Studies In Law, Politics, And Society eBook

This special issue of Studies in Law, Politics and Society contains two sections. In the first, ''Religious Inspirations and Legal Responses'', contributors examine the interaction between law and religion. They consider the liberal tradition in which the law stands in stark opposition to religion, as well as traditions in which the law is inseparable from the sacred, revealing the complex and often controversial relationship between law and religion. Case studies include religious education, Sharia debates in Australia, Canada and the U.K., and same-sex marriage in the U.S.