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Toward Comparative Jurisprudence: Differing Approaches to Culture in Law and Society Scholarship - Law and the Culture of Israel. By Menachem Mautner. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. 280 pp. $71 hardback. - Indigenous People, Crime, and Punishment. By Thalia Anthony. Abingdon: Routledge, 2013. 280 pp. $145 hardback. - Colonial Discourse and Gender in U.S. Criminal Courts: Cultural Defenses and Prosecutions. By Caroline Braunmuhl. London: Routledge, 2012. 182 pp. $140 hardback; $54.95 paperback.

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Law and the Culture of Israel. By Menachem Mautner. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. 280 pp. $71 hardback.
Indigenous People, Crime, and Punishment. By Thalia Anthony. Abingdon: Routledge, 2013. 280 pp. $145 hardback.
Colonial Discourse and Gender in U.S. Criminal Courts: Cultural Defenses and Prosecutions. By Caroline Braunmuhl. London: Routledge, 2012. 182 pp. $140 hardback; $54.95 paperback.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Alison Dundes Renteln
Alison Dundes Renteln*
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Anthropology, Law, and Public Policy, University of Southern California
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Law & Society Review , Volume 50 , Issue 4 , December 2016 , pp. 1037 - 1043
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