Multicultural Jurisdictions - Cultural Differences and Women''s Rights

Informationen zum Autor Ayelet Shachar is Assistant Professor of Law in the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto. She is also currently a Member at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. She has written extensively on issues of contemporary political theory, group rights and gender equality. Her most recent publications appear in the Journal of Political Philosophy, Political Theory and the Harvard Civil Rights - Civil Liberties Law Review. She has also contributed to several edited volumes including Multicultural Questions (1999); Citizenship in Diverse Societies (2000); and From Migrants to Citizens (2000). Klappentext Shachar offers a 'joint governance' legal-institutional solution to the 'paradox of multicultural violation'. Zusammenfassung Can the state respect cultural differences while protecting group members' rights? Schachar argues that the jurisdictional autonomy of minorities must be enhanced while providing viable legal-institutional solutions to intra-group rights violation. This 2001 book will interest students of political and social theory! law! religion! institutional design! and cultural and gender studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The perils of multicultural accommodation; 3. Family law and the construction of collective identity; 4. State vs. nomos: lessons from contemporary law and normative theory; 5. Sharing the pieces of jurisdictional authority: mapping the possibilities; 6. Transformative accomodation: utilizing external protections to reduce internal restrictions; 7. Towards a resolution of the multiculturalism paradox: family law revisited; 8. Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Ayelet Shachar, Ayelet (University of Toronto) Shachar, Shachar Ayelet
• Assisted by: Stephen Holmes (Editor), Ian Shapiro (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.09.2001
• EAN: 9780521776745
• ISBN: 978-0-521-77674-5
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Biosocial Society Symposium Se; Contemporary Political Theory
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Political science & theory, Political science and theory, Human rights, civil rights