Law and Ethnic Plurality : Socio-Legal Perspectives.

Introduction: Socio-Legal Perspectives on Ethnic Plurality (Prakash Shah) -- Chapter 1 On Cultural Diversity: The Importance of Normative Foundations for Legal Responses (Meena Bhamra) -- 1.1 A Normative Argument in Support of Cultural Diversity -- 1.1.1 Culture as a 'Context of Choice' -- 1.1.2 The Value of Cultural Membership -- 1.1.3 Kymlicka's Response to the Challenges of Cultural Diversity -- 1.2 Dominant Legal Responses to the Challenges of Cultural Diversity -- Chapter 2 Immigration, Diversity and Integration: The Limits of EU Law (Valsamis Mitsilegas) -- 2.1 Introduction - The Uncertainties of Integration in Europe -- 2.2 The Emerging EU Framework on Integration -- 2.3 Integration Aspects in the EU Treaties -- 2.3.1 Immigration -- 2.3.2 Citizenship -- 2.3.3 Culture, Identity and Diversity -- 2.4 Integration Aspects in Secondary EC Legislation -- 2.4.1 Legislation on Third-Country Nationals -- 2.4.2 Legislation on Union Citizens -- 2.5 Conclusion - Features and Limits of Integration in the EU Legal Framework -- Chapter 3 Changes in Drugs Policy and Practice: Implications for the Black Community (Anita Kalunta-Crumpton) -- 3.1 The Black Community in the Drugs Discourses of the 19th and 20th Centuries -- 3.2 The 1980s Heroin Epidemic: Drug Demand -- 3.3 The 1980s Heroin Epidemic: Drug Supply -- 3.4 The Black Community, Drug Demand and Supply Policies from the 1990s -- 3.5 Drug Treatment through the Criminal Justice System -- 3.6 Drug Prevention -- 3.7 Tackling Drug Supply via Law Enforcement -- 3.8 Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Common Law and Common Sense: Juries, Justice and the Challenge of Ethnic Plurality (Roger Ballard) -- 4.1 Common Sense in Medieval England -- 4.2 Common Sense and Ethnic Plurality in Contemporary Britain -- 4.3 Expert Witnesses and their Role -- 4.4 My own Initiation into the Provision of Expert Evidence.

4.5 On Becoming an Expert Anthropologist -- 4.6 The Status and Admissibility of Expert Evidence -- 4.7 The Status of Anthropological Expertise -- 4.8 Issues of Admissibility -- 4.9 Regina v Jameel Akhtar -- 4.10 The Issue Comes Back to the Court of Appeal -- 4.11 Wider Issues: The Implementation of Justice in Contexts of Ethnic Plurality -- 4.12 The Challenge of Plurality -- 4.13 Expert Anthropologists to the Rescue? -- 4.14 Contradictions Inherent in the Role of the Expert Witness -- 4.15 Contradictions Encountered before one even Reaches the Doors of Court -- 4.16 Experience in Court -- 4.17 Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Artistic Licence, Free Speech and Religious Sensibilities in a Multicultural Society (Ralph Grillo) -- 5.1 Scenes from Multiculturalism -- 5.2 Behzti: For and Against -- 5.3 Behzti in Context -- 5.4 Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 -- 5.5 Behzti and Other Affairs -- 5.6 An Emerging Consensus? -- 5.7 Appendix: The van Gogh Affair -- Chapter 6 Planning Law and Mosque Development: The Politics of Religion and Residence in Birmingham (Richard Gale) -- 6.1 The Birmingham Central Mosque and the Call to Prayer -- 6.2 Recurrent Themes and Tensions -- 6.3 Conclusion -- Chapter 7 Alternative Dispute Resolution in a Diasporic Muslim Community in Britain (Mohamed Keshavjee) -- 7.1 Historical Connections between Muslims and Britain -- 7.2 Muslim Settlement in the Hounslow Area -- 7.3 The Interface of Religious Law and Customs with British Laws -- 7.4 Stereotypes and Knowledge Gaps -- 7.5 Main Fora to which Disputants Resort -- 7.5.1 The Imams -- 7.5.2 The Biradaris -- 7.5.3 The Pakistan Welfare Association (PWA) -- 7.5.4 The Elders -- 7.5.5 The Muslim Women's Helpline (MWH) -- 7.5.6 The Police -- 7.5.7 The Solicitors -- 7.5.8 The ADR Agencies -- 7.6 Situations where ADR may not Work or Work Partially.

7.7 The Muslim Law (Sharia) Council at Ealing (MLSC) -- 7.8 Significance and Implications of the Preliminary Findings -- 7.8.1 Findings -- 7.8.2 Significance of the Findings -- 7.8.3 Implications -- Chapter 8 Rituals of Recognition: Ethnic Minority Marriages in British Legal Systems (Prakash Shah) -- 8.1 The Official Framework -- 8.2 Marrying Abroad -- 8.3 Fusing of Marriage Practices in Britain -- 8.4 Non-Fusion, or Confusion? -- 8.5 A Scottish Detour -- 8.6 Concluding Remarks -- Chapter 9 Ethnicity and the Senior Judiciary in England and Wales (Tahir Abbas) -- 9.1 Ethnicity, Education and Outcome -- 9.2 Policy -- 9.3 Practice -- 9.4 Discussion -- Bibliography -- List of Contributors -- Index.