Monday, March 9, 2015

Religious Actors and International Law

Ioana Cismas (New York University). Religious Actors and International Law (Oxford University Press, 2014).


"This book assesses whether a new category of religious actors has been constructed within international law. Religious actors, through their interpretations of the religion(s) they are associated with, uphold and promote, or indeed may transform, potentially oppressive structures or discriminatory patterns. This study moves beyond the concern that religious texts and practices may be incompatible with international law, to provide an innovative analysis of how religious actors themselves are accountable under international law for the interpretations they choose to put forward."Publisher's description