Abstract
Does multiculturalism imply that certain cultural minorities - nomos groups, whose cultural conceptions extend in important ways into views about the law - should have forms of legal autonomy that go beyond normal multicultural accommodations such as exemptions and special protection? In other words: should we allow "minority jurisdictions for multicultural reasons and give certain minorities powers of legislation and adjudication on certain issues? The paper sketches how one might arrive at such a conclusion given some standard multicultural reasoning, and then proceeds by examining eight key rejoinders to such a proposal. None of these rejoinders provide by themselves knockdown arguments against extending multicultural rights to forms of legal autonomy, but together they do provide a basis for some skepticism about the cogency and desirability of at least more ambitious forms of legal autonomy for cultural minorities within a liberal framework.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Etikk i Praksis |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Pages (from-to) | 67-84 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| ISSN | 1890-3991 |
| Publication status | Published - 26 Nov 2013 |
Keywords
- Faculty of Humanities