In Law and Religion: National, International, and Comparative Law Perspectives, every chapter supports a broad and dynamic discussion of familiar issues by placing them in global context.

Offering extensive international and comparative law materials, as well as Establishment Clause and Free Exercise cases, international experts Durham and Scharffs bring new vision and scope to the study of Law and Religion.

Law and Religion: National, International, and Comparative Law Perspectives, features:

U.S. materials that include the major Free Exercise and Establishment Clause cases that teachers of law and religion courses are accustomed to teaching

International law materials that include

key human rights instruments, over 20 cases from the European Court of Human Rights and decisions of key United Nations bodies

cases cover issues such as the right to register religious associations, headscarves, kosher foods, exemptions from church taxes, conscientious objection, proselytizing, religious oaths, church autonomy, religious education, and conflicts arising between religious freedom and other human rights (e.g., women's rights, rights of indigenous peoples, sexual minorities, and children's rights)

comparative law cases and materials that reflect more than fifteen countries and regions

comparative law issues explored include corporal punishment, compelled patriotic observances, state funding of religions, and much more

Islamic, Christian, and Jewish perspectives on freedom of religion, touching on defamation of religion, the Danish Mohammed cartoon controversy, the constitutions of Iraq, religious political parties in Turkey, and the definition of being Jewish for rights of citizenship in Israel

Timely and incisive, Law and Religion: National, International, and Comparative Law Perspectives is a vital new text with its own Teacher's Manual and Web Supplement that supports courses on Law and Religion, Church and State, International Human Rights, Comparative Constitutional Law, and First Amendment.