Overview
Comparative Religious Law provides for the first time a study of the regulatory instruments of Jewish, Christian and Muslim religious organisations in Britain in light of their historical religious laws. Norman Doe questions assumptions about the pervasiveness, character and scope of religious laws, from the view that they are not or should not be recognised by civil law, to the idea that there may be a fundamental incompatibility between religious and civil law. It proposes that religious laws pervade society, are recognised by civil law, have both a religious and temporal character, and regulate wide areas of believers' lives. Subjects include sources of law, faith leaders, governance, worship and education, rites of passage, divorce and children, and religion-State relations. A Charter of 'the principles of religious law' common to all three Abrahamic faiths is proposed, to stimulate greater mutual understanding between religion and society and between the three faiths themselves.
Full Product Details
Author: Norman Doe (Cardiff University)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.70cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.800kg
ISBN: 9781107167131
ISBN 10: 1107167132
Pages: 468
Publication Date: 15 November 2018
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
'The title does not fully convey the innovative content of the book, which does not merely provide a comparison of Jewish law, Christian churches law, and Islamic law based on the primary sources of these religious legal systems.' Silvio Ferrari, Journal of Church and State 'The title does not fully convey the innovative content of the book, which does not merely provide a comparison of Jewish law, Christian churches law, and Islamic law based on the primary sources of these religious legal systems.' Silvio Ferrari, Journal of Church and State
'The title does not fully convey the innovative content of the book, which does not merely provide a comparison of Jewish law, Christian churches law, and Islamic law based on the primary sources of these religious legal systems.' Silvio Ferrari, Journal of Church and State
Author Information
Norman Doe is a professor at Cardiff University Law School. He studied at Cardiff University, the University of Cambridge, and the University of Oxford, and is a barrister. His degrees include a Ph.D. (Cambridge), D.CL. (Lambeth) and LL.D. (Cambridge). His books include Fundamental Authority in Late Medieval English Law (Cambridge, 1991), Canon Law in the Anglican Communion (1998), Law and Religion in Europe (2011), and Christian Law (Cambridge, 2013). A visiting professor at Paris University and the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, he was a visiting fellow at Trinity College, Oxford (2011), visiting scholar at Corpus Christi College, Oxford (2015), and visiting fellow at Jesus College, Oxford (2018) and acted as a consultant on canon law to the Anglican Communion, served on the Lambeth Commission (2003–04), and is Chancellor of the Diocese of Bangor. He is director of the LL.M. in Canon Law at Cardiff University.
