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The large-scale establishment of ethnic minorities and diasporic communities in Europe has gained the attention of social science scholars for a number of decades now. However, legal interest in this field has remained relatively underdeveloped, and few scholars have addressed emerging legal issues to any significant degree. This collection of contributions by leading writers in the field of ethnic migration and diaspora studies therefore provides some important interdisciplinary perspectives of how ethnic/diasporic minorities in British and European contexts interact with the official legal system. This volume makes a significant contribution in assessing the role of law in current debates on the integration of ethnic and religious minorities of migrant origin in the EU. The chapters derive from papers first delivered at a lecture series on ‘Cultural Diversity and Law’ at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. The contributors’ disciplinary interests range across law, anthropology, sociology, geography and political theory, and each one addresses the issues within his or her field of study by adopting approaches that place law within its wider social and political context. The topics covered range from a number of ‘public’ and ‘private’ law issues as well as the more conceptual realms of jurisprudence. They include marriage laws, approaches to dispute resolution, the role of courts and juries in the criminal justice system, drugs policies and the criminalisation of minorities, free speech and blasphemy, planning laws and the construction of religious buildings, composition of the judiciary, the normative foundations of cultural diversity in law, and integration and law. The compilation should therefore attract an interest beyond its core readership in law, making legal issues accessible to a whole range of students and policy makers within the social sciences.

Etnische minderheden. --- Recht --- Minorities --- Ethnic minorities --- Foreign population --- Minority groups --- Persons --- Assimilation (Sociology) --- Discrimination --- Ethnic relations --- Majorities --- Plebiscite --- Race relations --- Segregation --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Europe --- Great Britain --- Ethnic relations. --- Legal status, laws, etc --- Minorities - Legal status, laws, etc - Europe --- Minorities - Legal status, laws, etc - Great Britain --- Europe - Ethnic relations --- Great Britain - Ethnic relations

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Domestic relations --- Legal polycentricity --- Minorities --- Religion and law --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- Family law. Inheritance law --- Domestic relations - Europe. --- Legal polycentricity - Europe. --- Minorities - Legal status, laws, etc. - Europe. --- Religion and law - Europe.

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Congrès. --- Emigration and immigration law --- Emigration and immigration law. --- Emigration and immigration. --- Ethnic minorities. --- Europe. --- Histoire. --- Legal systems. --- Législation sur l'immigration. --- Migration. --- Minorities --- Minorités ethniques. --- Minorités --- UE/CE Elargissement. --- Émigration et immigration --- Legal status, laws, etc --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Droit

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This book argues that the dominant descriptions of the ‘caste system’ are rooted in the Western Christian experience of India. Thus, caste studies tell us more about the West than about India. It further demonstrates the imperative to move beyond this scholarship in order to generate descriptions of Indian social reality. The dominant descriptions of the ‘caste system’ that we have today are results of originally Christian themes and questions. The authors of this collection show how this hypothesis can be applied beyond South Asia to the diasporic cultures that have made a home in Western countries, and how the inheritance of caste studies as structured by European scholarship impacts on our understanding of contemporary India and the Indians of the diaspora. This collection will be of interest to scholars and students of caste studies, India studies, religion in South Asia, postcolonial studies, history, anthropology and sociology.

Religious studies --- Social stratification --- Sociology of culture --- Sociology --- International relations. Foreign policy --- History of civilization --- History --- imperialisme --- minderheden --- sociologie --- diaspora --- cultuur --- sociale geschiedenis --- sociale ongelijkheid --- kolonialisme