A Guide to Introductory Research By Marylin Johnson Raisch General Law and Religion: Selective Bibliography Books Jacobsohn, Gary Jeffrey. The Wheel of Law: India's Secularism in Comparative Constitutional Context. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005. Richardson, James T., ed. Regulating religion: ...

A Guide to Introductory Research By Marylin Johnson Raisch Confucian Law and Legal Theory Essential Facts The teachings of K'ung-tzu (older form Kong fou-tseu) known in the west as Confucius bear on the informal legal tradition of the Chinese jurisdictions ...

A Guide to Introductory Research By Marylin Johnson Raisch Hindu Law Essential facts From an ancient time, 2000-1500 B.C., the Vedic literature existed, and while  it  informs a tradition of gods,  the literature  points to the concept of the One ...

A Guide to Introductory Research By Marylin Johnson Raisch Christian Canon Law (Roman Catholic Church) Essential facts The canon law of the Roman Catholic Church began to develop alongside Roman law and indigenous law in Europe after the end of ...

A Guide to Introductory Research By Marylin Johnson Raisch Jewish Law Essential facts "Jewish law is the legal system of the Jewish people as it has developed from Biblical times to the present." This definition by Phyllis Weisbrod in Basic books ...

A Guide to Introductory Research By Marylin Johnson Raisch Islamic Law Essential Facts According to the excellent outline provided by Irshad Abdal-Haqq in Islamic Law: An Overview of Its Origin and Elements, 7 J. Islamic L. & Culture 27 (2002) ( Reprinted ...

A Guide to Introductory Research By Marylin Johnson Raisch Religious legal systems Religious law emanates from the sacred texts of religious traditions and in most cases purports to cover all aspects of life as a seamless part of devotional obligations ...

Edited by Gad Barzilai University of Washington, USA Last: Is 11 September 2001 a Final word? Especially since the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, we should not be misled by liberal expectations of separating the state from religion, nor ...

The Challenge of ‘Globalization’ As this volume demonstrates, religions are as vivid as ever. Religious fundamentalist movements in Christianity, Islam and Judaism have largely been generated in resistance to modernity and to its exclusive secular conception of historicity and legality. ...

Honarvar argues. Thus, in marriage, divorce and inheritance, Muslim law clearly tends to favour men. Men are entitled to polygamy, whereas women are forbidden to have more than one husband, for example. Motherhood is highly esteemed in Islam, but once ...