CONSTITUTIONALIZING RELIGION: THE PYRRHIC SUCCESS OF RELIGIOUS RIGHTS IN POSTCOLONIAL SRI LANKA

This article argues for a different reading of the history of law and religion in independent Sri Lanka, one that does not associate the persistence of religious tension with the failure of law, but, somewhat counterintuitively, with the legalization of religion in the first instance. I argue that i...

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Main Author: Schonthal, Benjamin 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2014
In: Journal of law and religion
Year: 2014, Volume: 29, Issue: 3, Pages: 470-490
Further subjects:B Buddhism
B Law
B Sri Lanka
B Religion
B Constitution
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