Culture as judicial evidence : expert testimony in Latin America / edited by Leila Rodriguez.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rodriguez, Leila, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evidence, Expert--Latin America.

Evidence, Expert.

Law and anthropology.

Culture and law--Latin America.

Culture and law.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

xi, 383 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati Press [2021]

Summary:

"As societies increasingly grapple with managing cultural diversity, one mechanism that is gaining ground is the use of cultural experts -most frequently anthropologists -to provide testimony about a defendant's cultural background. Much like forensic or ballistic analysis, this testimony enters the legal process as judicial evidence. Despite its widespread use in the U.S., Latin America, Europe and Oceania, relatively little is known about how this cultural evidence is employed, and to what effect. This edited volume summarizes the current state of cultural evidence in six Latin American countries: Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru, Chile, Colombia and Uruguay, and lays out the challenges and dilemmas involved in the creation and use of cultural expert testimony"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction to the Use of Cultural Expert Witness Testimony in Latin America

ch. 2 Judicial Representations of Culture / Leila Rodriguez

ch. 3 The Value of Cultural Judicial Evidence / Marcos Guevara Berger

ch. 4 Reflections on Anthropological Expert Testimony in the Context of the Mapuche Indigenous Movement's Emergence: Culture, Racism, and Law in the Neoliberal Era in Chile / Esther Sanchez Botero

ch. 5 Black Communities in the Face of the Founding Norm in Mexico / Yerko Castro Neira / Paulo Castro Neira

ch. 6 Cultural and Normative Conflicts over Homosexual Relationships and the Teaching Profession in Colombia: An Enlightening Judgment / Victor Hugo Villanueva Gutierrez

ch. 7 Religious Minorities, Ideology, and Gender-Based Violence: Expert Testimony in a Case in Chihuahua, Mexico / Esther Sanchez Botero

ch. 8 Anthropological Expert Testimony and Guatemalan Asylum-Seekers in the United States / Victor Hugo Villanueva Gutierrez

ch. 9 Interpreting Cultural Expert Testimony in an Indigenous Community in Costa Rica / Leila Rodriguez

ch. 10 Anthropological Expert Testimony Perceived by the Subjects of the Testimony: The Case of Peru / Yumi Nukada

ch. 11 Dilemmas and Controversies Surrounding Sociocultural Anthropological Expert Testimony in Chile and Latin America / Ivan Rivasplata Caballero

ch. 12 Contradictions and Dilemmas of Anthropological Expert Testimony / Marcelo Berho Castillo

ch. 13 Challenges in the Provision of Cultural Expert Testimony / Roberto Morales Urra.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781947602632

1947602632

OCLC:

1121426327

Publisher Number:

99989037960