Personal autonomy in plural societies : : a principle and its paradoxes / / edited by Marie-Claire Foblets, Michele Graziadei, Alison Dundes Renteln.

"This volume addresses the exercise of personal autonomy in contemporary situations of normative pluralism. In the Western liberal tradition, from a strictly legal and theoretical perspective the social individual has the right to exercise the autonomy of his or her will. In a context of legal...

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Superior document:Law and Anthropology
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Place / Publishing House:Abingdon, Oxon ;, N.Y., NY : : Routledge,, 2018.
Year of Publication:2018
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Law and anthropology series.
Physical Description:1 online resource (302 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : individual autonomy in contemporary plural societies : how to reconcile competing normative standards? / Marie-Claire Foblets, Michele Graziadei and Alison Dundes Renteln
  • The fault in our stars : personal autonomy, philosophy, and the law / Michele Graziadei
  • Confronting autonomy in liberal practice / Geoffrey Brahm Levey
  • Autonomy and deeply embedded cultural identities / John Christman
  • Three approaches to the protection of religious freedom : choice, interest, identity / Avigail Eisenberg
  • Appeals to choice and sexual equality : debates over religious attire / Monique Deveaux
  • Why the individual must be defended : seemingly against all anthropological odds / Olaf Zenker
  • Cultural diversity in the workplace : personal autonomy as a pillar for the accommodation of employees' religious practices? / Katayoun Alidadi
  • Adopting a face-veil, concluding an islamic marriage : autonomy, agency, and liberal-secular rule / Annelies Moors
  • Unregistered Muslim marriages in the UK : examining normative influences shaping choice of legal protection / Rajnaara C. Akhtar
  • Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? : personal autonomy, forced marriage, and the inherent jurisdiction in English law / Alberto Neidhardt
  • Balancing migration policy and personal autonomy in private international law : a shattered illusion? / Jinske Verhellen
  • The anti-religious bias in personal autonomy : towards coherence and a solution / Toon Agten
  • Shaping notions of personal autonomy in plural societies : addressing female genital cutting in France and the European regulatory framework's approach to this custom / Lucia Bellucci
  • The human rights dimensions of virginity restoration surgery / Alison Dundes Renteln
  • "It is better for me to agree when my guardian is here" : consent and relational personhood in postcolonial Malawi / Jessica Johnson
  • The multiple search for autonomy among moluccans in the netherlands : a relational approach / Keebet von Benda-Beckmann
  • An all but trivial abortion : scrutinizing sex selection legislation in India through the lens of women's autonomy / Kalindi Kokal
  • Rethinking social norms : contraceptive use and women's right to choose in Senegal / Chiara Quagliariello
  • Autonomous aspirations? : re-reading the CEDAW drafting process and examining Muslim women's contributions / Shaheen Sardar Ali and Arjumand Bano Kazmi
  • "That's not our culture" : paradoxes of personal property in indigenous self-governance / Ian Kalman.