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| Titre : | Christianity and Law. An introduction |
| Auteurs : | John, Jr. Witte, Éditeur scientifique ; Frank S. Alexander, Éditeur scientifique |
| Type de document : | texte imprimé |
| Editeur : | Cambridge [GB] : Cambridge University Press, 2008 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-521-69749-1 |
| Format : | xvi + 343 p. / ill. N&B |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Résumé : | What impact has Christianity had on the law from its beginnings to the present day? This introduction explores the main legal teachings of Western Christianity, set out in the text and traditions of Scripture and theology, philosophy and jurisprudence. It takes up the weightier matters of the law that Christianity has profoundly shaped - justice and mercy, rule and equity, discipline and love - as well as more technical topics of canon law, natural law, and stale law. Some of these legal creations were wholly original to Christianity. Others were converted from Jewish and classical traditions. Still others were reformed by Renaissance humanists and Enlightenment philosophies. But whether original or reformed, these Christian teachings on law, politics, and society have made and can continue to make fundamental contributions to modern law in the West and beyond. |
| Note de contenu : |
- List of illustrations / List of contributors - Preface - Introduction (John Witte, Jr.) 1. Law and religion in Judaism (David Novak) 2. Law in early Christianity (Luke Timothy Johnson) 3. Western canon law (R.H. Helmholz) 4. Natural law and natural rights (Brian Tierney) 5. Conscientious objection, civil disobedience, and resistance (Kent Greenawalt) 6. The Christian sources of general contract law (Harold J. Berman) 7. Proof, procedure, and evidence (Mathias Schmoeckel) 8. Family law and Christian jurisprudence (Don S. Browning) 9. Poverty, charity, and social welfare (Brian S. Pullan) 10. Property and Christian theology (Frank S. Alexander) 11. Christian love and criminal punishment (Jeffrie G. Murphy) 12. Christianity and human rights (MichaelJ. Perry) 13. Religious liberty (David Little) 14. Modern church law (Norman Doe) 15. Religious organizations and the state: the laws of ecclesiastical polity and the civil courts (William W Bassett) 16. Christianity and the large-scale corporation (David A. Skeel, Jr.) - Index to biblical texts / General index |
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