Alison Dundes Renteln
Political scientist with expertise in cultural issues, constitutional rights and American politics
Professor of Political Science, USC Dornsife College
Faculty Fellow, Center for Excellence in Teaching
Contact at: (213) 740-3248 (office), (626) 536-5963 (cell), (626) 791-2612 (home) or arenteln@usc.edu
Expertise:
- international law and human rights
- cultural defense (the relevance of cultural background in court cases)
- cultural diversity, ethnic identity and the law
- constitutional law
- U.S. politics
- political and legal theory
- legal anthropology
- the comparative judicial process (folk law and legal pluralism)
- legal issues relating to ethnic minorities and indigenous peoples
- human rights in national and international politics
- same-sex marriage
- global women's rights issues, including female genital mutilation and honor killings
- civil rights, women's rights, children's rights, prisoners' rights, the rights of people with disabilities
- religious freedom
- reparations and government apologies
- the use of torture by governments
- truth commissions
- the world court
- Author, The Cultural Defense (2004) and International Human Rights: Universalism versus Relativism (1990)
- Co-editor, Folk Law: Essays on the Theory and Practice of Lex Non Scripta (1994)
Foreign Languages:
French
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