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Divided into three parts, this book examines the relationship between law and culture from various perspectives, both theoretical and empirical. Part I outlines the framework for further considerations and includes new, innovative conceptualizations of two ideas that are essential to the topic of law and culture: legal culture and customary law. Both of these reappear later in the more empirically oriented chapters of Parts II and III. Part II includes chapters on the relationships between law, customs, and culture, drawing heavily on the tradition and achievements of the anthropology of law and touching on important problems of multiculturalism, legal pluralism, and cultural defense. It focuses on the more intangible meaning of culture, while Part III addresses its more material, tangible aspects and the issue of cultural production, as well as its intersection with law.
This interdisciplinary book brings together leading social and legal scholars to tackle the incompatibility of marriage laws with contemporary social reality in Europe. Their critique is based on the assumption that individuals should be able to choose how they organise their close relationships. The contributors emphasise the importance of pluralism of beliefs, values, cultures, and lifestyles and the consequent need for legal recognition to make individuals' private choices valid and respected. The first part of the book establishes the foundation for the subsequent chapters by exploring the advantages and challenges of focusing on values while accommodating relationship design plurality, ...
Stawiając zadanie badawcze, autor znakomicie pokazuje wielowątkowość podstawowego problemu (…). Analizuje informacje, jakie trafiały do środków masowego przekazu, szczególnie do materiałów filmowych – wiadomości o wprowadzaniu w życie nowych aktów prawnych tworzących nową rzeczywistość w stosunku zarówno do prawa II RP, jak i lat okupacji. Nakłada na to relacje z procesów sądowych. Uwzględnia także materiały mające zdelegalizować państwo i prawo II RP i przedstawić je w najciemniejszych barwach (…). Porównuje te same wiadomości przedstawiane w materiałach audiowizualnych, prasie codziennej oraz fachowych czasopismach prawniczych. Poszukuje także odpowied...
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