Ronan McCrea was educated at Trinity College Dublin (LL.B.) and the London School of Economics (M.Sc., Ph.D.). He joined the School of Law at Reading University as a lecturer in 2009 from the chambers of Advocate General Poiares Maduro at the European Court of Justice where he worked as référendaire. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2003 and completed pupillage at Matrix Chambers in London. He is also a former Legal Officer of the Refugee Legal Centre and a former voluntary associate counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU.

McCrea's book will become a must-read in the field of law and religion. It is the first sustained treatment of the relationship of law and religion within the European Union, is written cogently and is very engaging.

• 1. Introduction ; 2. Europe's Religious Inheritance: Religion, Law and Identity in Contemporary Europe ; 3. Balance, Inheritance and Religion as a Basis of Law in the Public Order of the European Union ; 4. Religion as Identity and the Fundamental Rights Obligations of the Union ; 5. The Regulation of Religion in the Single Market ; 6. Competing Identities Limiting Religious Influence within the Public Order of the Union ; 7. Conclusion

Ronan McCrea was educated at Trinity College Dublin (LL.B.) and the London School of Economics (M.Sc., Ph.D.). He joined the School of Law at Reading University as a lecturer in 2009 from the chambers of Advocate General Poiares Maduro at the European Court of Justice where he worked as référendaire. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2003 and completed pupillage at Matrix Chambers in London. He is also a former Legal Officer of the Refugee Legal Centre and a former voluntary associate counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU.

McCrea's book will become a must-read in the field of law and religion. It is the first sustained treatment of the relationship of law and religion within the European Union, is written cogently and is very engaging.

• 1. Introduction ; 2. Europe's Religious Inheritance: Religion, Law and Identity in Contemporary Europe ; 3. Balance, Inheritance and Religion as a Basis of Law in the Public Order of the European Union ; 4. Religion as Identity and the Fundamental Rights Obligations of the Union ; 5. The Regulation of Religion in the Single Market ; 6. Competing Identities Limiting Religious Influence within the Public Order of the Union ; 7. Conclusion

Ronan McCrea was educated at Trinity College Dublin (LL.B.) and the London School of Economics (M.Sc., Ph.D.). He joined the School of Law at Reading University as a lecturer in 2009 from the chambers of Advocate General Poiares Maduro at the European Court of Justice where he worked as référendaire. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2003 and completed pupillage at Matrix Chambers in London. He is also a former Legal Officer of the Refugee Legal Centre and a former voluntary associate counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU.

McCrea's book will become a must-read in the field of law and religion. It is the first sustained treatment of the relationship of law and religion within the European Union, is written cogently and is very engaging.

• 1. Introduction ; 2. Europe's Religious Inheritance: Religion, Law and Identity in Contemporary Europe ; 3. Balance, Inheritance and Religion as a Basis of Law in the Public Order of the European Union ; 4. Religion as Identity and the Fundamental Rights Obligations of the Union ; 5. The Regulation of Religion in the Single Market ; 6. Competing Identities Limiting Religious Influence within the Public Order of the Union ; 7. Conclusion