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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Religious Offences in Common Law Asia: Colonial Legacies Constitutional Rights and Contemporary Practice by Edited by Li-Ann Thio Edited by Dr Jaclyn L Neo
This book provides in-depth comparative analysis of how religious penal clauses have been developed and employed within Asian common law states and the impact of such developments on constitutional rights. It examines the theoretical and conceptual underpinnings of religious offences and interrogates the nature and impact of religious penal clauses within the region. Providing rigorous studies of common law jurisdictions that have adopted similar provisions in their penal codes the contributors provide an original examination and analysis of the use and development of these religious offence clauses in their respective jurisdictions.