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| العنوان: |
Comparative Law and Christianity—A Plank in the Eye? |
| المؤلفون: |
Husa, Jaakko |
| المصدر: |
Oxford Journal of Legal Studies; Spring2024, Vol. 44 Issue 1, p54-73, 20p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
COMPARATIVE law, CHRISTIANITY, RELIGION & law, RELIGIOUS law & legislation, LAW & culture, JURISPRUDENCE |
| مستخلص: |
This article examines the epistemic bias of comparative law scholarship. Comparatists are unable or unwilling to recognise the religious dimensions in Western law as they see religion only in the context of non-Western law. This problem is typical of modern macro-comparative law, which fails to recount the influence of Christianity on Western law and legal culture. The article invites legal scholars to reach beyond the notions of 'religious law' and 'secular law' in terms of classifying the world's legal systems. Firstly, the article explains how comparative law has a problematic relationship with religion; secondly, it shows that, despite Christianity having been deemed a thing of the past, its influence can and should also be charted in modern law. I argue for a need to rethink the manner in which Western law is depicted as a thoroughly secular law as opposed to the religious law of exoticised others. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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