Publications

Publications by members of the project

Published

• Berti, Daniela:
  • 2010: “Hostile witnesses, judicial interactions and out-of-court narratives in a North Indian district court”, Contributions to Indian Sociology, 44 (3): 235-263 Link to full text
  • 2011: “Courts of Law and Legal Practice”, in I. Clark-Decès (ed.), A Companion to the Anthropology of India (Blackwell Companion to Anthropology), Chichester (UK), Wiley-Blackwell: 355-370.
  • 2011: “Trials, Witnesses and Local Stakes in a District Court of Himachal Pradesh”, in J. Pfaff-Czarnecka and G. Toffin (eds), The Politics of Belonging in the Himalayas. Local Attachments and Boundary Dynamics, Sage, New Delhi: 291-313
  • 2012: “Ritual Faults, Sins, and Legal Offenses: A Discussion About Two Patterns of Justice in Contemporary India”, in Ph.Granoff and K.Shinohara (eds.), Sin and Expiation: Perspectives from Asian Religions, Leiden, E.J.Brill: 153-172.
• Berti, Daniela, and Gilles Tarabout:
  • “Criminal Proceedings in India and the Question of Culture. An Anthropological Perspective”, in W. Gephart (ed.), Rechtsanalyse als Kulturforshung, Frankfurt am Main, Vittorio Klostermann, pp.193-206
• Bouillier, Véronique:
  • 2011: “French Law Courts and South Asian Litigants”, in Livia Holden (ed.), Cultural Expertise and Litigation: Patterns, Conflicts, Narratives, London, Routledge.
  • 2011: “Interaction entre les institutions judiciaires françaises et les communautés Sri Lankaises : des affaires familiales aux cours d’assises en région parisienne”, in Anthony Goreau-Ponceaud (ed.), Hommes et Migrations. L’immigration sri-lankaise : regards croisés.
• Clémentin-Ojha, Catherine:
  • 2010: “L`Insertion des convictions religieuses dans les droits positifs contemporains: le cas de l`Union indienne”, in Convictions philosophiques et religieuses et droits positifs, Textes présentés au colloque international de Moncton (24-27 août 2008), Bruxelles, Bruylant.
• Holden, Livia:
  • 2011, (ed.) Cultural Expertise and Litigation: Patterns, Conflicts, Narratives, London, Routledge, 238pp. (Paperback: 2012) [see TABLE OF CONTENTS at the bottom of this page]
  • 2011: “Introduction: Reflexivity, Culture, and Ethics”, in L.Holden (ed.) Cultural Expertise and Litigation: Patterns, Conflicts, Narratives, London, Routledge (paperback 2012)
  • 2011: “Expert Report Writing: Professional Commitments and Legal Outcomes”,in L.Holden (ed.) Cultural Expertise and Litigation: Patterns, Conflicts, Narratives, London, Routledge (paperback 2012).
• Redding, Jeff:
  • 2010: “Institutional v. Liberal Contexts for Contemporary Non-State, Muslim Civil Dispute Resolution Systems”, Journal of Islamic State Practices in International Law,6 (1). Link to SSRN for downloading abstract: http://liapers.ssrn.com/sol3/liapers.cfm?abstract_id=1648945
  • 2012: "What American Legal Theory Might Learn from Islamic Law: Some Lessons About 'The Rule of Law' from 'Shari‘a Court' Practice in India". University of Colorado Law Review, Vol. 83, p. 1027, 2012. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2066804
• Shah, Prakash:
  • 2011: “Inconvenient Marriages, or What happens when Ethnic Minorities marry trans-jurisdictionally according to their self-chosen norms”, in L.Holden (ed.), Cultural Expertise and Litigation: Patterns, Conflicts, Narratives, London, Routledge.
• Tarabout, Gilles:
  • "Religion and the Courts. The Secular Management of Gods’ Affairs in Some Kerala Cases", on-line video-recording of the (LASSnet 2010) panel "Religion and Constitutionalism in India". With Arvind Narrain, Rohit De and Abhik Majumdar - panel Religion and Constitutionalism in India
• Toffin, Gérard:
  • 2011: (in collaboration with Shova Shakya) “Women, Law and Democracy in Nepal. An Interview with Sapana Pradhan-Malla”, European Bulletin of Himalayan Research, n° 39.

Forthcoming

• Baxi, Pratiksha:
  • “Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya: On Criminalising Love”, in D.Berti and D.Bordia (eds.), Anthropology of Criminal Cases in South Asia, New Delhi, Oxford University Press
• Berti, Daniela:
  • “Binding Fictions. Contradicting Facts and Judicial Constraints in a Narcotic Case”, in D.Berti and D.Bordia (eds.), Anthropology of Criminal Cases in South Asia, New Delhi, Oxford University Press
  • "Pouvoirs locaux et contraintes judiciaires dans une affaire de viol en Inde", in D.Berti et G.Tarabout, eds.,Judicial practices. Legal Categories, Techniques of Arbitration, and Forms of Resistance, Diogène - Diogenes
• Berti, Daniela, and Devika Bordia:
  • Anthropology of Criminal Cases in South Asia, New Delhi, Oxford University Press[see TABLE OF CONTENTS at the bottom of this page]
  • “Introduction”, in D.Berti and D.Bordia (eds.), Anthropology of Criminal Cases in South Asia, New Delhi, Oxford University Press
• Berti, Daniela, and Gilles Tarabout:
  • Judicial practices. Legal Categories, Techniques of Arbitration, and Forms of Resistance, Diogène - Diogenes[see TABLE OF CONTENTS at the bottom of this page]
• Bordia, Devika:
  • (Accepted): “The Spirit of Legal Procedure: Documents, Court Practices and the Production of Truths about Tribal Life in Western India”, Political and Legal Anthropology Review.
  • “Cultures of Policing: Panchayat-Police Practices and the Making of a Criminal Case in Western India”, in D.Berti and D.Bordia (eds.),Anthropology of Criminal Cases in South Asia, New Delhi, Oxford University Press
  • "The Politics of Custom. Blood Money, Disputes, and Tribal Leadership in Western India", in D.Berti et G.Tarabout, eds.,Judicial practices. Legal Categories, Techniques of Arbitration, and Forms of Resistance, Diogène - Diogenes
• Bouillier, Véronique:
  • “From a Comparative Perspective: Criminal Cases involving South Asian people in French Assize Courts”, in D.Berti and D.Bordia (eds.),Anthropology of Criminal Cases in South Asia, New Delhi, Oxford University Press
  • "Comment juger l’autre ? Justice et différence culturelle en cours d’assises", in D.Berti et G.Tarabout, eds.,Judicial practices. Legal Categories, Techniques of Arbitration, and Forms of Resistance, Diogène - Diogenes
• Chiara, Letizia:
  • "The Secularism Case: Prosecution of a Hindu activist before a quasi-judicial authority in the Nepal Tarai", in D.Berti and D.Bordia (eds.),Anthropology of Criminal Cases in South Asia, New Delhi, Oxford University Press
• Headley, Zoé:
  • ““The Devil’s Court!” The Trial of Caste Panchayats in South India”, in D.Berti and D.Bordia (eds.),Anthropology of Criminal Cases in South Asia, New Delhi, Oxford University Press
• Holden, Livia:
  • Documentary film: Lady Judges of Pakistan, 60mn, DVD Pal, Urdu with English subtitles.
• Jaoul, Nicolas:
  • “Enforcing the Law in a Hostile Context. Dalit Access to Justice and its Mediations in Uttar Pradesh”, in D.Berti and D.Bordia (eds.),Anthropology of Criminal Cases in South Asia, New Delhi, Oxford University Press
• Letizia, Chiara:
  • (submitted) “A state goddess in the new secular Nepal: reflections on the Kumari case at the Supreme Court”, FOCAAL, Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology.
  • “The Secularism Case. Investigation and Prosecution of a High Profile Case in Biratnagar, Nepal”, in D.Berti and D.Bordia (eds.),Anthropology of Criminal Cases in South Asia, New Delhi, Oxford University Press
• Redding, Jeff:
  • (submitted) “The Case of Ayesha, Muslim “Courts“ and the Rule of Law: Some Ethnographic Lessons for Legal Theory”, Modern Asian Studies.This paper has been selected for presentation at the Law and Humanities panel, Junior Faculty Forum, Harvard Law School, 2012
  • “Transgender Rights in Pakistan. The criminal Law Origins of a Constitutional Petition”, in D.Berti and D.Bordia (eds.),Anthropology of Criminal Cases in South Asia, New Delhi, Oxford University Press
• Samaddar, Ranabir:
  • "Beyond the Frame of Practical Reason: The Indian Evidence Act and Its Performative Life",in D.Berti et G.Tarabout, eds.,Judicial practices. Legal Categories, Techniques of Arbitration, and Forms of Resistance, Diogène - Diogenes

VOLUMES - TABLE OF CONTENTS

Published

Holden, L. (ed.), 2011, Cultural Expertise and Litigation: Patterns, Conflicts, Narratives, London, Routledge, 238pp.(Paperback edition: 2012)

• Daniela Berti & Gilles Tarabout, "Foreword"
• Gary Edmond, "Preface"
• Livia Holden, "Introduction: Reflexifity, Culture and Ethics"
• Part I: Patterns
  • Sylvia Vatuk, "Patterns: 1. South Asian Muslims and the Country expertise in the American Immigration Courts"
  • Prakash Shah, "When South Asians marry trans-jurisdictionally: Some Reflections on Immigration Cases by and ‘Expert’"
  • Véronique bouillier, "French Law Courts and South Asians Litigants"
• Part 2: Conflicts
  • Stig Toft Madsen, "Being On and Being In: Exposure and Influence of Academic Experts in Contemporary Denmark"
  • Anthony Good, "Witness Statements and Credibility Assessments in the British Asylum Courts"
  • Roger Ballard, "Honour Killing? Or Just Plain Homicide?"
• Part 3: Narratives
  • Werner Menski, "Life and Law: Advocacy and Expert Witnessing in the UK"
  • Tommaso Sbriccoli & Stefano Jacoviello, "The Case of S.: Elaborating the ‘Right’ Narrative to fit Normative/Political Expectations in Asylum Procedure in Italy"
  • Livia Holden, "Expert Report Writing: Professional Commitments and Legal Outcomes"

Forthcoming 2013

Daniela Berti & Gilles Tarabout (eds.), "Judicial practices. Legal Categories, Techniques of Arbitration, and Forms of Resistance", Diogene/Diogenes

• D. Berti & G. Tarabout, "Introduction"
• Categories
  • Deborah Puccio-Den,"Catégorisation juridique et économies morales en Italie (1980-2010)"
  • Sarbani Sen, "The 'public interest'. Contestation and confrontation before the Supreme Court"
  • Antonio De Lauri, "Loi et coutumes: interconnexion normative dans les cours de justice de Kaboul"
• Procedures
  • Ranabir Samaddar,"Beyond the Frame of Practical Reason: The Indian Evidence Act and Its Performative Life"
  • Véronique Bouillier, "Comment juger l’autre? Justice et différence culturelle en cours d’assises"
  • Bin Li,, "Assesseurs ou jury populaire. Variations autour de la participation des citoyens à la justice en Chine"
• Negociating / Judging
  • Daniela Berti, "Relations of Power, Judicial Constraints and Government Practices in North India"
  • Fu Hualing, "Away from Grass-roots? The Irony of Rural Legal Service in China"
  • Maud Saint-Lary, "Concilier par l’islam et divorcer. Anthropologie d’une pratique de justice islamique"
• Outside the Courts
  • Yazid Ben Hounet," 'La réconciliation (sulh) c’est la base!' A propos des articulations entre cours de justice et pratiques non officielles de réconciliation (Algérie/ Soudan)"
  • Devika Bordia, "The Politics of Custom. Blood Money, Disputes, and Tribal Leadership in Western India"
  • Sally Falk Moore, "Customary Law in One Area of 20th Century Africa. The Chagga of Kilimanjaro in Tanzania"

Daniela Berti & Devika Bordia (eds.), Anthropology of Criminal Cases in South Asia

• Daniela Berti & Devika Bordia, "Introduction"
• Part I
  • Srimati Basu, " ‘3 punishments for 3 mistakes’: Negotiating between Courts, Police and Mediation in Family Law and Family Violence"
  • Pratikhsha Baxi, " 'Why live in terror when one has loved': On Criminalising Love"
  • Daniela Berti, "Binding Fictions. Contradicting Facts and Judicial Constraints in a Narcotic Case in Himachal Pradesh"
  • Chiara Letizia, "The Secularism Case: Prosecution of a Hindu activist before a quasi-judicial authority in the Nepal Tarai"
• Part II
  • Nicolas Jaoul, "Enforcing the Law in a Hostile Context. Dalit Access to Justice and its Mediations in Uttar Pradesh"
  • Devika Bordia, "Cultures of Policing: Panchayat-Police Practices and the Making of a Criminal Case in Western India"
  • Zoé Headley," 'The Devil’s Court!' The Trial of Katta Panchayats (Tamil Nadu)"
  • Jeff Redding, "Transgender Rights in Pakistan. The criminal Law Origins of a Constitutional Petition"
• Véronique Bouillier,"A comparative perspective: Criminal Cases involving South Asian people in French Assize Courts"

In preparation

Daniela Berti,Gilles Tarabout, Raphaël Voix (eds.), Religion and the Courts (India, Nepal)

• Berti, D., Tarabout, G., & Voix, R., "Introduction"
• Ascetics and the Law
  • France Bhattacharya, "British Colonial Justice and the Lustful Mohunt"
  • Raphaël Voix, "Defining and Reforming Hinduism through Court Jurisdiction. Understanding the Tandava Case in its Context (1979-2004)"
  • Catherine Clémentin-Ojha, "Does the Habit make the Monk? The Juridical Definition of the Religious State in a Judgment of the District Court of Allahabad in 1968 Concerning Devolution of Shebaitship"
  • Malavika Kasturi," ‘This Land is Mine’: Mahants, Devotional ‘Publics’ and Civil Courts in 20th Century North India"
• How Personal is Personal Law?
  • Srimati Basu, "Unfair Advantage?: Polygyny and Adultery in Indian Personal Law"
  • Jean Louis Halpérin, "Recent Evolutions in Case Law Concerning Hindu Marriage"
  • Marc Galanter & Alexander Fischer, "Caste, Courts and the De-Sanskritization of Hindu Law"
• Gods’ Affairs
  • Daniela Berti,, Filing Religion. The Judicialisation of a Religious Conflict in Himachal Pradesh
  • Deepa Das Acevedo, Divine Bachelors, Female Devotees, and Constitutional Protections at Sabarimala, 2006-2011
  • Ute HÜsken, "Slaves and Sons: The Court Dynamics of a Religious Dispute in South India"
  • Gilles Tarabout, "Birth vs. Merit: Courts and Changes in Temple Practice"
• Implementing Secularism
  • Chiara Letizia, "Defining Nepali Secularism through the Judiciary: Two Case Studies from the Nepal Supreme Court"
  • Justin Jones, "Courts Outside the State – the Debate on Dar-ul-qaza’s in Modern India"
  • Marc Galanter & Alexander Fischer, "Compensatory Discrimination Policies and the Identification of Beneficiaries: Religious, Required and Forbidden Categories in Indian Courts"

Daniela Berti, Anthony Good, Gilles Tarabout (eds.), Of Doubt and Proof. Ritual and Legal practices of Judgment

• Daniela Berti, Anthony Good, & Gilles Tarabout, "Introduction"
• Daniela Berti, "The technicalities of doubting: temple consultations and district courts in India"
• Sarah Walker, "Managing marital uncertainty in Cairo: between human judgment and divine guidance"
• Zachary Whyte, "In Doubt. Uncertainty and mistrust in the Danish asylum system"
• Jan Budniok, "When judges feel misjudged: (en)countering doubt in Ghanaian courts
• Anthony Good, " 'The benefit of the doubt' in British asylum claims"
• Carolina Kobelinsky, "Emotions as evidences: an ethnographic exploration of the hearings at the French court of asylum"
• Stéphanie Homola, "Judging destiny: how Taiwanese diviners cope with uncertainty"
• Gilles Tarabout, "Religious uncertainty, astrology, and the courts. A case study from South India
• Véronique Bouillier, "The different times of doubt in French Assises Courts"
• Tobias Kelly, "Postface"