Comparative Approaches to Law and Religion

Renae Barker is a senior lecturer at the School of Law in University of Western Australia and Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre for Muslim States and Societies.Camilla Baasch Andersen is a professor at the School of Law in University of Western Australia.Mohammad Rasmi Alumari is an assistant professor in comparative private international law, and head of the private law department at the Faculty of Law - Mutah University, Jordan.

• List of Contributors List of Illustrations Introduction: The Importance of Methodology in Comparative Law and ReligionCamilla Andersen, Mohammad Rasmi Alumari and Renae Barker PART IComparative Theories, Approaches and Methods 1. How to Do Comparative Law and ReligionJeremy Patrick 2. Understanding Models of State-Religion RelationshipsRenae Barker and Georgina Clarke 3. The Utility of Legal Pluralism as a Conceptual Approach in the Field of Law and ReligionAmin Al-Astewani 4. Minors in Comparative Law and Religion ResearchEsther Erlings 5. Studies in the Sociological Method of Biblical ScholarshipRonen Shoval PART IIComparative Case Studies in Law and Religion 6. A Socio-Legal Explanation of the Divergent Legal Approaches to State Funding of Religious Schools in Canada and the United StatesMatt Watson 6.1 Response: Matt Watson, ‘A Socio-Legal Explication of the Divergent Legal Approaches to State Funding of Religious Schools in Canada and the United States’Paul T Babie 7. American Constitutional Experience and the Interpretation of the Australian Religion GuaranteesPaul T Babie 7.1 Response: Paul T Babie, ‘American Constitutional Experience and the Interpretation of the Australian Religion Guarantees’Matt Watson 8. Refusal of Life Saving Medical Treatment by Mature Minors: A Comparative Analysis of Australia, Canada and the United KingdomRenae Barker and Camilla Andersen 9. Interpreting the Right to Freedom of Religion in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: Outlining and Analysing the Function of the European Convention on Human Rights According to Art 52(2) CFRGerhard van der Schyff 10. The Kirpan case law in Italy and Canada: Comparing law and religion judgments in the rise of judicial populismTania Pagotto 11. Of Missiles and Wedding Cakes: Utilising Human Dignity to Hold a Hohfeldian Lens in Comparative JurisprudenceNeville Rochow 12. Listening to the People? A Comparative analysis of parliamentary committee inquiries concerning freedom of religious belief in Australia and ScotlandSarah Moulds 13. Religion as Individual Affair and Constitutional Permissions in India: Gathering Comparative Perspectives of Practicing it and Religious Mark on the Body in Public DomainArvind P Bhanu and Sania Sthapak 14. Grounded Theory in the Study of Religion: A Critical Appraisal to socio-cultural factors and gender based legislation in Brazil and PakistanFlavia Bellieni Zimmermann PART IIICritiquing Comparative Approaches 15. Critique of Comparative Methodology Used in the VolumeMohammad Rasmi Alumari, Camilla Andersen and Renae Barker APENDIXAuthor Rejoinders and Reflections