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xiv, 278 pages ; 24 cm. Part I. Controversial religious groups and the legal system -- Courts, crusaders, and the media : the family international / Claire Borowik -- Scientology in Italy : Plagio and the twenty year legal saga / Massimo Introvigne -- The Order of the Solar Temple : from apocalypse to court / Jean-Francois Mayer -- Part II. Specific legal cases involving minority eligious groups -- The Mohan Singh case : what price confidentiality? / Philip Katz QC -- The resurrection of religion in the U.S. : the "sacred tea" cases, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and the war on drugs / James T. Richardson and Jennifer Shoemaker -- Religion or sedition? : the domestic terrorism trial of the Hutaree, a Michigan-based Christian militia / Susan J. Palmer -- The Dang case : when Chakras opening leads to a Belgian criminal court / Henri de Cordes. Part III. Legal issues raised by cases involving minority faiths -- How to know the truth : accommodating religious belief in the law of libel / Alistair Mullis and Andrew Scott -- Religious libel : are the courts the right place for faith disputes? / Hardeep Singh -- The European Court of Human Rights, minority religions, and new versus original member states / Valerie Lykes and James T. Richardson -- Part IV. Minority religious groups in court : experimental evidence -- Cults in court : jury decision-making and new religious movements / Jeffrey Pfeifer -- Parents' use of faith healing for their children implications for the legal system and measuring community sentiment / Monica Miller -- Muslims in the courtroom : legal issues and empirical research / Evelyn Maeder and Jeffrey Pfeifer. edited by James T. Richardson, University of Nevada, Reno, USA and François Bellanger, Université de Genéve, Switzerland. Includes bibliographical references and index. Religious minorities Legal status, laws, etc Cults Law and legislation K3242 .L439 2014 342.0852 LEG 9781472428745 (hbk.) 1472428749 (hbk.) 2014002728 DLC 140226 20160530174312.0 18048881 eng