Religion, race, rights : landmarks in the history of modern Anglo-American law / Eve Darian-Smith.
2010
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Title
Religion, race, rights : landmarks in the history of modern Anglo-American law / Eve Darian-Smith.
Published
Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub, 2010.
Call Number
K588 .D37 2010
ISBN
9781841137292
1841137294
1841137294
Description
x, 329 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)303096214
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-317) and index.
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Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
Gift
The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
Table of Contents
List of Figures
ix
Acknowledgements
xi
Preface
xiii
Introduction: Connecting Religion, Race and Rights
1
I.
Moving toward Separation of Church and State
19
ch. 1
Martin Luther and the Challenge to the Catholic Church (1517)
21
Religion: Protest and Reform
22
Race: The Infidel Turk
36
Rights: Demanding Secular Law
42
Conclusion
49
ch. 2
Executing the King: The Trial of Charles I (1649)
52
Religion: Protestant and Catholic Violence
54
Race: Religious Intolerance and Legalizing Racism
65
Rights: Defining the Rights of King, Parliament and Subject
74
Conclusion
84
ch. 3
Revolution and Thomas Paine's Rights of Man (1791)
88
Religion: The Age of Reason and the Challenge of Science
93
Race: Questioning Slavery and Discrimination
101
Rights: Law's Coming of Age in Rights of Man
106
Conclusion
112
II.
Capitalism, Colonialism and Nationalism
115
ch. 4
Sugar, Slaves, Rebellion, Murder (1865)
117
Religion: The ̀Divine Institution' of Slavery
124
Race: Scientific Racism
133
Rights: Empire's Right to Massacre
138
Conclusion
146
ch. 5
Demanding the Eight-Hour Workday (1886)
148
Religion: Law as Faith
153
Race: Racializing Labor
161
Rights: Workers versus Laissez-Faire Capitalism
169
Conclusion
177
ch. 6
Civilizing Native Americans---The Dawes Act (1887)
180
Religion: Missionaries and Heathens
189
Race: Determining the Race Within
196
Rights: Limiting Native Sovereignty
201
Conclusion
207
III.
Religion, Race and Rights in a Global Era
209
ch. 7
Nuremberg's Legacy (1945-49)
211
Religion: Confronting Religious Pluralism
218
Race: Rethinking Race
230
Rights: Implementing Human Rights
237
Conclusion
245
ch. 8
Democracy, Neoliberalism, and the New Crusades
248
Religion: Exploiting God
255
Race: S̀aving Brown Women'
265
Rights: The Challenges of Neoliberalism
276
Conclusion
282
Conclusion: The Resurgence of Faith
285
Bibliography
293
Index
319