Religion and law : an introduction / Peter W. Edge.

Author/creator Edge, Peter W.
Format Book
Publication InfoAldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2006.
Descriptionviii, 160 pages ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Religion and law.
Church and state.

SeriesAshgate religion, culture & society series
Ashgate religion, culture & society series. ^A585283
Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 135-153) and index.
LCCN 2005014477
ISBN0754630471 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN075463048X (pbk. : alk. paper)

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