American Cultural Pluralism and the Law

Name: American Cultural Pluralism and the Law
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ISBN: 9780275926960

ISBN-10: 0275926966

ISBN-13: 9780275926960

Edition: 1988

Authors: Jill Norgren, Serena Nanda

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This new and updated edition of Norgren and Nanda's classic text brings their examination of American cultural pluralism and the law up to date through the Clinton administration. While maintaining their emphasis on the concept of cultural diversity as it relates to the law in the United States, new and updated chapters reflect recent relevant court cases bearing on culture, race, gender, and class, with particular attention paid to local and state court opinions. Drawing on court materials, statutes and codes, and legal ethnographies, the text analyzes the ongoing negotiations and accommodations via the mechanism of law between culturally different groups and the larger society. An…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 265
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Preface


Introduction: E Pluribus Unum?



Native Americans, Law, and Land



Trouble in Paradise: Native Hawaiians



Segregation, Equality, and African Americans



100 Percent American: Who Qualifies in a National Emergency? Japanese Americans and the Law



The Mormons



Religion and Schools: The Amish



Religion and Schools: The Satmar Hasidim



Religious Practice and Drug Use: The Rastafari and the Native American Church



Gays and the Law: Status and Conduct



Women's Nature, Women's Lives, Women's Rights



Language, Law, and Latinos



Folks Like Us, Lives Like Ours: The Homeless



Courts and Culture


Selected Bibliography


Index