(Re)designing Justice for Plural Societies


August 16, 2017

More than 60 scholars participated in the three-day conference organised by the Department ‘Law & Anthropology’

Conference at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology: '(Re)designing Justice for Plural Societies: Accommodative Practices Put to the Test'
August 15, 2017

Dominik Müller, Marie-Claire Foblets and Katayoun Alidadi (from left to right) organised the conference ‘(Re)designing Justice for Plural Societies: Accommodative Practices Put to the Test’, which took place from June 14 to June 16 2017 at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
August 15, 2017

Symeon C. Symeonides (Williamette University, Oregon, USA) during his talk ‘One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Perspectives from the Trumped States’ in Session I: Accommodative Practices: Opportunities and Pitfalls
August 15, 2017

Kilian Bälz (Amereller Rechtsanwälte PmbB, Berlin) ■ Title of his talk: ‘Sharia Compliance and Sharia Risk: Defining Islamic Law in Islamic Finance’ ■ Session II: Islam and Political, Legal and Economic Inclusion
August 15, 2017

The beginning of Session II: Islam and Political, Legal and Economic Inclusion – Chairman Dominik Müller (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale) beside Jaclyn L. Neo (National University of Singapore) und Laura Haddad (University of Hamburg) (from left to right)
August 15, 2017

Jaclyn L. Neo (National University of Singapore) ■ Title of her talk: ‘Regulating Islam in Singapore: Techniques and Tensions’ ■ Session II: Islam and Political, Legal and Economic Inclusion

August 15, 2017

Laura Haddad (University of Hamburg) ■ Title of her talk: ‘House Rules for Islam in Hamburg: The Contract between the State of Hamburg and Three Islamic Communities’ ■ Session II: Islam and Political, Legal and Economic Inclusion

August 15, 2017

Discussing the talks of Session II: Mark Goodale (University of Lausanne) has some questions.
August 15, 2017

Maria Sapignoli (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale) introduces keynote speaker Richard A. Wilson to the audience.
August 15, 2017

Richard A. Wilson (University of Connecticut, USA) ■ Title of his keynote: ‘Incitement on Trial: Prosecuting International Speech Crimes’
August 15, 2017

On judges and their opinion about speech experts: Richard A. Wilson (University of Connecticut, USA) during his keynote address ‘Incitement on Trial: Prosecuting International Speech Crimes’
August 15, 2017

Richard A. Wilson conducts research on genocide trials at international courts.
August 15, 2017

Richard A. Wilson has many thoughtful listeners: Sophie Nakueira, visiting researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
August 15, 2017

Cengiz Barskanmaz (Max-Planck-Institut für ethnologische Forschung, Halle/Saale) has a question for Richard A. Wilson.
August 15, 2017

Werner Menski (School of Oriental and African Studies, London), Chairman of Session III: Accommodating Diversity under State Law in Europe

August 15, 2017

Burim Ramaj (University of Fribourg, Schweiz) ■ Title of his talk: ‘Recognition under Public Law as Accommodation Tool: The Swiss Example’ ■ Session III: Accommodating Diversity under State Law in Europe
August 15, 2017

Eduardo Ruiz Vieytez (University Deusto, Spanien) ■ Title of his talk: ‘The Spanish Observatory of Religious Pluralism: The Challenge of Fostering Accommodation through Information, Dissemination and Research Activities’ ■ Session III: Accommodating Diversity under State Law in Europe
August 15, 2017

Jonathan Bernaerts (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale) ■ Title of his talk: ‘Local Linguistic Accommodations: Discussing Sustainability’ ■ Session III: Accommodating Diversity under State Law in Europe
August 15, 2017

Markus Klank (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale) ■ Title of his talk: ‘From Home Schooling to Formal Schooling: The Case of the Twelve Tribes in Germany’ ■ Session III: Accommodating Diversity under State Law in Europe
August 15, 2017

The presenters in Session IV: Land, Housing and Environmental Issues ■ (from right to left) Chairman Olaf Zenker (University of Fribourg, Schweiz), Jorge L. Esquirol (Florida International University, Miami, USA) und Elizabeth Steyn (University of Montreal, Canada)
August 15, 2017

Jorge L. Esquirol (Florida International University, Miami, USA) ■ Title of his talk: ‘Untitled Housing, Informality and Legal Forms’ ■ Session IV: Land, Housing and Environmental Issues
August 15, 2017

Elizabeth Steyn (University of Montreal, Canada) ■ Title of her talk: ‘Seeking Solutions in the Land of the Long White Cloud: The Whanganui River Settlement in Aotearoa New Zealand as Accommodative Measure’ ■ Session IV: Land, Housing and Environmental Issues
August 15, 2017

Richard A. Wilson (centre) comments on Elizabeth Steyn’s talk. Dominik Müller (left) listens attentively.

August 15, 2017

Mark Goodale (University of Lausanne, Schweiz) ■ Title of his talk: ‘Living Well Through Law: Legal Pluralism in a Plurinational State’ ■ Session V: Experiences in Latin America
August 15, 2017

Armando Guevara-Gil (Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Lima, Peru) ■ Title of his talk: ‘The Intercultural Justice Program and Anthropological Expert Opinions in Peru’ ■ Session V: Experiences in Latin America
August 15, 2017

Annette Mehlhorn (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale) ■ Title of her talk: ’'Vivir Bien': Law and Social Change in the Bolivian Altiplano’ ■ Session V: Experiences in Latin America
August 15, 2017

Bertram Turner (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale), Chairman of Session VI: The Role of the Judiciary in Negotiating Plural Normativities
August 15, 2017

Yüksel Sezgin (Syracuse University, USA) ■ Title of his talk: ‘Accommodation and 'Reformation' of Muslim Family Laws by Non-Muslim Democracies: Examining the Role of Civil Courts as Viable Agents of Change?’ ■ Session VI: The Role of the Judiciary in Negotiating Plural Normativities
August 15, 2017

Christa Rautenbach (North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa) ■ Title of her talk: ‘Redesigning Tsonga Living Customary Law: The South African Constitutional Court has spoken in MM v MN 2013 (4) SA 415 (CC)’
August 15, 2017

Ido Shahar (University of Haifa, Israel) ■ Title of his talk: Control or Legitimacy? An Inherent Dilemma in ‘State Legal Pluralism’ ■ Session VI: The Role of the Judiciary in Negotiating Plural Normativities
August 15, 2017

Roundtable on: Challenges and Crossroads, Comparative Borrowing ■ Moderator: Katayoun Alidadi (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale)
August 15, 2017

Mathias Rohe (Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg) giving his statement at the conference’s closing session
August 15, 2017

Final panel discussion in the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology’s main seminar room
Go to Editor View