Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-153) and index.

Thinking about law, thinking about religion -- Introducing law and r eligion -- Why is law important for religion? -- Why is religion import ant for law? -- What is law? -- The constitution -- Legislation -- Deci sions of the superior courts -- Academic commentary and other secondary sources -- Soft law and law in practice -- What is religion? -- Approa ching the literature -- Methodology -- Territorial scope -- Topic -- Re adership -- Religious interests in international and domestic laws -- T he idea of religious interests -- A taxonomy of religious interests -- Religious interests in international law -- International law -- The wo rk of the United Nations -- Regional human rights documents : the ECHR -- Other regional human rights documents -- The limitations of internat ional law -- Religious interests in generally applicable domestic guara ntees -- The role of generally applicable guarantees of rights in const itutions -- United Kingdom -- New Zealand -- The United States -- Canad a -- Australia -- South Africa -- Are generally applicable religious gu arantees useful? -- The state and the individual -- The nature of the p roblems -- Disobeying generally applicable prohibitions -- Religious dr ug use in the US, England, and South Africa -- Refusing a positive duty to act -- Conscientious objection to military service under the ECHR - - Conscientious objection to taxation in the US -- Seeking protection f or religious difference : improper proselytism under the European Conve ntion on Human Rights -- The state and the religious organisation -- Th e nature of the problems -- Organisational involvement in the domestic constitution and international organisations -- Religious representatio n in the UK -- Organisational involvement in the international arena -- State involvement in the organisation : registration and recognition i n Russia -- Organisational involvement in state initiatives : religious charities in the UK -- Claims against religious organizations : clergy issues -- Claims by clergy in the United Kingdom -- Claims for the mis conduct of religious professionals in the United States -- Community ri ghts : sacred places -- Sacred buildings in the United Kingdom -- Sacre d places in the US : indigenous American religions and the US landscape -- International guarantees of religious interests -- Universal declar ation of human rights -- International covenant on civil and political rights -- 1981 Declaration -- European Convention on Human Rights -- In troductions to particular jurisdictions -- United Kingdom -- United Sta tes -- Canada -- New Zealand -- South Africa -- Theoretical issues -- D efining religion -- Significance of law and religion to one another.