Bio
Alison Dundes Renteln is professor of political science, anthropology, public policy, and law at the University of Southern California. An expert on cultural rights, she is author of The Cultural Defense (2004), which provides an overview of the debate surrounding the admissibility of cultural evidence in the courtroom.
Featured Work
APR 22, 2005 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2 No. 12 (Spring 2005): Cultural Rights: Section 2: When Rites Are Rights: Cultural Challenges To Marriage Laws
Alison Dundes Renteln explores the role of culture in the legal recognition of marriage in the United States and elsewhere, demonstrating how legal definitions of ...
APR 23, 2004 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2 No. 11 (Spring 2004): Environmental Rights: SECTION 2 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENTALISM: Environmental Rights vs. Cultural Rights
As Alison Dundes Renteln demonstrates, protecting cultural rights and endangered species requires a delicate balancing act.