Religion and Law

Discussion of the way in which law engages with religious difference often takes place within the context of a single jurisdiction. Religion and Law: An Introduction presents a comprehensive text for students drawing on examples from across key Anglophone jurisdictions - the United Kingdom the United States Canada New Zealand Australia and South Africa as well as international law to explore a broad range of issues. Aimed at a non-legal readership this book introduces the use of legal sources and focuses on factual situations as much as legal doctrine. Key issues arising from interaction of the religious individual and the State are discussed as well as the religious organisation or community and the State. The interaction is explored through case studies of areas as diverse as the legal regulation of religious drug use sacred spaces and sacred places and claims of clergy misconduct. Taking a broad non-jurisdictional approach to the key issues in particular providing insights differing from the dominant US experiences and paradigms this student-friendly textbook includes a clearly structured bibliography and clear guidance on how to approach relevant legal materials.