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On The Boundaries Of Culture As An Affirmative Defense, Reid Griffith Fontaine, Eliot M. Held
On The Boundaries Of Culture As An Affirmative Defense, Reid Griffith Fontaine, Eliot M. Held
Reid G. Fontaine
A “cultural defense” to criminal culpability cannot achieve true pluralism without collapsing into a totally subjective, personal standard. Applying an objective cultural standard does not rescue a defendant from the external imposition of values—the purported aim of the cultural defense—because a cultural standard is, at its core, an external standard imposed onto an individual. The pluralist argument for a cultural defense also fails on its own terms—after all, justice systems are themselves cultural institutions. Furthermore, a defendant’s background is already accounted for at sentencing. The closest thing to a cultural defense that a court could adopt without damaging the culpability …
Clitoridectomy And The Economics Of Islamic Marriage And Divorce Law - Ryan M Riegg - 2009, Ryan M. Riegg
Clitoridectomy And The Economics Of Islamic Marriage And Divorce Law - Ryan M Riegg - 2009, Ryan M. Riegg
Ryan M. Riegg
No abstract provided.
Contesting Justice: Women, Islam, Law, And Society, Ahmed Souaiaia
Contesting Justice: Women, Islam, Law, And Society, Ahmed Souaiaia
Ahmed E SOUAIAIA
No abstract provided.
Behavioral Economic Issues In American & Islamic Marriage & Divorce Law, Ryan M. Riegg
Behavioral Economic Issues In American & Islamic Marriage & Divorce Law, Ryan M. Riegg
Ryan M. Riegg