Review of The Cultural Defense

Alison Dundes Renteln adds complexity to legal issues by introducing both explicit and subtle ways in which trans-global dynamics of cultural contact and diffusion interacts with and often confronts more traditional conceptions of the nation-state as the defining legal framework. The Cultural Defense advocates, though implicitly, a nonfoundational approach to legal studies, especially when addressing matters of justice by examining the nature of the debate surrounding the admissibility of cultural evidence in the courtroom. Should the concerns of ethnic minorities not be considered in the legal system?

Published as Jennifer Dougherty