South Asian Culture à la barre: Words of Experts in Transnational Case-Law
Séminaire international,  organisation scientifique Livia Holden

Vendredi 20 Novembre 2009, de 9h30 à 17h30, Salle Lombard,  EHESS, 96 Boulevard Raspail, Paris 6e

Programme

(le détail est en fichier attaché)

9.30-10.00 : Introduction

Daniela Berti (CNRS, Centre d'Etudes Himalayennes), Livia Holden (LUMS, Lahore)

10.00 - 10.45

An Overview of the Nature and Patterns of Resolution of South Asian Muslim Marital Disputes in the American Courts, Sylvia Vatuk (University of Illinois at Chicago)

11.00 - 11.45

Expert Witnessing and Cultural Misunderstanding in British Asylum Procedures, Anthony Good (Edinburgh University)

11.45-12.30

Life and Law and the Story of H: Advocacy and Legal Process in the UK, Werner Menski (School of Oriental and African Studies)

2.00 - 2.45

Transnational Hindu Law Adoptions: Recognition and Treatment in Britain, Prakash Shah (Queen Mary University of London)

2.45 - 3.30

Litigants of South Asian Origin in French Law Courts. A Preliminary Report, Véronique Bouillier (CNRS, Centre d'Etudes de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud)

3.45 - 4.30

Hindu Divorce in California: the Shifting Arguments of Custom, Livia Holden (LUMS, Lahore)

4.30 - 5.30

The workshop will conclude with an open discussion about the role of the socio-legal expert as mediator in transnational cases.

JUST-INDIA : Justice and Governance in contemporary India and South Asia
http://www.just-india.net
Programme ANR - CNRS dirigé par D. Berti & G. Tarabout,  piloté par le Centre dEtudes Himalayennes (UPR 299), soutenu par la Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (FMSH)