Religious Confession Privilege and the Common Law: Religious Confession Privilege and the Common Law
Despite what most evidence law texts say, religious confession privilege does exist at common law. This book provides proof from both historical and common law materials with consequences even in jurisdictions where the privilege now exists in statutory form.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
BRILL
2011
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Studies in religion, secular beliefs and human rights (volume 9)
Year: 2011 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series/Journal: | Studies in religion, secular beliefs and human rights
volume 9 |
| Further subjects: | B
Electronic books
B Evidence (Canon law) |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9789004172326 |
| Summary: | Despite what most evidence law texts say, religious confession privilege does exist at common law. This book provides proof from both historical and common law materials with consequences even in jurisdictions where the privilege now exists in statutory form. Intro -- Religious Confession Privilege and the Common Law -- Copyright -- Contents -- Table of Cases in Alphabetical Order -- Chronological Table of Statutes -- Preface to the Book -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Review of Religious Confession Privilege in Early Evidence Texts -- Introduction -- The Error in R v Sparkes -- The Error in R v Gilham -- The Error in Wheeler v LeMarchant -- Conclusion -- Chapter Two: Religious Confession Privilege in Historical Context -- Introduction -- The Problem with Modern Perspective -- Church and State -- The Common Law -- Pre-Reformation Statutes and Common Law -- Coke's Commentary on the Statute Articuli Cleri -- "Benefit of Clergy" and Church Jurisdictional Claims -- A Treason Exception to "Benefit of Clergy"? -- Did Treason Become an Exception to Other Church Privileges? -- Religious Confession Privilege in Garnet's Case -- Garnet's Case -- Conclusion -- Chapter Three: Religious Confession and Privilege in Canon Law -- Introduction -- Origins of Confession -- Origins of the Seal -- England's Catholic History Before the Norman Conquest -- England's Catholic History After the Norman Conquest -- Clerical Service in the Royal Courts -- Effect of the English Reformation on Pre-Existing Catholic Canon Law -- The Seal of Confession in Anglican Canon Law -- Effect of New Conditional Seal Wording -- Non-Compulsory Protestant Confession -- What Authority Does Canon Law Have in Post-Reformation Secular Courts? -- Historical Debate About Secular Legal Respect for Canon Law -- Conclusion -- Chapter Four: Religious Confession Privilege at Common Law From the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century -- Introduction -- Religious Confession Privilege Existed Before There Was a Discrete Law of Evidence -- The Practical Purpose of Early Evidence Texts as Handbooks for Barristers -- Categories in Evidence Law Texts. |
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| ISBN: | 9047425790 |