Religion and law
Subtitle: an introduction
By: by Peter W. Edge.
Series: Ashgate religion, culture & society series
Publisher: Ashgate Pub. Ltd.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Religion and law.; Church and state.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Thinking about law, thinking about religion; title: Introducing law and religion; title: Why is law important for religion?; title: Why is religion important for law?; title: What is law?; title: The constitution; title: Legislation; title: Decisions of the superior courts; title: Academic commentary and other secondary sources; title: Soft law and law in practice; title: What is religion?; title: Approaching the literature; title: Methodology; title: Territorial scope; title: Topic; title: Readership; title: Religious interests in international and domestic laws; title: The idea of religious interests; title: A taxonomy of religious interests; title: Religious interests in international law; title: International law; title: The work of the United Nations; title: Regional human rights documents : the ECHR; title: Other regional human rights documents; title: The limitations of international law; title: Religious interests in generally applicable domestic guarantees; title: The role of generally applicable guarantees of rights in constitutions; title: United Kingdom; title: New Zealand; title: The United States; title: Canada; title: Australia; title: South Africa; title: Are generally applicable religious guarantees useful?; title: The state and the individual; title: The nature of the problems; title: Disobeying generally applicable prohibitions; title: Religious drug use in the US, England, and South Africa; title: Refusing a positive duty to act; title: Conscientious objection to military service under the ECHR; title: Conscientious objection to taxation in the US; title: Seeking protection for religious difference : improper proselytism under the European Convention on Human Rights; title: The state and the religious organisation; title: The nature of the problems; title: Organisational involvement in the domestic constitution and international organisations; title: Religious representation in the UK; title: Organisational involvement in the international arena; title: State involvement in the organisation : registration and recognition in Russia; title: Organisational involvement in state initiatives : religious charities in the UK; title: Claims against religious organizations : clergy issues; title: Claims by clergy in the United Kingdom; title: Claims for the misconduct of religious professionals in the United States; title: Community rights : sacred places; title: Sacred buildings in the United Kingdom; title: Sacred places in the US : indigenous American religions and the US landscape; title: International guarantees of religious interests; title: Universal declaration of human rights; title: International covenant on civil and political rights; title: Declaration; title: European Convention on Human Rights; title: Introductions to particular jurisdictions; title: United Kingdom; title: United States; title: Canada; title: New Zealand; title: South Africa; title: Theoretical issues; title: Defining religion; title: Significance of law and religion to one another.