ABSTRACT

Leading Works in Law and Religion brings together leading and emerging scholars in the field from the United Kingdom and Ireland. Each contributor has been invited to select and analyse a ‘leading work’, which has for them shed light on the way that Law and Religion are intertwined. The chapters are both autobiographical, reflecting upon the works that have proved significant to contributors, and also critical analyses of the current state of the field, exploring in particular the interdisciplinary potential of the study of Law and Religion. The book also includes a specially written introduction and conclusion, which critically comment upon the development of Law and Religion over the last 25 years and likely future developments in light of the reflections by contributors on their chosen leading works.

chapter 1|19 pages

Prologue

chapter 2|12 pages

Striking a Balance

Restoring a neglected leading work

chapter 3|15 pages

Religion and the Law

An unconventional path maker

chapter 4|8 pages

Of Presbyters and Kings

A Scottish trail-blazer

chapter 5|20 pages

The European Convention on Human Rights

A living leading work

chapter 6|13 pages

Republican Fundamentalism Against Laïcité

Tempering the appropriation of a constitutional doctrine

chapter 7|9 pages

Freedom of Religion under the European Convention on Human Rights

Foreshadowing interpretative dilemmas

chapter 8|17 pages

The Impossibility of Religious Freedom

‘Legal religion’ and its discontents

chapter 9|15 pages

Law and Revolution

Rewriting the narrative of law

chapter 10|15 pages

Religious Freedom, Religious Discrimination, and the Workplace

Overlapping protections in changing contexts

chapter 11|18 pages

A Note on the Theology of Burial

A settled controversy

chapter 12|17 pages

Roman Canon Law in the Church of England

Maitland’s legacy on the study of religious law

chapter 13|18 pages

Multicultural Jurisdictions

The need for a feminist approach to Law and Religion

chapter 14|8 pages

Afterword