LEADER 04445oam 2200637 a 450 001 9910783751403321 005 20230912141550.0 010 $a0-7748-5123-6 024 7 $a10.59962/9780774851237 035 $a(CKB)1000000000246713 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000278288 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11247746 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000278288 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10246166 035 $a(PQKB)11556174 035 $a(CaPaEBR)404150 035 $a(CaBNvSL)gtp00521150 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3412067 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10113907 035 $a(OCoLC)923440666 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/d5p6q8 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/2/404150 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3412067 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3242664 035 $a(DE-B1597)661479 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780774851237 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000246713 100 $a20040601d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe courts and the colonies $ethe litigation of Hutterite Church disputes /$fAlvin J. Esau 210 $aVancouver $cUBC Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 384 p.) 225 1 $aLaw and society series 311 08$aPrint version: Esau, Alvin A. J. Courts and the colonies Vancouver : UBC Press, 2004 0774811161 9780774811163 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 336-372) and index. 327 $aThe Hutterites -- The Bruderhof -- The inside law against going to outside law -- Hutterite litigation before Lakeside -- Daniel Hofer, hog feeders, and excommunication -- Going to court -- Lakeside under appeal -- Lakeside and the schism within the Schmiedeleut -- Litigating again at Lakeside -- Litigating at Rock Lake, Huron, Cypress, Sprucewood, Poinsett, and leaving Lakeside -- Agreeing to divide assets, further schism, and yet more litigation -- Concluding reflections: Models of inside law and outside law interaction -- Appendix: Male genealogy of Lakeside families. 330 $aThe Courts and the Colonies offers a detailed account of a protracted dispute arising within a Hutterite colony in Manitoba, when the Schmiedeleut leaders attempted to force the departure of a group that had been excommunicated but would not leave. This resulted in about a dozen lawsuits in both Canada and the United States between various Hutterite factions and colonies, and placed the issues of shunning, excommunication, legitimacy of leadership, and communal property rights before the secular courts. What is the story behind this extraordinary development in Hutterite history? How did the courts respond, and how did that outside (state) law relate to the traditional inside law of the Hutterites? Utilizing voluminous court records, Esau provides a detailed and fascinating narrative of the prolonged disputes and litigation history of Hutterite colonies at Lakeside, Oak Bluff, Rock Lake, and Huron. He considers whether the legal action was consistent with the historic non-resistance of Hutterites or whether it signaled a fundamental change in norms of Anabaptist perspectives on litigation. He examines the past history of Hutterite litigation, and how the roots of the schism related to controversy over the Schmiedeleut leadership and its alliance with the Bruderhof, a group of Christian communalists, living mainly in the Eastern United States. At stake is the nature of freedom of religion in Canada and the extent to which our pluralistic society is prepared to accommodate the existence of groups that have an illiberal legal system that may not cohere with the outside legal system of the host society. While this book will be of particular interest to scholars of law and religion, it will also appeal to anyone in Anabaptist studies, sociology, anthropology, political theory, and conflict resolution. 410 0$aLaw and society series (Vancouver, B.C.) 606 $aHutterian Brethren$zManitoba$xDiscipline 606 $aChurch and state$zManitoba 615 0$aHutterian Brethren$xDiscipline. 615 0$aChurch and state 676 $a289.7/3 700 $aEsau$b Alvin A. J$01506376 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMnSST 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783751403321 996 $aThe courts and the colonies$93736589 997 $aUNINA