Islam and English Law: Rights, Responsibilities and the Place of Shari'a

✍ Scribed by Robin Griffith-Jones

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 334
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams triggered a storm of protest when he suggested that some accommodation between British law and Islam's shari'a law was 'inevitable'. His foundational lecture introduced a series of public discussions on Islam and English Law at the Royal Courts of Justice and the Temple Church in London. This volume combines developed versions of these discussions with new contributions. Theologians, lawyers and sociologists look back on developments since the Archbishop spoke, and forwards along trajectories opened by the historic lecture. The contributors provide and advocate a forward-looking dialogue, asking how the rights of all citizens are honoured and their responsibilities met. Twenty specialists explore the evolution of English law, the implications of islam, shari'a and jihad, and the principles of the European Convention on Human Rights, family law and freedom of speech. This book is for anyone interested in the interaction between religion and secular society.

✦ Subjects

Conflict of Laws Legal Theory Systems Law Reference Test Preparation Almanacs Yearbooks Atlases Maps Careers Catalogs Directories Consumer Guides Dictionaries Thesauruses Encyclopedias Subject English as a Second Language Etiquette Foreign Study Genealogy Quotations Survival Emergency Preparedness Words Grammar Writing Research Publishing Islam Hadith History Mecca Muhammed Quran Rituals Practice Shi ism Sufism Sunnism Theology Women in Religion Spirituality Religious Studies Humanities New Used