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Law and religious pluralism in Canada / edited by Richard Moon.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Moon, Richard, 1956-
Series:
Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)
Law and society series, 1496-4953
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Freedom of religion--Canada.
Freedom of religion.
Church and state--Canada.
Church and state.
Religious minorities--Legal status, laws, etc--Canada.
Religious minorities.
Physical Description:
viii, 309 p.
Place of Publication:
Vancouver : UBC Press, c2008.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Law and Religious Pluralism in Canada seeks to elucidate the complex and often uneasy relationship between law and religion in democracies committed both to equal citizenship and religious pluralism. Leading socio-legal scholars consider the role of religious values in public decision making, government support for religious practices, and the restriction and accommodation by government of minority religious practices. They examine such current issues as the legal recognition of sharia arbitration, the re-definition of civil marriage, and the accommodation of religious practice in the public sphere.
Contents:
Front Matter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Law and Religious Pluralism in Canada
View from the Succah: Religion and Neighbourly Relations
Clashes of Principle and the Possibility of Dialogue: A Case Study of Same-Sex Marriage in the United Church of Canada
Associational Rights, Religion, and the Charter
The Canadian Conception of Equal Religious Citizenship
Living by Different Law: Legal Pluralism, Freedom of Religion, and Illiberal Religious Groups
In the (Canadian) Shadow of Islamic Law: Translating Mahr as a Bargaining Endowment
Living Law on a Living Earth: Aboriginal Religion, Law, and the Constitution
Defining Religion: The Promise and the Peril of Legal Interpretation
Government Support for Religious Practice
Ontario's Sharia Law Debate: Law and Politics under the Charter
Law's Religion: Rendering Culture
Contributors
Index
Law and Society
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
1-282-45713-6
9786612457135
0-7748-1499-3

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