Magna Carta, religion and the rule of law /

Magna Carta, religion and the rule of law /

"On a glorious sunny Saturday in June 2014, we had the pleasure of convening a conference in the Temple, the beating heart of legal London, under the title 'Magna Carta, Religion and the Rule of Law' focusing on the powerful narratives - then and now - of faith and governance. We had...

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Corporate Author: Magna Carta, Religion and the Rule of Law (Conference) London, England)
Other Authors: Griffith-Jones, Robin, Hill, Mark, 1965-
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2015
Subjects:
Magna Carta > Congresses
Rule of law > Congresses
Constitutional law > Religious aspects > Congresses
Law > English influences > Congresses
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Introduction
  • 1. The relevance and resonance of the Great Charter of 1215 for religions today / Robin Griffith-Jones and Mark Hill QC
  • 2. Magna Carta / Lord Judge
  • Part II. The Birth of Magna Carta and the Spread of its Principles
  • 3. Due process in Magna Carta : its sources in English law, canon law and Stephen Langton / John W. Baldwin
  • 4. From Charter to common law : the rights and liberties of the pre-Reformation Church / Margaret McGlynn
  • 5. Magna Carta and the law of nations / R.H. Helmholz
  • 6. Magna Carta and personal liberty / Sir John Baker QC
  • 7. Towards a new Magna Carta for early modern England / John Witte, Jr
  • 8. Differences over the foundation of law in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century America / David Little
  • Part III. Comparative Religious Approaches to Magna Carta's Rule of Law
  • 9. Quranic Magna Carta : on the origins of the rule of law in Islam / Wael B. Hallaq
  • 10. Justice in Islamic legislation / Ali Gomaa
  • 11. Shariʻa and the rule of law : preserving the realm / Anver M. Emon
  • 12. Democracy and the power of religion : some lessons from India / Sudipta Kaviraj
  • 13. The still small voice of Magna Carta in Christian law today / Norman Doe
  • 14. Magna Carta, rule of law and religious diversity / Maleiha Malik
  • Part IV. The Contemporary Inheritance of Magna Carta
  • 15. The development of human rights thought from Magna Carta to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights / Sir Rabinder Singh
  • 16. Strasbourg's approach to religion in the pluralist democracies of Europe / Javier Martínez-Torrón
  • 17. The Great Covenant of Liberties : Biblical principles and Magna Carta / Lord Sacks
  • 18. The cardinal rule of religion and the rule of law : a musing on Magna Carta / Simon Lee
  • 19. Strengthened by the rule of law : the message of Magna Carta for religions today / Lord Dyson
  • Appendix: the Charters in translation

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