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020 _a1472428749 (hbk.)
020 _z9781472428752 (ebook)
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_b.L439 2014
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245 0 0 _aLegal cases, new religious movements, and minority faiths /
_cedited by James T. Richardson, University of Nevada, Reno, USA and François Bellanger, Université de Genéve, Switzerland.
264 1 _aFarnham, Surrey, England ;
_aBurlington, VT :
_bAshgate,
_c[2014]
300 _axiv, 278 pages ;
_c24 cm.
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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365 _aGBP
_b72.57
490 0 _aAshgate inform series on minority religions and spiritual movements
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 0 _aPart 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.
505 0 _aPart 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.
650 0 _aReligious minorities
_xLegal status, laws, etc.
650 0 _aCults
_xLaw and legislation
700 1 _aRichardson, James T.,
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700 1 _aBellanger, François,
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