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In the beginning -- The genesis -- The convergence -- Early allies and advisers -- The burden of proof -- An open forum -- Powerful viewpoints -- In the end of the beginning -- Christianity and democracy : friends or foes? -- Religion and human rights : necessary allies? -- Pushing the faith : whose rites get rights? -- Truths that must be told : whose responsibility? -- Modern Islam: can constitutionalism thrive? -- For better, for worse : by whose decree? -- The mystery of children : who should keep watch? -- In the future -- Law and religion in the age of the Holy Spirit -- In the end -- The point of convergence

This collective volume brings together contributions by academics in various fields of law and the humanities, in order to tackle the complex interactions between international law and religion. The originality and the variety of approaches makes this work a must-have for academics planning to approach the topic in the future

1. Classifying church-state arrangements : beyond religious versus secular / Darryn Jensen -- 2. The Christian origins of secularism and the rule of law / Richard Mohr -- 3. The future of secularism : a critique / Margaret Davies -- 4. Religion, multiculturalism and legal pluralism / Frank Brennan -- 5. Religion and freedom of speech in Australia / Katharine Gelber -- 6. The reasonable audience of religious hatred : the semiotic ideology of anti-vilification laws in Australia / Massimo Leone -- 7. Religion and security : what's your motive? / Nadirsyah Hosen -- 8. Religion and justice : atonement as an element of justice in both western law and Christian thought / Cassandra Sharp --9. Why should I do this? : private property, climate change and Christian sacrifice / Paul Babie -- 10. Jewish law in a modern Australian context / Jeremy Lawrence -- 11. Do Australian Muslims need a mufti? : analysing the institution of ifta in an Australian context / Mohamad Abdalla.

Introduction / Carolyn Evans -- The moral economy of religious freedom / Lawrence G. Sager -- Understanding the religion in freedom of religion / Jeremy Webber -- Why religion belongs in the private sphere, not the public square / Denise Meyerson -- Pluralism an law and religion / Margaret Davies -- The influence of cultural conflict on the jurisprudence of the religion clauses of the First Amendment / Michael W. McConnell -- From Dayton to Dover : the legacy of the Scopes Trial / Peter Radan -- A very English affair : establishment and human rights in an organic constitution / Dr. Charlotte Smith -- Days of rest in multicultural societies : private, public, separate? / Ruth Gavison and Nahshon Perez -- Australian legal procedures and the protection of secret aboriginal spiritual beliefs : a fundamental conflict / Ernst Willheim -- Secular and religious conscientious exemptions : between tolerance and equality / Yossi Nehushtan -- Law's sacred and secular subjects / Ngaire Naffine -- Freedom of religion and the European Convention on human rights : approaches, trends, and tensions / Malcolm D. Evans

This article examines documents of the Sephardic Community of Livorno during the 17th century, with special attention to the escamot that refer to legal aspects of Jewish life in this port-city, in order to contribute to the study of the religious community experiences during political changes in Europe in the Early Modern Period. This enables analysis of how, and to what extent, the mechanisms of communal socialization and social control in the public and private spheres were related to the process in which the territorial authority and the political control of its borders were reinforced in Tuscany. It argues that Sephardic community legal decisions reinforced political processes in Livorno (and Tuscany), rather than merely been unconnected to them. This argument implies reconsidering not only the role of Diasporic religious communities in local political context, but also the role of local context in the tension between religion and law. From this perspective, it is possible to deepen our understanding of the experience of religious communities regarding the conception on Justice. ; Este artículo examina documentos de la Comunidad Sefardí de Livorno durante el siglo XVII, con especial atención a las escamot que se refieren a los aspectos jurídicos de la vida judía en esta ciudad-puerto, con el objetivo de contribuir al estudio de las experiencias de las comunidades religiosas frente a los cambios políticos en Europa durante la Edad Moderna. Esto permite analizar el alcance de los mecanismos de sociabilización comunitaria y de control social en las esferas pública y privada en relación con los procesos en donde se reforzó la autoridad territorial y el control político de las fronteras en Toscana. El argumento del artículo sostiene que las decisiones legales de la comunidad sefardí reforzaron los procesos políticos en Livorno (y en Toscana), en lugar de simplemente ser independiente de ellos. Este argumento implica reconsiderar no solo el papel de las comunidades religiosas diaspóricas en el contexto político local, sino también el rol del contexto local en la tensión entre la religión y el derecho. Desde esta perspectiva, es posible profundizar la comprensión de la experiencia de las comunidades religiosas respecto a la concepción de la Justicia. ; Ciencias Religiosas ; Derecho

This volume explores how court actions significantly shape Hinduism in Indian and Nepalese societies, perhaps even more so than the ideology of any political party. How do courts, within the framework of secularism, deal in practice with Hinduism? The approach developed is resolutely historical and anthropological and relies on in-depth ethnography and archival research