Buddhism and law : an introduction

Buddhism and law : an introduction / edited by Rebecca Redwood French, Mark A. Nathan.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: French, Rebecca Redwood (Editor), Nathan, Mark A., 1969- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Buddhists > Legal status, laws, etc. > Asia.
Buddhism and law > Asia.
Table of Contents:
  • Introducing Buddhism and law Rebecca Redwood French and Mark A. Nathan; Part I. The Roots of Buddhism and Law in India: 1. Society at the time of the Buddha Kumkum Roy; 2. What the Vinayas can tell us about law Petra Kieffer-Pülz; 3. Keeping the Buddha's rules: the view from the Sutra Piaka Rupert Gethin; 4. Proper possessions: Buddhist attitudes toward material property Jacob N. Kinnard; 5. On the legal and economic activities of Buddhist nuns: two examples from early India Gregory Schopen; Part II. Buddhism and Law in South and Southeast Asia: 6. Buddhism and law in Sri Lanka Sunil Goonasekera; 7. Flanked by images of our Buddha: community, law, and religion in a premodern Buddhist context Jonathan S. Walters; 8. The legal regulation of Buddhism in contemporary Sri Lanka Benjamin Schonthal; 9. Pali Buddhist law in Southeast Asia Andrew Huxley; 10. Genres and jurisdictions: laws governing monastic inheritance in seventeenth-century Burma Christian Lammerts; Part III. Buddhism and Law in East Asia: 11. Buddhism and law in China: the emergence of distinctive patterns in Chinese history T. H. Barrett; 12. The ownership and theft of monastic land in Ming China Timothy Brook; 13. Buddhism and law in China: Qing Dynasty to the present Anthony Dicks; 14. Buddhism and law in Korean history: from parallel transmission to institutional divergence Mark A. Nathan; 15. Buddhism and law in Japan Brian Ruppert; 16. Relic theft in medieval Japan Bernard Faure; Part IV. Buddhism and Law in North Asia and the Himalayan Region: 17. Buddhism and law in Tibet Rebecca Redwood French; 18. Buddhist laws in Mongolia Vesna A. Wallace; 19. Karma, monastic law, and gender justice Karma Lekshe Tsomo; 20. Buddhism and constitutions in Bhutan Richard W. Whitecross.

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