Religious Discrimination and Cultural Context - A Common Law Perspective

Uses a comparative analysis of case law in leading common law nations to demonstrate how religious discrimination is culturally determined.

List of contents

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.

About the author

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).

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Kerry O'Halloran, Kerry (Queensland University of Technology) O'Halloran, Kerry (Queensland University of Techn O''halloran, O'Halloran Kerry
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2018
• EAN: 9781108423052
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42305-2
• No. of pages: 566
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, Human rights & civil liberties law, LAW / Civil Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Religion: general, Religion & politics, Social discrimination & inequality, Religion and Politics, Civil rights & citizenship, Human rights, civil rights, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Religion, Politics & State, Social discrimination and social justice