Kerry O'Halloran (Queensland University of Technology)

Religious Discrimination and Cultural Context

A Common Law Perspective

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Produktbeschreibung

Exploring the contemporary judicial take on what constitutes religious discrimination in different cultural contexts, this book will be of particular interest for those currently engaged in undergraduate and post-graduate courses in law, social policy, politics and religious studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 566
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 165mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 900g
• ISBN-13: 9781108423052
• ISBN-10: 1108423051
• Artikelnr.: 48687449

Autorenporträt

Kerry O'Halloran is a professionally qualified lawyer and social worker, and Adjunct Professor at the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies at the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane. He is the author of Religion, Charity and Human Rights (Cambridge, 2014).

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Background: Introduction to Part I
1. Identity, alienation and the law: the twentieth-century legacy
2. Religion, culture and religious discrimination
Part II. Balancing Public and Private Interests: Introduction to Part II
3. Religion: the public and the private
4. The international framework and themes of religious discrimination
Part III. Contemporary Religious Discrimination in Common Law Jurisdictions: The Judicial Rulings: Introduction to Part III
5. England
6. Ireland
7. The US
8. Canada
9. Australia
10. New Zealand
Part IV. Religion and Discrimination: An Overview: Introduction to Part III
11. Themes of jurisdictional commonality and difference
12. Contexting religion, culture and discrimination
Conclusion.