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This special issue of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society aims to foster a dialogue that is inclusive, constructive, and innovative in order to lay the basis for evaluating the usefulness and impact of cultural expertise in modern litigation. It investigates the scope of cultural expertise as a new socio-legal concept that broadly concerns the use of social sciences in connection with rights and the solution of conflicts. While the definition of cultural expertise is new, the conflicts it applies to are not, and these range from criminal law to civil law, including international human rights. In this special issue, socio-legal scientists with interdisciplinary backgrounds scrutinize the applicability of the notion of cultural expertise in Europe and the rest of the World. Cases include murder, female genital mutilation, earthquake claims, Islamic law, underage marriages, child custody, adoption, land rights, and asylum. The authors debate on a variety of themes, such as legal pluralism, ethnicity, causal determinism, reification of culture, and the “culturalization” of defendants. The volume concludes with an overview of the ethical implications of the definition of cultural expertise and suggestions for a way forward.

Sociology of law --- Culture and law. --- Law, Criminal Law --- Law & society. --- Law and culture --- Law --- General.

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« Les règles et les lois sont les piliers de la société. J’aime les règlements. » C’est ainsi que le physicien Sheldon Cooper, l’un des personnages principaux de la série télévisée The Big Bang Theory, exprime sa passion pour l’univers du droit. Il consacre d’ailleurs aux subtilités juridiques une énergie au moins aussi enthousiaste que celle dont il fait preuve, dans sa mission de chercheur à l’université Caltech, pour comprendre les lois régissant le cosmos. Et l’existence n’est guère paisible pour ses amis – Leonard, Howard, Raj, Amy, Bernadette et, bien entendu, Penny – qui doivent subir son attirance infinie, sinon démesurée, pour la « norme », les « contrats » et tout ce qui touche à la « procédure ». Fort d’une pensée juridique originale, parfois excentrique, mais toujours cohérente, c’est donc à un véritable voyage dans les espaces du droit auquel nous invite Sheldon Cooper. Car The Big Bang Theory n’est pas seulement l’une des séries comiques les plus populaires des débuts du xxiesiècle. Elle constitue une réflexion ambitieuse sur les moyens et les fins du droit dans une société complexe à la recherche inlassable de son point d’équilibre.

Law on television --- Culture and law --- Rule of law --- Law --- Droit --- Culture et droit --- Règle de droit --- Philosophy --- A la télévision --- Philosophie --- Cooper, Sheldon --- The Big Bang Theory (Television program) --- Law and legislation

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The work is an attempt to understand the existence of multiple non-state legal traditions despite the presence of a uniform legal system in India. There is a significant gap that exists between the state-legal system and the practices and preferences of people belonging to different communities. In order to understand this structure, the text goes back to the history of legal system in India and tries to identify the reason behind the prevalence of these alternative modes. It studies some prominent legal systems of pre-colonial India like the Mughals, and further explores the way Indian legality was transformed during the British rule. The study maps the evolution and growth of the common law system in India and takes into account the factors that contributed to the strengthening and acceptance of this system.

Law --- Culture and law --- History. --- Colonies --- Acts, Legislative --- Enactments, Legislative --- Laws (Statutes) --- Legislative acts --- Legislative enactments --- Jurisprudence --- Legislation --- Law and culture --- India. --- Bharat --- Bhārata --- Government of India --- Ḣindiston Respublikasi --- Inde --- Indi --- Indien --- Indii͡ --- Indland --- Indo --- Republic of India --- Sāthāranarat ʻIndīa --- Yin-tu

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How was the vast ancient Chinese empire brought together and effectively ruled? What are the historical origins of the resilience of contemporary China's political system? This work examines the ways in which a series of fundamental institutions, rather than a supreme legal code upholding the laws of the land, evolved and coalesced into an effective constitution.

Culture and law --- Constitutional history --- Law and culture --- Law --- China --- Cina --- Kinë --- Cathay --- Chinese National Government --- Chung-kuo kuo min cheng fu --- Republic of China (1912-1949) --- Kuo min cheng fu (China : 1912-1949) --- Chung-hua min kuo (1912-1949) --- Kina (China) --- National Government (1912-1949) --- China (Republic : 1912-1949) --- People's Republic of China --- Chinese People's Republic --- Chung-hua jen min kung ho kuo --- Central People's Government of Communist China --- Chung yang jen min cheng fu --- Chung-hua chung yang jen min kung ho kuo --- Central Government of the People's Republic of China --- Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo --- Zhong hua ren min gong he guo --- Kitaĭskai︠a︡ Narodnai︠a︡ Respublika --- Činská lidová republika --- RRT --- Republik Rakjat Tiongkok --- KNR --- Kytaĭsʹka Narodna Respublika --- Jumhūriyat al-Ṣīn al-Shaʻbīyah --- RRC --- Kitaĭ --- Kínai Népköztársaság --- Chūka Jinmin Kyōwakoku --- Erets Sin --- Sin --- Sāthāranarat Prachāchon Čhīn --- P.R. China --- PR China --- Chung-kuo --- Zhongguo --- Zhonghuaminguo (1912-1949) --- Zhong guo --- Chine --- République Populaire de Chine --- República Popular China --- Catay --- VR China --- VRChina --- 中國 --- 中国 --- 中华人民共和国 --- Jhongguó --- Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaxu Dundadu Arad Ulus --- Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaqu Dumdadu Arad Ulus --- Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh Dundad Ard Uls --- Khi︠a︡tad --- Kitad --- Dumdadu Ulus --- Dumdad Uls --- Думдад Улс --- Kitajska --- China (Republic : 1949- ) --- History. --- Politics and government --- S04/0500 --- S04/0600 --- S08/0400 --- China: History--Ancient (Pre-Han and Han, incl. Sima Qian) --- China: History--Dynasties: 220 - 1840 --- China: Law and legislation--Constitution(al law): general and before 1949 --- PRC --- P.R.C. --- BNKhAU --- БНХАУ --- Politics and government. --- Chinese characters. --- Chinese empire. --- Common Program of 1949. --- Confucianism. --- Germany. --- Great Learning. --- Great Wall. --- Mandarin Chinese. --- Qin dynasty. --- Su Li. --- Third Reich. --- Weimar Constitution. --- administrative divisions. --- ancient China. --- beliefs. --- bureaucracy. --- civilization. --- commandery system. --- constitution. --- constitutional continuity. --- constitutional discontinuity. --- constitutional law. --- constitutionalism. --- cosmology. --- cultural community. --- cultural constitution. --- effective constitution. --- emperor. --- examination system. --- feudal clan law. --- feudal system. --- geoclimatic conditions. --- geopolitics. --- institutions. --- knowledge. --- large state. --- legitimacy continuity. --- legitimation. --- meritocracy. --- political life. --- political order. --- political rationalization. --- politico-cultural elites. --- politics. --- reading. --- recommendation system. --- revolution. --- rites. --- scholar-officials. --- selection system. --- social consensus. --- structural functionalism. --- territory. --- traditions. --- unified script. --- unified speech. --- uniform weights.