Law and Politics of Religious Fraud Regulation - Jianlin Chen

Law and Politics of Religious Fraud Regulation

China, Taiwan and Hong Kong

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
256 Seiten
2023
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80220-023-2 (ISBN)
118,45 inkl. MwSt
In comparing the ways in which China, Taiwan and Hong Kong punish religious claims and practices considered by the state to be false or fraudulent, Jianlin Chen presents a seminal contribution to the interdisciplinary study of religious freedom. The book not only reveals how these legal tools sustain a hierarchy of religion, but also the political dynamic behind the design and utilization of these legal tools.

Adopting a novel, comparative approach, Chen adeptly investigates various legal tools employed to regulate religious fraud in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Through a systematic survey of court judgments, he identifies the surprising convergences among the religious fraud regulations across the three jurisdictions. He further employs public choice analysis to tease out the reasons behind these often unconstitutional religious fraud regulations, and highlights the complicity of individuals who otherwise advocate for liberal democratic values. With its wealth of legal and political analysis, the book critically interjects in the global inquiry of religious freedom and democratic backsliding.



This progressive book is an important touchstone for scholars and students in Asian studies, law and religion, criminal law and justice, and law and society.

Jianlin Chen, Professor of Law, University of Melbourne, Australia

Contents: Preface 1 Introduction: Law and Politics of Religious Fraud Regulation 2 Regulating religious fraud: theory and practice around the globe 3 China 4 Taiwan 5 Hong Kong 6 Law: the differentiated religion in the constitutional right to religious freedom 7 Politics: false religion and fragility of real religious freedom 8 Conclusion Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Elgar Studies in Law and Society
Verlagsort Cheltenham
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Öffentliches Recht Verfassungsrecht
Recht / Steuern Strafrecht Besonderes Strafrecht
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10 1-80220-023-1 / 1802200231
ISBN-13 978-1-80220-023-2 / 9781802200232
Zustand Neuware
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