Alison Renteln
- Professor of Political Science, USC Dornsife College
- Faculty Fellow, Center for Excellence in Teaching
Expertise Summary
Political scientist with expertise in cultural issues, constitutional rights and American politics
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
Languages
- French
Additional Information
- 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)
- Appointed to the California State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights