Series:

Immigration and asylum law and policy in Europe ; vol. 13.

Immigration and asylum law and policy in Europe ; vol. 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minorities--Legal status, laws, etc--Europe.

Minorities.

Minorities--Legal status, laws, etc--Great Britain.

Europe--Ethnic relations.

Europe.

Great Britain--Ethnic relations.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

On cultural diversity : the importance of normative foundations for legal responses

Immigration, diversity, and integration : the limits of EU law

Changes in drugs policy and practice : implications for the Black Community

Common law and common sense : juries, justice, and the challenge of ethnic plurality

Artistic license, free speech, and religious sensibilities in a multicultural society

Planning law and mosque development : the politics of religion and residence in Birmingham

Alternative dispute resolution in a diasporic Muslim community in Britain

Rituals of recognition : ethnic minority marriages in British legal systems

Ethnicity and the senior judiciary in England and Wales.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-230) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-93684-7

9786611936846

90-474-2201-5

OCLC:

646788945

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004162457.i-241 DOI