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This special issue of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society aims to foster a dialogue that is inclusive, constructive, and innovative in order to lay the basis for evaluating the usefulness and impact of cultural expertise in modern litigation. It investigates the scope of cultural expertise as a new socio-legal concept that broadly concerns the use of social sciences in connection with rights and the solution of conflicts. While the definition of cultural expertise is new, the conflicts it applies to are not, and these range from criminal law to civil law, including international human rights. In this special issue, socio-legal scientists with interdisciplinary backgrounds scrutinize the applicability of the notion of cultural expertise in Europe and the rest of the World. Cases include murder, female genital mutilation, earthquake claims, Islamic law, underage marriages, child custody, adoption, land rights, and asylum. The authors debate on a variety of themes, such as legal pluralism, ethnicity, causal determinism, reification of culture, and the "culturalization" of defendants. The volume concludes with an overview of the ethical implications of the definition of cultural expertise and suggestions for a way forward.Introduction; Livia HoldenPart I. Cultural Expertise with(out) Cultural ExpertsFrom Invisible to Visible: Locating Cultural Expertise in the Law Courts of Two Finnish Cities; Taina CookeCultural Expertise in Italian Courts: Contexts, Cases and Issues; Antonello Ciccozzi and Giorgia DecarliPart II. Sites of Cultural ExpertiseAssessing Cultural Expertise in Portugal: Challenges and Opportunities; João Teixeira Lopes, Anabela Leão and Ligia FerroCultural Expertise in Asylum Granting Procedure in Greece: Evaluating the Experiences and the Prospects; Helen RethimiotakiPart III. Comparative Perspectives on Cultural ExpertiseCourt Cases, Cultural Expertise, and FGM in Europe; Ruth Mestre and Sara JohnsdotterBetween Norms, Facts and Stereotypes: The Place of Culture and Ethnicity in Belgian and French Family Justice; Caroline Simon, Barbara Truffin and Anne WyvekensPart IV. Cultural Expertise in Non-European ContextsCultural Expertise in Australia: Colonial Laws, Customs, and Emergent Legal Pluralism; Ann BlackThe Role and Use of Cultural Expertise in Litigation in South Africa. Can the Western World Learn Anything from a Mixed, Pluralistic Legal System? Christa RautenbachPart V. Suggestions for a Way ForwardBeyond Cultural Expert Witnessing: Toward an Integrated Definition of Cultural Expertise; Livia HoldenFormat:Hardback ISBN:9781787695160Published:28 Feb 2019Publisher:Emerald Publishing LimitedDimensions:216 pages - 152 x 229mmSeries:Studies in Law, Politics, and SocietyPublisher's website : https://books.emeraldinsight.com/page/detail/Cultural-Expertise-and-SocioLegal-StudiesCultural-Expertise-and-Socio-Legal-Studies/?k=9781787695160