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  • Religion and Law

    An Introduction

    by Peter W. Edge ...
    Series series Religion, Culture and Society Series
    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 ... Read more

    $96.18 CAD

  • Law and Religion in Contemporary Society

    Communities, Individualism and the State

    by Peter W. Edge, Graham Harvey ...
    The relationship between law and religion has traditionally been analysed according to two basic paradigms. One has focused on the relationship between religious communities and the State (the Church/State paradigm), while the other has concentrated on the relationship between the State and the individual (the liberal-individualist or civil liberties paradigm). This book enriches the analysis of ... Read more

    $96.18 CAD

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  • Law: A Very Short Introduction

    by Raymond Wacks ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Law underlies our society - it protects our rights, imposes duties on each of us, and establishes a framework for the conduct of almost every social, political, and economic activity. The punishment of crime, compensation of the injured, and the enforcement of contracts are merely some of the tasks of a modern legal system. It also strives to achieve justice, promote freedom, and protect our ... Read more

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  • Liberty in the Age of Terror

    A Defence of Civil Liberties and Enlightenment Values

    by Professor A. C. Grayling ...
    An impassioned defence of the civil liberties and the rule of law in the face of increasing pressure for ever greater 'security''A rollicking defence of Freedom and Enlightenment in the style of Tom Paine or William Godwin' Spectator'The even-handed tone of philosophy professor AC Grayling's latest book does not lessen the intensity of its polemical content ... Grayling underlines the seriousness ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Up the Republic!

    Towards a New Ireland

    by Fintan O'Toole ...
    In this important book, historians, lawyers, economists and writers come together to put a coherent case: that although the Irish economic collapse has resulted in national humiliation, renewed emigration and a decline in living standards for the majority of the population, there is still hope that the country can be reformed and renewed.Irish politicians offered the now notorious blanket ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Forming Nation, Framing Welfare

    Edited by Gail Lewis ...
    Series series Social Policy: Welfare, Power and Diversity
    This book introduces a historical perspective on the emergence and development of social welfare. Starting from the familiar ground of 'the family', it traces some of the crucial historical roots and desires that fed the development of social policy in the 19th and 20th centuries around education, the family, unemployment and nationhood. By aiming to discover the link between past and present, it ... Read more

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  • Human Rights in a Big Yellow Taxi

    by Peter Kerr ...
    A twelve-year-old schoolchild was arrested at his school and questioned by an antiterrorist police squad, because he was organising a picket of the offices of his member of parliament, who happened to be the current prime minister of Great Britain. He was protesting against the closure of a youth club. Starting with this absurd example of overzealous antiterrorist legislation, Kerr, who has a nose ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Law and Religion

    by Russell Sandberg ...
    The worlds of law and religion increasingly collide in Parliament and the courtroom. Religious courts, the wearing of religious symbols and faith schools have given rise to increased legislation and litigation. This is the first student textbook to set out the fundamental principles and issues of law and religion in England and Wales. Offering a succinct exposition and critical analysis of the ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

  • Fighting over God

    A Legal and Political History of Religious Freedom in Canada

    by Janet Epp Buckingham ...
    Series Book 65 - McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion
    From before Confederation to the present day, religion has been one of the most contentious issues in Canadian public life. In Fighting over God, Janet Buckingham surveys a vast array of religious conflicts, exploring both their political aspects and the court cases that were part of their resolution.While topics such as the Manitoba Schools Crisis and debates about Sunday shopping are familiar ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

  • The Pluralist Theory of the State

    Selected Writings of G.D.H. Cole, J.N. Figgis and H.J. Laski

    Edited by Paul Q. Hirst ...
    English political pluralism is a challenging school of political thought, neglected in recent years but now enjoying a revival of interest. It is particularly relevant today because it offers a critique of centralized sovereign state power. The leading theorists of the pluralist state were G.D.H. Cole, J.N. Figgis and H.J. Laski, and this volume brings together their most important ideas, making ... Read more

    $101.68 CAD

  • Religious Discrimination and Cultural Context

    A Common Law Perspective

    by Kerry O'Halloran ...
    Generations of festering culture wars, compounded by actual wars in predominantly Muslim countries, the terrorism of Isis, and the ongoing migrant crisis have all combined to make religious discrimination the most pressing challenge now facing many governments. For the leading common law nations, with their shared Christian cultural heritage balanced by a growing secularism, the threat presented ... Read more

    $60.99 CAD

  • Law, Religion and Homosexuality

    by Paul Johnson, Robert Vanderbeck ...
    Law, Religion and Homosexuality is the first book-length study of how religion has shaped, and continues to shape, legislation that regulates the lives of gay men and lesbians . Through a systematic examination of how religious discourse influences the making of law – in the form of official interventions made by faith communities and organizations, as well as by expressions of faith by individual ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD