Religious Confession Privilege and the Common Law

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

Del 9 i serien Studies in Religion, Secular Beliefs and Human Rights

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Beskrivning

Does religious confession privilege exist at common law? Most evidence law texts answer ‘no’. This analysis shows that most of the cases relied upon for the ‘no religious confession privilege conclusion’ are not authority for that conclusion. The origin of the privilege in the canon law in the first millennium AD is traced and its reception into common law is documented. Proof that religious confession privilege continues unbroken at common law through to the present day is of obvious importance in jurisdictions where there is no relevant statute. A correct understanding of the common law extant before statutes were passed will influence whether those statutes are broadly or narrowly interpreted. The book also brings the reader up to date on the state of religious confession privilege in the United States, Canada, England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-04-11
Mått:160 x 240 x 29 mm
Vikt:876 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Studies in Religion, Secular Beliefs and Human Rights
Antal sidor:396
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004172326

Utforska kategorier

Folkrätt inom Juridik
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Alternativa trosföreställningar inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

A. Keith Thompson, LLB (Hons) (1981); M Jur (1993), University of Auckland, PhD (2007) in Law, Murdoch University, worked as Area Legal Counsel in the Pacific for the LDS Church from 1991 until 2009 following a career in commercial law as a partner in an Auckland law firm. He now works as Area Legal Counsel for the LDS Church for Africa from offices in Ghana.

Innehållsförteckning

Excerpt of the Table of Contents:Abstract;Table of Cases;Table of Statutes; Preface; Introduction;Chapter One: Review of Religious Confession Privilege in Early Evidence Texts Chapter Two: Religious Confession Privilege in Historical ContextChapter Three: Religious Confession and Privilege in Canon Law Chapter Four: Religious Confession Privilege at Common Law From the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century Chapter Five: Religious Communications Privilege at Common Law Chapter Six: Theories About the Extinction of Religious Confession Privilege Chapter Seven: Religious Confession Privilege at Common Law in Australia Chapter Eight: Religious Confession Privilege at Common Law in the United Kingdom and Ireland Chapter Nine: Religion Confession Privilege in the United StatesChapter Ten: Religious Confession Privilege in Canada and New ZealandChapter Eleven: Religious Confession Privilege in South AfricaChapter Twelve: Policy – Should There Be a Religious Confession Privilege?Conclusion; Bibliography.