Introduction

Minority families and the law. Interactions of ethnic, religious, and cultural minorities with law and state institutions

Autores/as

  • Iris Sportel Institute for Sociology of Law and the Centre for Migration Law of Radboud University Nijmegen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1210

Palabras clave:

encuentros con el Estado, ley de migraciones, eludir la ley

Resumen

El Estado es una presencia importante en las vidas de muchas familias de minorías. Este número especial pretende investigar las interacciones de las familias de minorías con las leyes y las instituciones estatales desde una perspectiva socio-jurídica, con especial atención a los temas relacionados con niños. Esta introducción se centra en dos observaciones. En primer lugar, las familias de minorías tienden a entrar en contacto con las leyes y las instituciones estatales con relativa frecuencia. Para familias migrantes y transnacionales, la marginalización de las minorías y las diferencias en la toma de decisiones de agentes estatales puede contribuir a una sobrerrepresentación de las familias de minorías en intervenciones estatales como la prostitución infantil o los sistemas de justicia penal. En segundo lugar, algunas familias de minorías tienden a eludir las leyes y las instituciones estatales. Especialmente en asuntos familiares como el matrimonio y el divorcio, los miembros de familias de minorías pueden buscar opciones alternativas fuera del Estado, como matrimonios y divorcios religiosos.

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Biografía del autor/a

Iris Sportel, Institute for Sociology of Law and the Centre for Migration Law of Radboud University Nijmegen

* Iris Sportel is an Assistant Professor at the Institute for Sociology of Law and the Centre for Migration Law of Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands. She holds a PhD (2014) in sociology of law and gender studies from Radboud University. As a legal anthropologist, her research focusses on how individual actors -- ordinary people, legal professionals, and parties in court procedures -- deal with and experience law and legal institutions, especially in contexts of migration and transnationalism. She wrote Transnational Families and Divorce, Marriage, Migration, and Family Law (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016).  Email address: iris.sportel@ru.nl

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Publicado

2021-08-01

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Sportel, I. (2021) «Introduction: Minority families and the law. Interactions of ethnic, religious, and cultural minorities with law and state institutions», Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 11(4), pp. 948–958. doi: 10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1210.