The courts and the colonies
Subtitle: the litigation of Hutterite Church disputes
By: Alvin J. Esau.
Series: Law and society series; Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)
Publisher: UBC Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Vancouver, BC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
Subjects: Hutterite Brethren -- Trials, litigation, etc; Hutterite Brethren -- Manitoba -- Discipline; Church and state -- Manitoba
Description: "Alvin Esau examines the 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 religious freedom in Canada and the extent to which our pluralistic society is prepared to accommodate groups with illiberal legal systems that may not cohere with that of the external society."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [336]-372) and index.