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Gad Barzilai ( ed.) Law and Religion [Ashgate, 2007] [528 pp.] is a new edited volume just published in the International Library of Essays in Law and Society [Series editor is Austin Sarat]. The volume contains a comparative and theoretical introduction and nineteen classic articles, published by prominent scholars who articulate diversity of voices. Hence, the volume should enable us to better comprehend law in religion, religion in law, and human rights. The volume offers comparative, international, transnational, and intergenerational perspectives of law and religion in diversity of religions including Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, and Judaism in the context of political power.

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Table of Contents
Introduction
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New Articles

“Merits or Networking? On the Legal Logic and the Struggels against Corruption.” In Daphne Barak-Eerez, Mordechai Kremnitzer, and Doron Nevot (eds), Law and Conflicts of Interests (2008). [Hebrew]
“The Ambivalent Voice of Lawyers as Political Actors: Between Liberal Politics, Liberal Economics, and Dissent.” In Malcolm Feeley, Terry Halliday, and Lucien Karpik (eds.) Political Lawyering, Judiciaries, and Political Liberalism. (Hart Publications, 2007).
“Cultural Identities.” David S. Clark (ed.) Encyclopedia of Law and Society: American and Global Perspectives (Sage Publications, 2007). Forthcoming. Link to publisher
“Obedience.” David S. Clark (ed.) Encyclopedia of Law and Society: American and Global Perspectives (Sage Publications, 2007). Forthcoming. Link to publisher
“The Need for Political Research of Law and Local-Global Religions.” In Gad Barzilai (ed.) Law and Religion (Ashgate, 2007) pp. 11-27. (see above)
on “Global Liberalism, Local Populism” Perspective on Politics (2008) forthcoming.

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