Law and Religion Research Group
The members of the Law and Religion Research Group are engaged in research which explores:
- The complex interaction between law and religion in the context of constitutional law and private law (from a comparative perspective) and public international law;
- The religious rights discourse within the context of domestic and international law;
- The cultural impact of religious and philosophical paradigms on the shape and scope of domestic and international legal frameworks dealing with religion.
- The normative development and enforcement strategies in the complex and multi-vectored area of law and religion·
The Group provides a forum for discussion, advice and support for staff and students, including our doctoral students. It also organises conferences, research seminars and workshops aiming to promote knowledge-sharing between academics and practitioners in the following areas of law:
Canon Law, Ecclesiastical Law, Islamic Law and Islamic Finance, Jewish Law, International Law, Religion and the State, Employment Law, Civil Law, Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Legal History, Legal Theory
Dr Ignacio De La Rasilla Del Moral receives collaborative research grant for the study of "Arab and Islamic Legal and International Legal Thought"
Dr Ignacio De La Rasilla Del Moral receives collaborative research grant awarded by the Institute of Global Law and Policy http://www.harvardiglp.org/
International Law, Religion and Empire
Dr. Ignacio de la Rasilla del Moral attended a conference "Derecho Internacional, Religión e Imperio" held in Zaragoza University in December 2012.
Religion and International Law in Russia's Foreign Relations
Dr Peter Petkoff has opened the Hilay Term International Relations Seminars at St Antony's College, Oxford with a lecture on Religion and International Law in Russia's Foreign Relations on 14 January 2013.
Brunel students and Members of the Law and Religion Research group attend a conference in the University College London
Dr Peter Petkoff and Brunel students working on Law and Religion attended conference: From Theory to Practice: Religion and Discrimination in a Changing World Thursday, November 8, 2012 at University College London
Dr Peter Petkoff speaks at an UN event “Emerging Issues in Religious Freedom Worldwide” in New York
Dr Peter Petkoff was among the invited speakers at a. UN event in New York.
