Religion, Law and Tradition

Andrew Huxley was a barrister in the London criminal courts for some years. He has taught law at Oxford, Barbados and Hong Kong and, since 1984, at SOAS, London. He writes on the laws of Southeast Asia, on Buddhism and on the legal mechanism of globalization,

Introduction Andrew HuxleyChapter 1. Judaism Bernard JacksonChapter 2. Religious claims about Biblical Law Calum CarmichaelChapter 3. Canon Law Silvio FerrariChapter 4. Islam Lynn Welchman & Ian EdgeChapter 5. Hinduism: Once religious, always religious? Werner MenskiChapter 6. Buddhist Law Andrew HuxleyChapter 7. Law and religion in Han China Randall PeerenboomChapter 8. Jewish and Roman Philosophies of Law David DaubeChapter 9. Religious systems Jacques Vanderlinden