Routledge Handbook of Religious Laws

ISBN-13: 9781032093062 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 382 str.

Silvio Ferrari; Rossella Bottoni

Opis

Written by leading experts in the field, this book presents a clear and comprehensive picture of key religious legal systems and provides a state of the art overview of scholarship in this area accompanied by a critical evaluation.

Recenzje

"Those interested in diversifying perspectives on the foundations of the law in research or in teaching will find this handbook a fantastic resource." - Mariëtta D. C. van der Tol, Religious Studies Review

Spis treści

Introduction. Religious Laws and Their Comparison. Theoretical and Methodological Issues; Section 1. History  1. The Jewish Tradition: A History  2. The Christian Tradition: A History  3. The Islamic Tradition: A History  4. The Hindu Tradition: A History  5. Comparative Remarks: A History of Religious Laws  Section 2. Sources of Law  6. Jewish Law: The Sources  7. Christian Law: The Sources  8. Islamic Law: The Sources  9. Hindu Law: The Sources  10. Comparative Remarks: The Sources of Religious Laws  Section 3. Dynamics of Belonging and Status  11. Jewish Law: Dynamics of Belonging and Status  12. Christian Law: Dynamics of Belonging and Status  13. Islamic Law: Dynamics of Belonging and Status  14. Hindu Law: Dynamics of Belonging and Status  15. Comparative Remarks: Religious Laws and Dynamics of Belonging and Status  Section 4. Marriage  16. Jewish Law: Marriage  17. Christian Law: Marriage  18. Islamic Law: Marriage  19. Hindu Law: Marriage  20. Comparative Remarks: Religious Laws and Marriage  Section 5. The Legal Other  21. Jewish Law Perspectives: The Legal Other  22. Christian Law Perspectives: The Legal Other  23. Islamic Law Perspectives: The Legal Other  24. Hindu Law Perspectives: The Legal Other  25. Comparative Remarks: Religious Laws and the Legal Other

O autorze

Rossella Bottoni is a Researcher and an Adjunct Professor at the Catholic University of Milan, Italy. She has published extensively in both English and Italian on aspects relating to law and religion.

Silvio Ferrari is Professor of Law and Religion at the University of Milan, Italy. He has been Visiting Professor at the University of California, USA (1994 and 2001), the Institute for Advanced Legal Studies, London (1998–99), the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Sorbonne, Paris (2004) and the CTI, Princeton (2014).