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001 2005014477
003 DLC
005 20061207145354.0
008 050518s2006 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2005014477
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020 $a0754630471 (hbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a075463048X (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm60492082
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050 00 $aK3280$b.E32 2006
082 00 $a342.08/52$222
100 1 $aEdge, Peter W.
245 10 $aReligion and law :$ban introduction /$cPeter W. Edge.
260 $aAldershot, England ;$aBurlington, VT :$bAshgate,$cc2006.
300 $aviii, 160 p. ;$c24 cm.
440 0 $aAshgate religion, culture & society series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 135-153) and index.
505 0 $aThinking 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.
650 0 $aReligion and law.
650 0 $aChurch and state.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0513/2005014477.html