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Buddhism and Law: An Introduction
Rebecca French
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Description for Buddhism and Law: An Introduction
paperback. This volume challenges the concept of Buddhism as an apolitical religion without implications for law. Editor(s): French, Rebecca Redwood; Nathan, Mark A. Num Pages: 407 pages, 4 b/w illus. 7 maps. BIC Classification: HRE; LAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 664.
As the first comprehensive study of Buddhism and law in Asia, this interdisciplinary volume challenges the concept of Buddhism as an apolitical religion without implications for law. Buddhism and Law draws on the expertise of the foremost scholars in Buddhist studies and in law to trace the legal aspects of the religion from the time of the Buddha to the present. In some cases, Buddhism provided the crucial architecture for legal ideologies and secular law codes, while in other cases it had to contend with a pre-existing legal system, to which it added a new layer of complexity. The wide-ranging ... Read more
As the first comprehensive study of Buddhism and law in Asia, this interdisciplinary volume challenges the concept of Buddhism as an apolitical religion without implications for law. Buddhism and Law draws on the expertise of the foremost scholars in Buddhist studies and in law to trace the legal aspects of the religion from the time of the Buddha to the present. In some cases, Buddhism provided the crucial architecture for legal ideologies and secular law codes, while in other cases it had to contend with a pre-existing legal system, to which it added a new layer of complexity. The wide-ranging ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
Number of Pages
407
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521734196
SKU
V9780521734196
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About Rebecca French
Rebecca Redwood French is a Professor of Law at the State University of New York, Buffalo Law School and a former director of the Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy (2008–10). She is the author of The Golden Yoke: The Legal Cosmology of Buddhist Tibet (1995). Her recent work focuses on the intersection of Buddhism and law in relation ... Read more
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