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'This book brings together notable thinkers from a range of disciplines, focusing their thoughts on a topic that is of the moment in many ways ... it represents great value ... a useful introduction to areas as diverse as thirteenth-century English church history, Islamic concepts of justice, and the tracing of Judao-Christian thought through our social discourse and legal systems.' Stephen Farrell, Search
Robin Griffith-Jones is the Reverend and Valiant Master of the Temple Church at the Temple, London and Senior Lecturer in Theology at King's College London. Mark Hill QC is the UK's leading practitioner in the field of law and religion. He also teaches at Cardiff University's Centre for Law and Religion and as an Extraordinary Professor at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Part I. Introduction: 1. The relevance and resonance of the Great Charter of 1215 for religions today Robin Griffith-Jones and Mark Hill QC; 2. Magna Carta Lord Judge of Draycote; Part II. The Birth of Magna Carta and the Spread of its Principles: 3. Due process in Magna Carta: its sources in English law, canon law and Stephen Langton John W. Baldwin; 4. From Charter to common law: the rights and liberties of the pre-Reformation Church Margaret McGlynn; 5. Magna Carta and the law of nations R. H. Helmholz; 6. Magna Carta and personal liberty Sir John Baker QC; 7. Towards a new Magna Carta for early modern England John Witte, Jr; 8. Differences over the foundation of law in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century America David Little; Part III. Comparative Religious Approaches to Magna Carta's Rule of Law: 9. Quranic Magna Carta: on the origins of the rule of law in Islam Wael Hallaq; 10. Justice in Islamic legislation Ali Gomaa; 11. Sharia and the rule of law: preserving the realm Anver Emon; 12. Democracy and the power of religion: some lessons from India Sudipta Kaviraj; 13. The still small voice of Magna Carta in Christian law today Norman Doe; 14. Magna Carta, rule of law and religious diversity Maleiha Malik; Part IV. The Contemporary Inheritance of Magna Carta: 15. The development of human rights thought from Magna Carta to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Sir Rabinder Singh; 16. Strasbourg's approach to religion in the pluralist democracies of Europe Javier Martnez-Torrn; 17. The Great Covenant of Liberties: Biblical principles and Magna Carta Lord Sacks; 18. The cardinal rule of religion and the rule of law: a musing on Magna Carta Simon Lee; Epilogue: 19. Strengthened by the rule of law: the message of Magna Carta for religions today Lord Dyson; Appendix: the charters in translation.