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Informationen zum Autor Joel A. Nichols is Associate Professor of Law at the University of St Thomas, Minnesota and a Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University. His scholarship explores the relationship of theology and religion to law - especially family law, constitutional law and international human rights. Professor Nichols holds degrees in both law and theology. Klappentext This book examines whether more pluralism in family law is normatively desirable and should be affirmatively fostered. "This well-crafted volume creates an intelligent and incisive debate about one of the burning issue of our times, the proper relationships between civil and religious law. The contributors ask whether states should cede to religions some authority over marriage and divorce. Readers will find lively exchange, not consensus, as the authors examine Jewish, Muslim, Hindu and various Christian doctrines and practices across a wide array of contexts, with detailed analyses of the pluralism already present in North America. A must-read for anyone engaged with these questions." - John R. Bowen Dunbar-Van Cleve Professor, Washington University in St. Louis "The institution of marriage is ancient and everywhere; it is also increasingly vulnerable and contested. It involves relationships that are intimate and private; at the same time, it makes contributions and has consequences that are social and public. It is both a sacrament and a state-action; it is both prior to, and pervasively structured by, the law. Responding to these facts and tensions, this engaging collection of interdisciplinary essays by a diverse array of legal scholars explores carefully the provocative possibility that marriage can and should be dealt with in different ways, in different communities, by plural authorities. They ask whether it is possible, justifiable, and desirable to separate marriage's private and religious dimensions from the coverage and concern of the state's power, and call our attention to both the attractions, and the dangers, of such a move." - Richard W. Garnett Professor of Law and Associate Dean, Notre Dame Law School "I picked up what I expected to be a dry, predictable, academic treatment of marriage and found myself fascinated. The authors persuasively make the case that marriage varies across time, place and culture and that a rich legal tradition in many states and countries reconciles different religious practices with civil legal regulation. This book is foundational for anyone wishing to reconsider the relationship between marriage and the state." - June Carbone Edward A. Smith/Missouri Chair of Law, the Constitution and Society Professor, the University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Law "This unique and multi-voiced collection of essays is an indispensable reader for anyone interested in legal pluralism (with)in family law. With an incisive and refreshing gaze, the authors challenge the traditional depiction of (civil) family law as located outside of (sacred) religious law, offering instead a vision of legal subjects as simultaneously imbedded in multiple governing regimes and competing discursive practices. Be prepared to chart relatively unmapped territory, as the centrality of law slowly shifts direction and brings you closer to the legal regulations experienced by the husbands and wives of our contemporary globalized world. A must read!" - Pascale Fournier Vice-Dean Research, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law (Civil Law Section) Zusammenfassung This book demonstrates that common assumptions about marriage and divorce in the civil state are descriptively incorrect! and examines whether more pluralism in family law is normatively desirable and should be affirmatively fostered. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Multi-tiered marriage: reconsidering the boundaries of civil law and religion Joel A. Nichols; 2. Pluralism and decentralization in marri...
