Introduction to the use of cultural expert witness testimony in Latin America / Leila Rodriguez -- Judicial representations of culture / Guevara Berger -- The value of judicial evidence / Sanchez Botero -- Reflections on anthropological expert testimony in the context of the Mapuche indigenous movement's emergence : culture, racism, and law in the neoliberal era / Castro Neira and Castro Neira -- Black communities in the face of the founding norm in Mexico / Villanueva Gutierrez -- Cultural and normative conflicts over homosexual relationships and the educator profession : an enlightening judgement / Sanchez Botero -- Religious minorities, ideology, and gender-based violence / Villanueva Gutierrez -- Anthropological expert testimony and Guatemalan asylum-seekers in the United States / Leila Rodriguez -- Interpreting cultural expert testimony in an indigenous community in Costa Rica / Yumi Nukada -- Anthropological expert testimony perceived by the subjects of the testimony : the case of Peru / Rivas Plata Caballero -- Dilemmas and controversies surrounding socio-cultural anthropological expert testimony in Chile and Latin America / Marcelo Berho Castillo -- Contradictions and dilemmas of anthropological expert testimony / Morales Urra -- Challenges in the provision of cultural expert testimony / Perez Stefanov, Romero Gorski and Leila Rodriguez.
Summary:
"As societies increasingly grapple with managing cultural diversity, one mechanism that is gaining ground is the use of cultural experts -most frequently anthropologists -to provide testimony about a defendant's cultural background. Much like forensic or ballistic analysis, this testimony enters the legal process as judicial evidence. Despite its widespread use in the U.S., Latin America, Europe and Oceania, relatively little is known about how this cultural evidence is employed, and to what effect. This edited volume summarizes the current state of cultural evidence in six Latin American countries: Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru, Chile, Colombia and Uruguay, and lays out the challenges and dilemmas involved in the creation and use of cultural expert testimony"-- Provided by publisher.
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