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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Edge, Peter W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2006.
Colección:Ashgate religion, culture & society series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • 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?
  • 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
  • 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
  • State involvement in the organisation : registration and recognition in Russia
  • Organisational involvement in state initiatives : religious charities in the UK
  • Claims against religious organizations : clergy issues
  • Claims by clergy in the United Kingdom
  • Claims for the misconduct of religious professionals in the United States
  • Community rights : sacred places
  • Sacred buildings in the United Kingdom
  • Sacred places in the US : indigenous American religions and the US landscape
  • International guarantees of religious interests
  • Universal declaration of human rights
  • International covenant on civil and political rights
  • 1981 Declaration
  • European Convention on Human Rights
  • Introductions to particular jurisdictions
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Canada
  • New Zealand
  • South Africa
  • Theoretical issues
  • Defining religion
  • Significance of law and religion to one another.