1 Nov. 2011 (Tuesday), 17-30:

Lecture: Legal Culture, the Culture of Legality and Court Delays
Delivered by: David Nelken
Place: Institute for the Rule of Law (EU), Gagarinskaya ul., build. 3 –> map

In this lecture I will discuss the use made of the concept of legal culture in explaining socio-legal differences between countries and the possibilities of legal and social change. I shall also explain the relationship between the terms legal culture and culture of legality. The conceptual and normative issues in question will be illustrated using as a case-study efforts to explain court delays in Italy. Special attention will be given to the relationships between legal culture and culture more generally.

Reading: Using the Concept of Legal Culture in 29 Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy 2004: 1-28