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Christianity and law : an introduction

Author: John Witte; Frank S Alexander
Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
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"What impact has Christianity had on the law from its beginnings to the present day? This introduction explores the main legal teachings of Western Christianity, set out in the texts and traditions of scripture and theology, philosophy and jurisprudence. It takes up the weightier matters of the law that Christianity has profoundly shaped - justice and mercy, rule and equity, discipline and love - as well as more  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Aufsatzsammlung
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: John Witte; Frank S Alexander
ISBN: 9780521874625 0521874629 9780521697491 0521697492
OCLC Number: 213457301
Description: xvi, 343 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction / John Witte, Jr. --
Law and religion in Judaism / David Novak --
Law in early Christianity / Luke Timothy Johnson --
Western canon law / R.H. Helmholz --
Natural law and natural rights / Brian Tierney --
Conscientious objection, civil disobedience, and resistance / Kent Greenawalt --
The Christian sources of general contract law / Harold J. Berman --
Proof, procedure, and evidence / Mathias Schmoeckel --
Family law and Christian jurisprudence / Don S. Browning --
Poverty, charity and social welfare / Brian S. Pullan --
Property and Christian theology / Frank S. Alexander --
Christian love and criminal punishment / Jeffrie G. Murphy --
Christianity and human rights / Michael J. Perry --
Religious liberty / David Little --
Modern church law / Norman Doe --
Religious organizations and the state: the laws of ecclesiastical polity and the civil courts / William Bassett --
Christianity and the large scale corporation / David A. Skeel, Jr.
Responsibility: edited by John Witte, Jr., Frank S. Alexander.
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