An Unfortunate Coincidence
Author | : Didi Herman |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press (UK) |
Total Pages | : 209 |
Release | : 2011 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780199229765 |
ISBN-13 | : 0199229767 |
Rating | : 4/5 (767 Downloads) |
Download or read book An Unfortunate Coincidence written by Didi Herman and published by Oxford University Press (UK). This book was released on 2011 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the depiction of Jews and Jewishness in modern English law, revealing the role of racial and religious understandings in legal decision-making. It challenges both assumptions about tolerance and neutrality in English law and any simple narrative of anti-Semitism, charting the ambivalent status of Jewish identity in the law.