Religious Rules, State Law, and Normative Pluralism - A Comparative Overview

1. Front Matter

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2. Religious Rules and Legal Pluralism: An Introduction

   • Silvio Ferrari

   Pages 1-25

3. Religion and Legal Pluralism. Theoretical Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27

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   2. State Norms, Religious Norms, and Claims of Plural Normativity under Democratic Constitutions

      • Michele Graziadei

      Pages 29-43

   3. Anthropological Perspectives on the Normative and Institutional Recognition of Religion by the Law of the State

      • Martin Ramstedt

      Pages 45-59

   4. Legal Pluralism: Freedom of Religion, Exemptions and the Equality of Citizens

      • Bryan S. Turner

      Pages 61-73

4. Religion and Legal Pluralism. National Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Religious Rules Under Austrian State Law

      • Wolfgang Wieshaider

      Pages 77-90

   3. Religious Rules and Principles in Belgian Law

      • Louis-Léon Christians, Adriaan Overbeeke

      Pages 91-115

   4. The Relationship Between Religion and State in Brazilian Law

      • Jane Reis Gonçalves Pereira

      Pages 117-133

   5. The Colombian Legal System: Applicable Religious Rules

      • Vicente Prieto

      Pages 135-151

   6. Accommodation of Religious Rules in Estonian Law and Practice

      • Merilin Kiviorg

      Pages 153-166

   7. La France Face à Ses Religions

      • Jacques Robert

      Pages 167-173

   8. The Interplay Between State Law and Religious Law in Germany

      • Ino Augsberg, Stefan Korioth

      Pages 175-191

   9. Borders of Religious Autonomy in Hungary

      • Balázs Schanda

      Pages 193-207

   10. The Application of Religious Law in a Multi-Religion Nation State: The Israeli Model

       • Asher Maoz

       Pages 209-227

   11. Modifications et Contradictions de la Réalité Socioreligieuse en Italie. Profiles Juridiques et Sociales

       • Roberto Mazzola

       Pages 229-249

   12. Legal Pluralism and Conflicts in Malaysia: The Challenge of Embracing Diversity

       • Nurjaanah Chew Li Hua

       Pages 251-262

   13. The Status and Implementation of Islamic Law in Malaysia

       • Mohamed Azam Mohamed Adil, Nisar Mohammad Ahmad

       Pages 263-276

   14. Religious Rules and the Law of the Dutch State

       • Sophie Van Bijsterveld

       Pages 277-291

This book is devoted to the study of the interplay between religious rules and State law. It explores how State recognition of religious rules can affect the degree of legal diversity that is available to citizens and why such recognition sometime results in more individual and collective freedom and sometime in a threat to equality of citizens before the law. The first part of the book contains a few contributions that place this discussion within the wider debate on legal pluralism. While State law and religious rules are two normative systems among many others, the specific characteristics of the latter are at the heart of tensions that emerge with increasing frequency in many countries. The second part is devoted to the analysis of about twenty national cases that provide an overview of the different tools and strategies that are employed to manage the relationship between State law and religious rules all over the world.

• Anthropology on religious pluralism
• Christian Churches and of the States
• Comparative approach to religious pluralism
• Comparative law
• De-centralization of national States
• Freedom to run their lives
• Human rights provisions
• Law and religion
• Legal theory of religious pluralism
• Religious Rules According To The Law Of The State
• Religious pluralism and human rights
• Religious rules
• Roman Catholic Canon law
• Sociological and religious pluralism
• State independence in economic issues
• State sovereignty

• Facoltà di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy

  Rossella Bottoni

• Università degli studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

  Rinaldo Cristofori

• Università degli studi di Milano , Milan, Italy

  Silvio Ferrari

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