Buddhism and law : an introduction / edited by Rebecca Redwood French, Mark A. Nathan.
2014
KNC615 .B83 2014 (Mapit)
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Title
Buddhism and law : an introduction / edited by Rebecca Redwood French, Mark A. Nathan.
Imprint
New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Description
xxii, 385 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Introducing Buddhism and law / Rebecca Redwood French and Mark A. Nathan
Part I. The roots of Buddhism and law in India
Society at the time of the Buddha / Kumkum Roy
What the Vinayas can tell us about law / Petra Kieffer-Pülz
Keeping the Buddha's rules : the view from the Sūtra Piṭaka / Rupert Gethin
Proper possessions : Buddhist attitudes toward material property / Jacob N. Kinnard
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
Buddhism and law in Sri Lanka / Sunil Goonasekera
Flanked by images of our Buddha : community, law, and religion in a premodern Buddhist context / Jonathan S. Walters
The legal regulation of Buddhism in contemporary Sri Lanka / Benjamin Schonthal
Pāli Buddhist law in Southeast Asia / Andrew Huxley
Genres and jurisdictions : laws governing monastic inheritance in seventeenth-century Burma / Christian Lammerts
Part III. Buddhism and law in East Asia
Buddhism and law in China : the emergence of distinctive patterns in Chinese history / T.H. Barrett
The ownership and theft of monastic land in Ming China / Timothy Brook
Buddhism and law in China : Qing Dynasty to the present / Anthony Dicks
Buddhism and law in Korean history : from parallel transmission to institutional divergence / Mark A. Nathan
Buddhism and law in Japan / Brian Ruppert
Relic theft in medieval Japan / Bernard Faure
Part IV. Buddhism and law in North Asia and the Himalayan region
Buddhism and law in Tibet / Rebecca Redwood French
Buddhist laws in Mongolia / Vesna A. Wallace
Karma, monastic law, and gender justice / Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Buddhism and constitutions in Bhutan / Richard W. Whitecross.
Part I. The roots of Buddhism and law in India
Society at the time of the Buddha / Kumkum Roy
What the Vinayas can tell us about law / Petra Kieffer-Pülz
Keeping the Buddha's rules : the view from the Sūtra Piṭaka / Rupert Gethin
Proper possessions : Buddhist attitudes toward material property / Jacob N. Kinnard
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
Buddhism and law in Sri Lanka / Sunil Goonasekera
Flanked by images of our Buddha : community, law, and religion in a premodern Buddhist context / Jonathan S. Walters
The legal regulation of Buddhism in contemporary Sri Lanka / Benjamin Schonthal
Pāli Buddhist law in Southeast Asia / Andrew Huxley
Genres and jurisdictions : laws governing monastic inheritance in seventeenth-century Burma / Christian Lammerts
Part III. Buddhism and law in East Asia
Buddhism and law in China : the emergence of distinctive patterns in Chinese history / T.H. Barrett
The ownership and theft of monastic land in Ming China / Timothy Brook
Buddhism and law in China : Qing Dynasty to the present / Anthony Dicks
Buddhism and law in Korean history : from parallel transmission to institutional divergence / Mark A. Nathan
Buddhism and law in Japan / Brian Ruppert
Relic theft in medieval Japan / Bernard Faure
Part IV. Buddhism and law in North Asia and the Himalayan region
Buddhism and law in Tibet / Rebecca Redwood French
Buddhist laws in Mongolia / Vesna A. Wallace
Karma, monastic law, and gender justice / Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Buddhism and constitutions in Bhutan / Richard W. Whitecross.
Summary
"As the first comprehensive study of Buddhism and law in Asia, this interdisciplinary volume challenges the concept of Buddhism as an apolitical religion without implications for law. Buddhism and Law draws on the expertise of the foremost scholars in Buddhist studies and in law to trace the legal aspects of the religion from the time of the Buddha to the present. In some cases, Buddhism provided the crucial architecture for legal ideologies and secular law codes, while in other cases it had to contend with a preexisting legal system, to which it added a new layer of complexity. The wide-ranging studies in this book reveal a diversity of relationships between Buddhist monastic codes and secular legal systems in terms of substantive rules, factoring, and ritual practices. This volume will be an essential resource for all students and teachers in Buddhist studies, law and religion, and comparative law"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-372) and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
KNC615 .B83 2014
Language
English
ISBN
9780521515795 hardback
0521515793 hardback
9780521734196 paperback
0521734193 paperback
0521515793 hardback
9780521734196 paperback
0521734193 paperback
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