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Religion and Law

An Introduction

  • Paperback
  • 226 pages
  • Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 1 cm

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For students of law and religious studies worldwide

Explains how legal systems interact with faith groups

You will gain clarity on complex religious legal cases

An essential, student-friendly guide that explores how law and religious life interact across different global cultures.

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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. Aimed at a non-legal readership, this book introduces the use of legal sources and focuses on factual situations as much as legal doctrine. Key issues arising from interaction of the religious individual and the State are discussed, as well as the religious organisation or community and the State. The interaction is explored through case studies of areas as diverse as the legal regulation of religious drug use, sacred spaces and sacred places, and claims of clergy misconduct.Taking a broad, non-jurisdictional approach to the key issues, in particular providing insights differing from the dominant US experiences and paradigms, this student-friendly textbook includes a clearly structured bibliography and clear guidance on how to approach relevant legal materials.

  • Title

    Religion and Law

  • Author

    Peter W. Edge

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Ashgate Publishing

  • Published

    June 2006

  • Edition

    New edition

  • Weight

    246g

  • Page Count

    226

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780754630487

  • ISBN-10

    075463048X

  • Eden Code

    1223544