Cultural difference on trial : the nature and limits of judicial understanding / Anthony J. Connolly.
2010
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Author
Title
Cultural difference on trial : the nature and limits of judicial understanding / Anthony J. Connolly.
Published
Farnham, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate Pub., [2010]
Copyright
©2010
Call Number
K2100 .C667 2010
ISBN
9780754679523 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0754679527 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780754698906 (e-book)
0754698904 (e-book)
0754679527 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780754698906 (e-book)
0754698904 (e-book)
Description
x, 243 pages ; 25 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)428823387
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
Record Appears in
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Purchased from the income of the Cardozo Fund
Gift
The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Cardozo Fund
Table of Contents
1.
Introduction
1
The Problematic
1
Aim and Structure of the Book
4
Physicalism: A Metaphysics and Methodology
10
Some Final Introductory Remarks
22
2.
Culturally Different Action: An Analysis
25
A Theory of Action
25
The Functional Nature of Intentional Phenomena
39
Individuating Intentional Phenomena
41
Complex Action
50
3.
Indigenous Land Title: A Case Study
59
Introduction
59
The Judicial Conception of Indigenous Land Title
60
The Indigenous Land Title Determination Hearing
71
Determining Indigenous Land Title
77
4.
The Judicial Understanding of Culturally Different Action
81
Understanding Culturally Different Action
81
The Possession and Acquisition of Concepts
86
Cultural Difference as Conceptual Difference
105
Conclusion
110
5.
Judicial Understanding and the Interpretation of Evidence
113
Testimonial Evidence and the Judicial Acquisition of Concepts
113
The Interpretation of Testimonial Evidence
114
The Nature of Interpretation
118
Conclusion
164
6.
The Limits of Cultural Incommensurability
165
The Radical Cultural Incommensurability Thesis
165
The Limits of Conceptual Difference
168
The Limits of Judicial Concept Acquisition
181
Conclusion
195
7.
Judicial Understanding and Law Reform
197
The Possibility of Interpretive Law Reform
197
Legal Norms and the Content of the Judge's Conceptual Scheme
199
Legal Norms and the Epistemic Conditions of the Legal Hearing
201
An Interpretive Ethos?
213
Final Remarks
215
Bibliography
217
Index
241