05189oam 2200721I 450 991077775360332120200520144314.01-351-90511-21-138-38060-11-315-24479-90-7546-8228-51-281-09773-X978661109773810.4324/9781315244792 (CKB)1000000000748373(EBL)429712(OCoLC)437113568(SSID)ssj0000283575(PQKBManifestationID)11236322(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283575(PQKBWorkID)10248013(PQKB)10718406(SSID)ssj0000235432(PQKBManifestationID)12041599(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000235432(PQKBWorkID)10260912(PQKB)11766767(MiAaPQ)EBC429712(Au-PeEL)EBL429712(CaPaEBR)ebr10211369(CaONFJC)MIL109773(OCoLC)988379850(EXLCZ)99100000000074837320180706e20162006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReligion and law an introduction /Peter W. EdgeLondon ;New York :Routledge,2016.1 online resource (169 p.)Ashgate religion, culture & society seriesFirst published 2006 by Ashgate Publishing.0-7546-3047-1 0-7546-3048-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-153) and index.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.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.Ashgate religion, culture & society series.Religion and lawChurch and stateReligion and law.Church and state.342.08/52Edge Peter W.597333MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777753603321Religion and law1031080UNINA