Religion and Law: An Introduction
Discussion of the way in which law engages with religious difference often takes place within the context of a single jurisdiction. Religion and Law: An Introduction, presents a comprehensive text for students, drawing on examples from across key Anglophone jurisdictions - the United Kingdom, the Un...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Aldershot, England Burlington, VT
Ashgate
2006
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| In: | Year: 2006 |
| Series/Journal: | Religion, Culture and Society Ser.
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| Further subjects: | B
Religion And Law
B Electronic books B Church and state |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9780754630487 |
| Summary: | Discussion of the way in which law engages with religious difference often takes place within the context of a single jurisdiction. Religion and Law: An Introduction, presents a comprehensive text for students, drawing on examples from across key Anglophone jurisdictions - the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa, as well as international law, to explore a broad range of issues. Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Thinking About Law Thinking About Religion -- Introducing Law and Religion -- Why is Law Important for Religion? -- Why is Religion Important for Law? -- What is Law? -- The Constitution -- Legislation -- Decisions of the Superior Courts -- Academic Commentary and Other Secondary Sources -- Soft Law and Law in Practice -- What is Religion? -- Approaching the Literature -- Methodology -- Territorial Scope -- Topic -- Readership -- 2 Religious Interests in International and Domestic Laws -- The Idea of Religious Interests -- A Taxonomy of Religious Interests -- Religious Interests in International Law -- International Law -- The Work of the United Nations -- Regional Human Rights Documents: The ECHR -- Other Regional Human Rights Documents -- The Limitations of International Law -- Religious Interests in Generally Applicable Domestic Guarantees -- The Role of Generally Applicable Guarantees of Rights in Constitutions -- United Kingdom -- New Zealand -- The United States -- Canada -- Australia -- South Africa -- Are Generally Applicable Religious Guarantees Useful? -- 3 The State and the Individual -- The Nature of the Problems -- Disobeying Generally Applicable Prohibitions -- Religious Drug Use in the US, England, and South Africa -- Refusing a Positive Duty to Act -- Conscientious Objection to Military Service under the ECHR -- Conscientious Objection to Taxation in the US -- Seeking Protection for Religious Difference: Improper Proselytism under the European Convention on Human Rights -- Conclusions -- 4 The State and the Religious Organisation -- The Nature of the Problems -- Organisational Involvement in the Domestic Constitution and International Organisations -- Religious Representation in the UK -- Organisational Involvement in the International Arena. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (169 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7546-8228-8 0-7546-3048-X 0-7546-3047-1 |
