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An Unfortunate Coincidence: Jews, Jewishness, and English Law

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An Unfortunate Coincidence examines how English judges discuss and depict Jews and Jewishness in the 20th and 21st centuries. It is a study of legal judgments in a range of areas, tracing continuities and discontinuities in representations of Jews and Jewishness over time. The book shows the part played by racial and religious understandings in legal decision-making, addressing the place of a minority with a long history in England and within the English cultural imagination. It considers the complex and often contradictory approaches to Jews and Jewishness within judicial discourse, challenging both assumptions about tolerance and neutrality in English law and any simple narrative of 'antisemitism'. While its focus is on the distinctive character of the English context, the book has resonance for thinking more generally about racial and religious representations in law.

Language: English

Pages: 220

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: March 01, 2010

ISBN: 0199229767

ISBN 13: 9780199229765

An Unfortunate Coincidence: Jews, Jewishness, and English Law

4.5/5 ( ratings)

An Unfortunate Coincidence examines how English judges discuss and depict Jews and Jewishness in the 20th and 21st centuries. It is a study of legal judgments in a range of areas, tracing continuities and discontinuities in representations of Jews and Jewishness over time. The book shows the part played by racial and religious understandings in legal decision-making, addressing the place of a minority with a long history in England and within the English cultural imagination. It considers the complex and often contradictory approaches to Jews and Jewishness within judicial discourse, challenging both assumptions about tolerance and neutrality in English law and any simple narrative of 'antisemitism'. While its focus is on the distinctive character of the English context, the book has resonance for thinking more generally about racial and religious representations in law.

Language: English

Pages: 220

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: March 01, 2010

ISBN: 0199229767

ISBN 13: 9780199229765

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