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List of contents
Introduction. Religious Laws and Their Comparison. Theoretical and Methodological Issues; Section 1. History 1. The Jewish Tradition: A History 2. The Christian Tradition: A History 3. The Islamic Tradition: A History 4. The Hindu Tradition: A History 5. Comparative Remarks: A History of Religious Laws Section 2. Sources of Law 6. Jewish Law: The Sources 7. Christian Law: The Sources 8. Islamic Law: The Sources 9. Hindu Law: The Sources 10. Comparative Remarks: The Sources of Religious Laws Section 3. Dynamics of Belonging and Status 11. Jewish Law: Dynamics of Belonging and Status 12. Christian Law: Dynamics of Belonging and Status 13. Islamic Law: Dynamics of Belonging and Status 14. Hindu Law: Dynamics of Belonging and Status 15. Comparative Remarks: Religious Laws and Dynamics of Belonging and Status Section 4. Marriage 16. Jewish Law: Marriage 17. Christian Law: Marriage 18. Islamic Law: Marriage 19. Hindu Law: Marriage 20. Comparative Remarks: Religious Laws and Marriage Section 5. The Legal Other 21. Jewish Law Perspectives: The Legal Other 22. Christian Law Perspectives: The Legal Other 23. Islamic Law Perspectives: The Legal Other 24. Hindu Law Perspectives: The Legal Other 25. Comparative Remarks: Religious Laws and the Legal Other
About the author
Rossella Bottoni is a Researcher and an Adjunct Professor at the Catholic University of Milan, Italy. She has published extensively in both English and Italian on aspects relating to law and religion.
Silvio Ferrari is Professor of Law and Religion at the University of Milan, Italy. He has been Visiting Professor at the University of California, USA (1994 and 2001), the Institute for Advanced Legal Studies, London (1998–99), the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Sorbonne, Paris (2004) and the CTI, Princeton (2014).
Summary
Written by leading experts in the field, this book presents a clear and comprehensive picture of key religious legal systems and provides a state of the art overview of scholarship in this area accompanied by a critical evaluation.
