This volume of essays examines the nature and scope of engagements between law and religion.

1. Introduction Carolyn Evans; 2. The moral economy of religious freedom Lawrence G. Sager; 3. Understanding the religion in freedom of religion Jeremy Webber; 4. Why religion belongs in the private sphere, not the public square Denise Meyerson; 5. Pluralism and Law and religion Margaret Davies; 6. The Influence of cultural conflict on the jurisprudence of the religion clauses of the First Amendment Michael W. McConnell; 7. From Dayton to Dover: the legacy of the Scopes trial Peter Radan; 8. A very English affair: establishment and human rights in an organic constitution Charlotte Smith; 9. Days of rest in multicultural societies: private, public, separate? Ruth Gavison and Nahshon Perez; 10. Australian Legal procedures and the protection of secret Aboriginal spiritual beliefs: a fundamental conflict Ernst Willheim; 11. Secular and religious conscientious exemptions: between tolerance and equality Yossi Nehushtan; 12. Law's sacred and secular subjects Ngaire Naffine; 13. Freedom of religion and the European Convention on Human Rights: Approaches, trends and tensions Malcolm D. Evans.