The Law of Organized Religions: Between Establishment and Secularism

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Julian Rivers (, Professor of Jurisprudence at the School of Law, University of Bristol)

The Law of Organized Religions

Between Establishment and Secularism

Julian Rivers (, Professor of Jurisprudence at the School of Law, University of Bristol)

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English

Oxford University Press
01 August 2010

Religion & politics; Religious freedom & freedom of worship; Law & society; Constitutional & administrative law

This book provides the first modern systematic account of the English law relating to religious organizations.

It introduces the subject through an historical overview of the relationship between church and state, and a depiction of contemporary patterns and structures of organized faith.

It considers in depth the emerging human rights law of religious associations, the legal constitution of religious bodies, the status of ministers of religion and legal privileges associated with public religion.

Subsequent chapters examine the legal regulation of major aspects of religious life, including rituals, faith-based education and the delivery of faith-based welfare services.

The book also considers broader questions of the legal regulation of religion in public life, from access to public discourse through formal and informal governmental consultation processes to safeguarding the presence of religious voices in the regulated mass media. The final chapter draws together the author's reflections on trends at a broader level of constitutional theory. It argues that modern constitutional law occupies an uncertain position between establishment and secularism. While accepting a version of the secularization thesis in respect of English law, the author identifies but rejects legal secularism as a specific alternative to establishment. Instead, he argues for the clearer recognition of constitutional principles of autonomy and neutrality in the regulation of religious life. The principal focus of the book is the law as it applies to non-established religions, but comparative reference is made throughout to the position of the Church of England. It emphasises the recent historical development of the law as an essential key to understanding current controversies and possible future resolutions.

By: Julian Rivers ( Professor of Jurisprudence at the School of Law University of Bristol)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 241mm, Width: 162mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 785g
ISBN: 9780199226108
ISBN 10: 0199226105
Pages: 422
Publication Date: 01 August 2010
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Julian Rivers studied law at the Universities of Cambridge and Göttingen before being appointed a lecturer at the University of Bristol. He was appointed Professor of Jurisprudence in 2007.

Reviews for The Law of Organized Religions: Between Establishment and Secularism

...a coherant, reasoned narrative plotting a course with clarity, precision and sensitivity over a subject which will animate jurists, ecclesiologists, sociologists, politicians and readers of the Daily Mail for many years to come. * Professor Mark Hill QC, Cardiff University * Rivers' discussion...will form an invaluable primary source, giving not only the law's history, but also the trajectory which it has taken in moving between Establishment and Secularism. * ASIL * In this important new text Professor Rivers seeks to undertake a systemiatic study of English law as it applies to organized religion, and in the process has produced a meticulously researched and insightful text which will be of great value to students, scholars and legal practitioners working in the field of law and religion. * Peter Edge, Cambridge Law Journal *