Explorations in legal cultures
By: edited by Fred Bruinsma and David Nelken
Series: Recht der werkelijkheid
Publisher: Reed Business
Published: 2007
Place of publication: 's-Gravenhage
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9789035242234
Subjects: Rechtsstelsels; Culture and law; Sociological jurisprudence; Law; Social aspects; Multiculturalism; Law and legislation; Culturen
Notes: "Elsevier/Juridisch"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Three Problems in Employing the Concept of Legal Culture  -- David Nelken; title: The Emerging Role of ubuntu-botho in Developing a Consensual South African Legal Culture  -- Helen Keep and Rob Midgley; title: Dutch Judges Deciding Multicultural Cases  -- Wibo van Rossum; title: The Impact of the Transition on the Role of Law in Russia  -- Marina Kurkchiyan; title: Civil Law Notaries and the Challenge of Liberalisation : the Case of France  -- Gisela Shaw; title: Pluralism in the Netherlands and laicite in France : the Islamic Challenge at a Symbolic Level  -- Fred Bruinsma and Matthijs de Blois; title: Militant Democracy and the Democratic Dilemma : Different Ways of Protecting Democratic Constitutions  -- Martin Klamt; title: Legal Cultures, Blurred Boundaries : the Case of Transitional Justice in Uganda -- Barbara Oomen and Iris Marchand.