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Islamic Finance, alternative dispute resolution and family law: developments towards legal pluralism?
No full textDignity and religion
No full textThis chapter, included in a book examining the relationship between Islam and English Law, considers the role that the idea of 'human dignity' plays in discussions of the relationship between the European Convention on Human Rights and freedom of religion, and the implications this has for future consideration of the place of Shari'a
An analysis of the relationship between shariʽa and secular democracy and the compatibility of Islamic law with the European Convention on Human Rights
No full textThe relationship between shariʽa and secular democracy, with the question whether Islamic law is compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), is far more complex than sensational media reports would suggest. In the present context we are asking whether formal recognition of (aspects of) shariʽa/Islamic law as part of the laws of the UK, in any form, would be repugnant to the country’s ‘secular’ democratic system or would create problems in respect of its international obligations under the ECHR. We must ask as well, more generally, whether or not shariʽa/Islamic law and democracy/human rights are or can be compatible or can coexist at all. The pragmatic answer to both questions has to be, ‘Yes’ and ‘No’
Magna carta, religion and the rule of law
No full textArchbishop Stephen Langton hoped with Magna Carta to realise an Old Testament, covenantal kingship in England. At the Charter’s 800th anniversary, distinguished jurists, theologians and historians from five faith-traditions and three continents ask how Magna Carta’s biblical foundations have mattered and still matter now. A Lord Chief Justice, a Chief Rabbi, a Grand Mufti of Egypt, specialists in eight centuries of law, scholars and advocates committed to the rule of law and to the place of religion in public life all come together in this testimony to Magna Carta’s iconic power. We follow the Charter’s story in the religious life of the UK, America and now Continental Europe, and reflections on religio-legal traditions far from the Common Law enrich the story. Magna Carta, Religion and the Rule of Law invites all religions to ask what contribution they themselves should make to the rule of law in today’s secular, democratic polities.</p
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