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1. Legal Pluralism and Shari’a Law

   Edited by Adam Possamai, James T. Richardson, Bryan Turner

   Legal pluralism has often been associated with post-colonial legal developments especially where common law survived alongside tribal and customary laws. Focusing on Shari‘a, this book examines the legal policies and experiences of various societies with different traditions of citizenship,...

   To Be Published July 4th 2013 by Routledge
2. Challenging Religion

   Edited by James A. Beckford, James T. Richardson

   In the last half century new religious movements or cults of one sort and another have mushroomed throughout the US and Europe. Increasingly these groups have been met with attempts to monitor and control them on the part of the state, and concerns about the protection of religious 'consumers' have...

   Published June 18th 2003 by Routledge