Religion, Charity and Human Rights

Cambridge University Press

For the first time in 400 years a number of leading common law nations have, fairly simultaneously, embarked on charity law reform leading to an encoding of key definitional matters in charity legislation. This book provides an analysis of international case law developments on the ever growing range of issues now being generated by clashes between human rights, religion and charity law. Kerry O'Halloran identifies and assesses the agenda of 'moral imperatives', such as abortion and gay marriage that delineate the legal interface and considers their significance for those with and those without religious belief. By assessing jurisdictional differences in the law relating to religion/human rights/charity the author provides a picture of the evolving 'culture wars' that now typify and differentiates societies in western nations including the USA, England and Wales, Ireland, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.

Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Halloran, Kerry

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung

Inhalt

Introduction; Part I. Background: 1. Religion, charity and the state: concepts, precepts, relationships and boundaries; 2. Charity law and religion: the common law context; historical background; 3. Competing frames of reference: domestic constraints; 4. The international context: religion, human rights and charity law reform; Part II. Contemporary International Perspectives: 5. England and Wales; 6. Ireland; 7. The United States of America; 8. Canada; 9. Australia; 10. New Zealand; Part III. Future Directions: 11. Conflicts of laws: canon law, charity law and human rights law; Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

O'Halloran, Kerry
Kerry O'Halloran is Adjunct Professor at the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane. He is a professionally qualified lawyer and social worker. His 22 books and many other publications, include The Church of England and Human Rights (2014), The Profits of Charity (2012), The Politics of Charity (2011), Modernising Charity Law (2010), Charity Law, 2nd edition (2009), Charity Law and Social Policy (2008) and Charity Law and Social Inclusion: An International Study (2006).