Religion and Legal Pluralism

Russell Sandberg is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Cardiff University where he researches at the Centre for Law and Religion. His publications include Law and Religion and Religion, Law and Society.

Contents: Preface; The impossible compromise, Russell Sandberg. Part I In Practice: Religion and the state: recognition, regulation and facilitation, Mark Hill QC; Turbulent priests: how the Church of England disciplines its errant clergy, Christopher Smith; Who regulates marriage? The case of religious marriage and divorce, Gillian Douglas; Quakers and the campaign for same sex marriage, Frank Cranmer; The use of experts in the Roman Catholic canon law of marriage, Eithne D’Auria; Religious symbols and the making of contemporary religious identities, Sylvie Bacquet. Part II Particular Issues: Quasi-law and religion, David Pocklington; Legal pluralism, religious conservatism, Amina Hussain; Internet-based new religious movements and dispute resolution, Beth Singler; Religious pluralism as a legal principle, Dorota A. Gozdecka. Part III In Theory: What do you believe? Taxonomy of a subjective legal pluralism, Amy R. Codling; Public space, private face: veiling as a challenge for legal reasoning, Celia G. Kenny; Principles of a pluralist secularism, Margaret Davies; Religious law as a social system, Russell Sandberg. Appendix, Russell Sandberg and Frank Cranmer. Index.