Defining Harm: Religious Freedom and the Limits of the Law (Law and Society)

Beaman, Lori G.

ISBN 10: 0774814306 / ISBN 13: 9780774814300

Editore: University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, 2008

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200pp paperback.

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• Titolo: Defining Harm: Religious Freedom and the Limits of the Law (Law and Society)
• Editore: University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0774814306
• ISBN 13: 9780774814300
• Rilegatura: Soft cover
• Edizione: 1st Edition
• Condizione: Very Good

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A powerful examination of the governance of a religious citizen and of the limits of religious freedom, this book demonstrates that the stakes in debates on religious freedom are not just about beliefs and practices but also have implications for the construction of citizenship in a diverse nation. Lori Beaman looks at the case of Jehovah’s Witness Bethany Hughes who was denied her right to refuse treatment on the basis of her religious conviction, reflecting a particular moment in the socio-legal treatment of religious freedom and reveals the specific intersection of religious, medical, legal, and other discourses in the governance of the religious citizen.