"What does it mean for courts and other legal institutions to be culturally sensitive? What are the institutional implications and consequences of such an aspir

The concept of culture is troublingly vague and, at the same time, hotly contested, and law's relations to culture are as complex, varied and disputed as the co

"What does it mean for courts and other legal institutions to be culturally sensitive? What are the institutional implications and consequences of such an aspir

This book examines whether law, as a cultural practice, can apply across cultural boundaries to bind people with vastly different beliefs and practices.

Legal systems do not operate in isolation but in complex cultural contexts. This original and thought-provoking volume considers how cultural assumptions are bu