Law, Religion and Love: Seeking Ecumenical Justice for the Other

ISBN-13: 9780367336776 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 314 str.

Paul Babie; Vanja-Ivan Savic

Opis

This book explores those dimensions of religious and civil law where 'love'—however that is defined by relevant texts—fosters and encourages acceptance of 'the Other' and offers perspectives on the ways in which religious or civil/state law command one to act in the spirit of 'love'.

Spis treści

Introduction: Law's Love Paul Babie and Vanja-Ivan Savić  Part I Religious Perspectives  1. Understanding Love: With and Without God Brett G Scharffs  2. Law and Love in Eden Joshua Neoh  3. Freedom, Responsibility, and Hope in Jewish Thought Steven H Resnicoff  4. Texts of Terror in the New Testament: Encountering or Hating the ‘Other’? Michael Trainor  5. Weathering the Storm: Shari’a in Nigeria from the Earliest Times to the Present Ibrahim Haruna Hassan al-Wasewi  Part II Legal Perspectives  6. From Law to Solidarity Slavica Jakelić  7. Love, Law and the Judeo-Christian Separation-Individuation Joseph E David  8. From Enemy to Neighbour?: The Armenian Issue in Ottoman Turkey and the Problem of ‘De-victimisation’ of Armenian Society Hovhannes Hovhannisyan  9. Global Law and Global Ethic Leonard Swidler  10. Freedom of Expression and Legal Protection of Religious Feelings in Europe: From Reconciliation to Complementarity Davor Derenčinović  Part III Synthesis  11. The International Forum on Religions and Democracy – A Path of Civic Mediation for Islam in Italy: The Pros and Cons of Integrative University Education Alessandra Gaetani  12. The Boundaries of Religious Ethics, Secular Ethics and Law Robert Crotty  13. Imago and Imitatio: Perfection of the Individual and Society in Maimonides’ Theory of Religious Law Raphael Dascalu  14. The Commandment of Love in Family Law Dubravka Hrabar

O autorze

Paul Babie holds a Personal Chair of Law and is Associate Dean of Law (International) in the Adelaide Law School, The University of Adelaide, Australia.

Vanja-Ivan Savić is Assistant Professor of Law in the Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb, Croatia.