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Religious confession privilege and the common law : a historical analysis

Title
Religious confession privilege and the common law : a historical analysis / by A. Keith Thompson.
Author
Thompson, A. K. (Anthony Keith)
Publication
Leiden ; Boston : M. Nijhoff Publishers, 2011.

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Description
xxvii, 395 pages; 25 cm.
Series Statement
Studies in religion, secular beliefs and human rights, 1871-7829 ; v. 9
Uniform Title
Studies in religion, secular beliefs, and human rights ; v. 9.
Subject
  • Liberty of conscience
  • Freedom of religion
  • Confession (Law)
  • Confession (Canon law)
  • Evidence (Law)
  • Evidence (Canon law)
  • Confidential communications
  • Common law
  • Konfession
  • Kanonisches Recht
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-388) and index.
Contents
Review of religious confession privilege in early evidence texts -- Religious confession privilege in historical context -- Religious confession and privilege in canon law -- Religious confession privilege at common law from the seventeenth century to the twentieth century -- Religious communications privilege at common law -- Theories about the extinction of religious confession privilege -- Religious confession at common law in Australia -- Religious confession privilege at common law in the United Kingdom and Ireland -- Religious confession privilege in the United States -- Religious confession privilege in Canada and New Zealand -- Religious confession privilege in South Africa -- Policy : should there be a religious confession privilege? -- Conclusion.
ISBN
  • 9789004172326
  • 9004172327
LCCN
2010053774
OCLC
  • ocn694172211
  • 694172211
  • SCSB-1600411
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library