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The cultural defense /

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Publisher's description: In a trial in California, Navajo defendants argue that using the hallucinogen peyote to achieve spiritual exaltation is protected by the Constitution's free exercise of religion clause, trumping the states' right to regulate them. An Ibo man from Nigeria sues...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Renteln, Alison Dundes
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Defense (Criminal procedure) > Sociological aspects.
Actions and defenses > Sociological aspects.
Culture and law.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • I: Law and culture
  • Why culture matters for justice
  • II: Culture conflicts in the courtroom
  • Homicide
  • Children
  • Drugs
  • Animals
  • Marriage
  • Attire
  • The dead
  • III: Toward a principle of maximum accommodation
  • The cultural defense in theory and practice
  • The right to culture.