ICLARS Series on Law and Religion
About the Book Series
The ICLARS Series on Law and Religion is designed to provide a forum for the rapidly expanding field of research in law and religion. The series is published in association with the International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies, an international network of scholars and experts of law and religion founded in 2007 with the aim of providing a place where information, data and opinions can easily be exchanged among members and made available to the broader scientific community (www.iclars.org). The series aims to become a primary source for students and scholars while presenting authors with a valuable means to reach a wide and growing readership.
The series editors are currently welcoming proposals for this new series on any matter falling under ‘law and religion’ widely defined. Collections arising from important conferences and events are welcome as well as monographs by both established names and new voices (including monographs based on doctoral dissertations). Also of interest are interdisciplinary works and studies of particular jurisdictions.
Freedom of Religion and Constitutional Law: Traversing Myth and Modernity in India
1st Edition
By Amit Bindal
June 27, 2025
This book investigates the intersection of religion and modern law. It explores how secular courts encounter the religious or mythical question which is disavowed by modern institutions. It questions the private-public dichotomy of liberal constitutionalism which relegates religion to the private ...
The Jewish Legal Tradition
1st Edition
Edited
By Ari Mermelstein, Suzanne Last Stone, Yair Lorberbaum
February 28, 2025
This book provides an in-depth exploration of the Jewish legal tradition, or halakhah, through the lens of modern legal philosophy. The interdisciplinary approach of the book makes complex ideas accessible, offering insights into how Jewish legal thought both parallels and diverges from modern ...
Secularism and Freedom of Religion in Italy: Religious Symbols in the Public Space
1st Edition
By Maria Cristina Ivaldi
February 11, 2025
The display of religious symbols in the public space has been the subject of much debate. This book provides an overview of the presence of religious symbols in Italian public institutions from a legal standpoint. The situation is analysed from the perspective of the principles of laicità/...
Religion and Contract Law in Islam: From Medieval Trade to Global Finance
1st Edition
By Valentino Cattelan
December 18, 2024
What is a contract in Islam? Is it an aspect of Muslim religion or of secular life? How much has it changed over the centuries? Undertaking a search that spans revelation, legal tradition, and the reality of the Muslim world, this book explores the Islamic contract (‘aqd in Arabic) as a ‘city’ at ...
Religion, Human Rights, and the Workplace: Judicial Balancing in the United States Federal Courts and the European Court of Human Rights
1st Edition
By Gregory Mose
December 18, 2024
Religious freedom is a fundamental and relatively uncontested right in both the United States and Europe. But other values like equality, justice, and the right to a private life are just as precious. Managing such conflicts has become a highly contested and politicized area of law and nowhere are ...
Fundamental Rights, Religion and Human Dignity: A Constitutional Journey
1st Edition
Edited
By Javier Martínez-Torrón, Li-ann Thio
December 02, 2024
This collection examines theoretical and practical issues concerning the relationship between freedom of religion or belief and other fundamental rights, in the context of secular States, from the perspective of human dignity. As the Universal Declaration of Human Rights made clear, human dignity ...
Constitutional Democracy and Islam: The Legal Status of Muslims in Italy
1st Edition
By Francesco Alicino
October 08, 2024
This book outlines the legal status of Muslims in Italy. In particular, it highlights that, when it comes to Islam, the Italian legal system exacerbates the dilemma of contemporary constitutional democracies, increasingly caught between the principle of equality and the right to have rights, which ...
Human Dignity, Religion and the Law: Pluralism and Reasonable Accommodation of Religious Practices
1st Edition
Edited
By Mark Hill KC, María-José Valero-Estarellas
September 09, 2024
The concept of human dignity is already embedded in the constitutional architecture of the European Union and throughout the world, but it remains a slippery and elusive concept. In this volume, leading commentators from across the globe address the shift from the monolithic influence of major ...
Business, Religion and the Law: Church and Business Autonomy in The Secular Economy
1st Edition
By Matteo Corsalini
August 26, 2024
This book investigates the intersection between business and religion from a legal perspective. Taking a fresh look at some of the most compelling literature in law and religion, it proposes a rethinking of what scholars on both sides of the Atlantic have dubbed “church autonomy” or, more recently,...
The Church and Employment Law: A Comparative Analysis of The Legal Status of Clergy and Religious Workers
1st Edition
By John Duddington
August 26, 2024
This book examines the current law on the employment status of ministers of religion together with religious workers and volunteers and suggests reforms in this area of the law to meet the need for ministers to be given a degree of employment protection. It also considers the constant theme in ...
Freedom of Religion and Religious Diversity: State Accommodation of Religious Minorities
1st Edition
Edited
By Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan, Ann Black
August 23, 2024
Today, pluralism is increasingly the norm and can be seen as a permanent characteristic of modernity. As seen in world events, religion has not become irrelevant but more diverse, giving rise to a complex web of religion and belief minorities, together with intra-plural majorities. Nations seek ...
Religious Freedom and COVID-19: A European Perspective
1st Edition
Edited
By Jelle Creemers, Tatiana Kopaleishvili
August 20, 2024
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will be a topic for academic research for years to come. This collection brings together international scholars from various disciplines to analyse the impact of the pandemic on both religious freedom and on religious community life in Europe. Divided into two ...