Cultural Expertise: Theories, Laws, and Practices

Author: Livia Holden
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781032897141
Published In: April 2025
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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This book provides a comprehensive examination of the subject of cultural expertise, addressing its theoretical developments, ethical debates, regulatory frameworks, and practices.

Elaborating the theory and practice of cultural expertise as it crosscuts legal systems and disciplinary boundaries, the book offers a thorough understanding of the scope, application, and impact of cultural expertise in various socio-legal contexts. The book offers theoretical and practical tools to those with academic or professional interests in cultural expertise, detailing its scope, application, and impact. Throughout, cultural expertise is positioned as a vital interdisciplinary concept, bridging the gap between theoretical frameworks and practical solutions for complex social problems that transcend jurisdictional boundaries, legal fields, and disciplinary categories.

This book will appeal to academics and students in the areas of the socio-legal studies, international and comparative law, and cultural anthropology, as well as members of the legal professions and policy-makers who engage with the analysis of laws and cultures.

Introduction

Part 1. Theories

1. Cultural expertise without cultural expertise 2. Cultural expertise before cultural expertise 3. Toward cultural expertise 4. The definitions of cultural expertise

Part 2. Laws

5. Cultural expertise in common law and civil law countries (Dina Hadad and Livia Holden) 6. The legal procedures governing cultural expertise (Noora Arajärvi and Livia Holden) 7. The ethics of cultural expertise

Part 3. Practices

8. Cultural Expertise and the Professionalisation of Anthropology 9. The composition of an expert report of cultural expertise 10. The questions asked to cultural experts 11. Cultural experts in action

Conclusions