Legal responses to religious difference / Peter William Edge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edge, Peter W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International conventions.

Human rights.

International law and domestic law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (530 pages)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, Massachusetts : Brill, [2002]

Summary:

Until recently English law has lacked any specific, generally applicable, guarantees of religious rights. Thus, bodies of law have developed in particular areas where religious interests arise but without a common legal frame. The Human Rights Act 1998, however, has brought the guarantees of the European Convention on Human Rights, most specifically the guarantees of religious rights, non-discrimination, and education rights, more fully into English law. As well as showing how one legal system has engaged with international obligations in respect of religious rights, this text provides a valuable source for comparative study of religious interests in national jurisdictions. It explores the particular response of the English legal system when faced with religious difference, and considers the extent to which the Human Rights Act may produce significant legal change. The text is aimed specifically at both the legal and non-legal reader, and concludes with a discussion of how to use English legal sources, and an extensive bibliography.

Contents:

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

Part I .

1. Introduction.

2. The International Legal Context.

3. The English Legal Context.

Part II .

4. Religious Organisations.

5. Charitable Status for Religious Organisations.

6. The Constitution of the State.

7. Crime.

8. The Workplace.

9. Children.

10. Sacred Spaces.

Part III .

11. Paganisms.

12. Scientology.

Part IV .

13. Conclusions.

Appendix.

Bibliography.

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Edge, Peter William Legal Responses to Religious Differences

ISBN:

90-04-48082-X

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004480827 DOI