Law and religion /
Timothy L. Fort.
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c1987
- viii, 145 p. ; 22 cm.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 1
Part i Connecting law and religion 1. the mutual Dependence Harold Berman and The interaction of law and Religion (1974) 2. The Purist Approach Jacques Ellul and The Theological Foundation of Law (1960) 3. The connection as a Way of Life Sacred and Secular Ethics
Part ii A missing Link in American legal History 4. Moving into the Historical Context 5. The Theory of the Economic Historians William Nelson and Americanization of the common law (1975) Lawrence Friedman and a History of American law (1973) J. Willard Hurst and law and the conditions of freedom (1956) Morton Horwitz and the Transformation of American Law (1977) Richard Posner and Economic Analysis of law (1972) Stephen Presser and Law and American History (1980) Conclusion
Part iii Jurisprudence of Faith Using Theology to interpret jurisprudence 6. Theology in Connecticut Law 7. Tapping Reeve 8. Zephaniah Swift
Part iv The Modern Debate 9. jerry Farwell and the Fundamentalists 10. Mario Cuomo and the moderate Traditionalists 11. Ethics in Contemporary America
Includes index
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