Legal cases, new religious movements, and minority faiths / edited by James T. Richardson, University of Nevada, Reno, USA; and François Bellanger, Université de Genéve, Switzerland.
2014
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Title
Legal cases, new religious movements, and minority faiths / edited by James T. Richardson, University of Nevada, Reno, USA; and François Bellanger, Université de Genéve, Switzerland.
Published
Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2014]
Copyright
©2014
Call Number
K3242 .L439 2014
ISBN
9781472428745 (hbk.)
1472428749 (hbk.)
9781472428752 (ebook)
9781472428769 (epub)
1472428765 (electronic bk.)
9781472428769 (electronic bk.)
1472428749 (hbk.)
9781472428752 (ebook)
9781472428769 (epub)
1472428765 (electronic bk.)
9781472428769 (electronic bk.)
Description
xiv, 278 pages ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)871219505
Summary
"New religious movements (NRMs) and other minority faiths have regularly been the focus of legal cases around the world in recent decades. This is the first book to focus on important aspects of the relationship of smaller faiths to the societies in which they function by using specific legal cases to examine social control efforts. The legal cases involve group leaders, a groups practices or alleged abuses against members and children in the group, legal actions brought by former members or third parties, attacks against such groups by outsiders including even governments, and libel and slander actions brought by religious groups as they seek to defend themselves. These cases are sometimes milestones in the relation between state authorities and religious groups."--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Purchased from the income of the Soll Fund
Gift
The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Soll Fund
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
vii
Preface / Eileen Barker
xiii
Acknowledgements
xiii
pt. I
CONTROVERSIAL RELIGIOUS GROUPS AND THE LEGAL SYSTEM
1.
Courts, Crusaders and the Media: The Family International / Claire Borowik
3
2.
Scientology in Italy: Plagio and the Twenty Year Legal Saga / Massimo Introvigne
25
3.
The Order of the Solar Temple: From Apocalypse to Court / Jean-Francois Mayer
37
pt. II
SPECIFIC LEGAL CASES INVOLVING MINORITY RELIGIOUS GROUPS
4.
The Mohan Singh Case: What Is the Price of Confidentiality? / Philip Katz
57
5.
The Resurrection of Religion in the U.S.? "Sacred Tea" Cases, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and the War on Drugs / Jennifer Shoemaker
71
6.
Religion or Sedition? The Domestic Terrorism Trial of the Hutaree, a Michigan-based Christian Militia / J. Susan Palmer
89
7.
The Dang Case: When Chakras Opening Leads to a Belgian Criminal Court / Henri de Cordes
119
pt. III
LEGAL ISSUES RAISED BY CASES INVOLVING MINORITY FAITHS
8.
How to Know the Truth: Accommodating Religious Belief in the Law of Libel / Andrew Scott
131
9.
Religious Libel: Are the Courts the Right Place for Faith Disputes? / Hardeep Singh
149
10.
The European Court of Human Rights, Minority Religions, and New Versus Original Member States / T. James Richardson
171
pt. IV
MINORITY RELIGIOUS GROUPS IN COURT: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE
11.
Cults in Court: Jury Decision-Making and New Religious Movements / E. Jeffrey Pfeifer
205
12.
Parents' Use of Faith Healing for Their Children: Implications for the Legal System and Measuring Community Sentiment / K. Monica Miller
227
13.
Muslims and the Courtroom: Legal Issues and Empirical Research / E. Jeffrey Pfeifer
245
Index
271