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Update* Issue 164 Hilary/Easter due out 2010 *Update

Latest edition 163 Trinity/Michaelmas 2009

 

Main articles:


· Catholic Education - Helen Costigane

· The Theology of Law of Norman Anderson - David McIlroy

· Britich and Spanish legislation on abortion: a brief comparative overview - Isabel Zurita Martin

· How far can religion affect employment? - Christopher Dwyer

 

Casebook

· Age UK, R (on the application of) v. Attorney General [2009] - Frank Cranmer & Andrew Hambler

· Catholic Care (Diocese of Leeds) v. Charity Commission for England and Wales [2009] - Frank Cranmer

· and many others

 

Book Reviews

· Religious Freedom, Religious Discrimination in the Workplace by Lucy Vickers - John Duddington

 

 

 

We do not exclude any area of law from our scrutiny because we believe that all legal developments should be examined from a Christian perspective.

 

SOME RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS

Issue 162 contained articles about the Church / State relationship in different countries and situations.

Issue 161 began with a speech by Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers on 'Equality before the Law' and articles on 'The Changing Criminal Law of Religion' and 'Catholic Adoption Agencies and Gay Adopters'.

Issue 160 contained an article about Animal-Human hybrids and a discussion on 'A court of law, not of morals?'

Issue 159 contained articles on 'Caring' as a neglected legal topic, a reflection on the question of 'torture' and two articles concerning the tension between the demands of the State and the beliefs of churches (the Sexual Orientation Regulations & the employment status of ministers of religion).

Issue 158 included two articles about slavery: 'Slavery, Human Dignity and Human Rights' and 'The Catholic Church and Slavery.'

Issue 157 included articles on Crime and its Causes, Marriage in Eastern and Western Canon Law and the Legal Regulation of Religious Giving.

Issue 156 was a special issue on capital punishment. It included articles by a judge of the US Supreme Court, Antonin Scalia, entitled 'God's Justice and Ours' plus other articles exploring Christian thought on this issue.

Issue 155 included the 9th Richard O'Sullivan Memorial Lecture on Federalism in the Proposed EU and in the US Constitutions by Richard Regan, and an article entitled 'Justice:Retribution or Reconciliation?' by Matthijs de Blois.

Issue 154 included articles on Pope John Paul II by Robert Ombres O.P., Contemporary Human Rights and Christianity by Robert McCorquodale, and Royal Marriages & Human Rights by Christopher Dwyer.

Issue 153 included articles on National Churches & the separation of powers, Halal Slaughter & the status of Ministers of Religion in Spain.

Issue 152 included articles by Gisela Stuart MP on the European Constitution and God, together with a number of essays on the newly emerging discipline of Sociology, Law & Religion with relation to the United Kingdom, France, Greece, Italy, Spain and Europe.

Issue 151 included an article on the Ius of War by Michael Tate, a former Australian Minister of Justice, now a Roman Catholic priest, Subsidiarity and Sphere Sovereignty by David McIlroy, the European Court of Human Rights and the Bessarabian Orthodox Church by John Warwick Montgomery and the present position on Chancel Repairs in the Church of England by Augur Pearce

Issue 150 included articles on the law of religious hatred, the relevance of Old Testament Law and the law and theology of assisted suicide, and case notes on judicial interference with government decisions in terrorist cases and censorship of party political broadcasts.

Issue 149 was a special one on the notion of the National Church in the United Kingdom based on papers delivered at a conference organized by the Centre for Law and Religion, the Law School, Cardiff University. Main Articles included

The Notion of a National Church; a Juridical Framework        Norman Doe

And National Churches in relation to the Roman Catholic Church (Robert Ombres) The Methodist Church  (Brian Beck) The Church of England (Paul Avis) The Church of Ireland (Kenneth Milne) The Church of Scotland (Marjory MacLean) The Church in Wales (Huw Jones) A Baptist Response (John Weaver) and Territoriality and Mission (Frank Cranmer)

Other Recent Issues have included

Christian Ethics and U.S. Immigration Policy

The Employment Status of Ministers of Religion

Sentencing Policy in the English Criminal Justice System

 

"LAW & JUSTICE" - two vital words which form the title of a unique legal journal. Subtitled "The Christian Law Review" it offers a fundamental critique, from a non-denominational viewpoint, of what is happening in the law and through the law, examining ethical foundations and analysing problems and trends.

 

"LAW & JUSTICE" is published twice a year and includes

1. Main Articles (4- 6 articles)

3. Case Notes

2. Book Reviews

4. Correspondence

 

The Journal also publishes special issues dealing with law and education, law and the family, law and the environment and law and medical ethics. Back numbers are available on request from the administrator.

 

PAST CONTRIBUTORS have included

Prof Andrew Ashworth QC

Rt Rev Philip Goodrich

H.E. Cardinal Hume

Dr Maurizio Ragazzi

Rt Hon Lord Mackay

Louis McRedmond

Professor Dominik Lasok

Sir David Napley

David Poole QC

Professor J W Montgomery

Paul Sieghart

Michael Tate

 

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