The Clinic and the Court -

The Clinic and the Court

Law, Medicine and Anthropology
Buch | Hardcover
320 Seiten
2015
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-107-07624-2 (ISBN)
124,70 inkl. MwSt
What are the points of convergence and contradiction between law and medicine as they seek to understand and respond to harm and suffering? Using empirical case studies from Europe, the Americas and Africa, this book brings together leading medical and legal anthropologists to explore this question.
Law and medicine can be caught in a tight embrace. They both play a central role in the politics of harm, making decisions regarding what counts as injury and what might be the most suitable forms of redress or remedy. But where do law and medicine converge and diverge in their responses to and understandings of harm and suffering? Using empirical case studies from Europe, the Americas and Africa, The Clinic and the Court brings together leading medical and legal anthropologists to explore this question.

Ian Harper is a trained medical practitioner and social anthropologist, working at the University of Edinburgh. Tobias Kelly teaches social anthropology at the University of Edinburgh, where his research interests include human rights, political and legal anthropology and modern British cultural history. Akshay Khanna is a research fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.

1. Introduction Tobias Kelly, Ian Harper and Akshay Khanna; 2. Keeping magical harm invisible: public health, witchcraft and the law in Kyela, Tanzania Rebecca Marsland; 3. Non-human suffering: a humanitarian project Miriam Ticktin; 4. The causes of torture: law, medicine and the assessment of suffering in British asylum claims Tobias Kelly; 5. Trespass, crime, and insanity: the social life of categories Lydie Fialová; 6. Local justice in the allocation of medical certificates during French asylum procedures: from protocols to face-to-face interactions Estelle d'Halluin; 7. Contentious roommates? Spatial constructions of the therapeutic-evidential spectrum in medico-legal work Gethin Rees; 8. The juridical hospital: claiming the right to pharmaceuticals in Brazilian courts João Biehl; 9. Courts and the control of TB: quarantine, travel and the question of adherence Ian Harper; 10. Dying to go to court: demanding a legal remedy to end of life uncertainty Naomi Richards; 11. Rehabilitation of paedophiles at the intersection of law and therapy John Borneman; 12. A republic of remedies: psychosocial interventions in post-conflict Guatemala Henrik Ronsbo.

Reihe/Serie Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
Zusatzinfo 2 Halftones, unspecified; 1 Line drawings, unspecified
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 590 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Medizinethik
Studium 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) Med. Psychologie / Soziologie
Studium Querschnittsbereiche Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
Recht / Steuern Allgemeines / Lexika
Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht Medizinrecht
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-107-07624-2 / 1107076242
ISBN-13 978-1-107-07624-2 / 9781107076242
Zustand Neuware
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