All institutions concerned with the process of judging - whether it be deciding between alternative courses of action, determining a judge’s professional integrity, assigning culpability for an alleged crime, or ruling on the credibility of an asylum claimant - are necessarily directly concerned wit...

New book: Animal Sacrifice, Religion and Law in South Asia

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Stéphane Gros (19 oct. 2023)

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Animal Sacrifice, Religion and Law in South Asia, edited By Daniela Berti & Anthony Good Routledge (Religion in Contemporary Asia Series), 2024. This book presents original research on the controversies surrounding animal sacrifice in South Asia through the lens of court cases. It focuses on the par...

Animal Sacrifice on Trial.: Moral Reforms and Religious Freedom in India

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Daniela Berti (2023)

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A case-study based on fieldwork conducted in 2014 and 2016 in the region of Shimla and in 2018 in Delhi concerns a judgment ruled in 2014 by the High Court of Himachal Pradesh that banned all animal sacrifices in the state—an appeal is still pending before the Supreme Court of India. My aim is to go...

Animal Sacrifice on Trial.: Moral Reforms and Religious Freedom in India

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Daniela Berti (2023)

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Judging destiny: doubt and certainty in Chinese divinatory rituals

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Monique Abud (20 déc. 2015)

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Homola, Stéphanie. Judging destiny: doubt and certainty in Chinese divinatory rituals. In Gilles Tarabout, Daniela Berti, Anthony Good (ed.), Of Doubt and Proof. Ritual and Legal Practices of Judgment. Chapter II. London : Ashgate, [2015], pp. 39-58. ("Juris Diversitas"). Résumé de l'ouvrage All ins...