Religion, Law and Tradition: Comparative Studies in Religious Law

This book brings together two scholarly traditions: experts in Roman, Jewish and Islamic law, an area where scholars tend to be familiar with work in each area, and experts in the legal traditions of South and East Asia, which have tended to be less interdisciplinary. The resulting mix produces new ways of looking at comparative law and legal history from a global perspective, and these essays contribute both to our understanding of comparative religion as well as comparative law.

Introduction Andrew HuxleyChapter 1. Judaism Bernard JacksonChapter 2. Religious claims about Biblical Law Calum CarmichaelChapter 3. Canon Law Silvio FerrariChapter 4. Islam Lynn Welchman & Ian EdgeChapter 5. Hinduism: Once religious, always religious? Werner MenskiChapter 6. Buddhist Law Andrew HuxleyChapter 7. Law and religion in Han China Randall PeerenboomChapter 8. Jewish and Roman Philosophies of Law David DaubeChapter 9. Religious systems Jacques Vanderlinden