عنوان

Commerce, Religion, and the Rule of Law

شماره

LA116129

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Commerce, Religion, and the Rule of Law

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Nathan B. Oman

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill | Nijhoff

متن يادداشت

The rule of law and religion can act as commercial substitutes. Both can create the trust required for material prosperity. The rule of law simplifies social interactions, turning people into formal legal agents and generating a map of society that the state can observe and control, thus credibly committing to the enforcement of the legal rights demanded by impersonal markets. Religion, in contrast, embraces complex social identities. Within these communities, economic actors can monitor and sanction misbehavior. Both approaches have benefits and problems. The rule of law allows for trade among strangers, fostering peaceful pluralism. However, law breeds what Montesquieu called "a certain feeling for exact justice" that crowds out deeper forms of relation. Religious commerce fosters precisely such communities. Religious commerce, however, does not create bridges between strangers as effectively as the formal rule of law. Furthermore, the state tends to be suspicious of tight religious communities, particularly when they are commercially successful. The rule of law and religion can act as commercial substitutes. Both can create the trust required for material prosperity. The rule of law simplifies social interactions, turning people into formal legal agents and generating a map of society that the state can observe and control, thus credibly committing to the enforcement of the legal rights demanded by impersonal markets. Religion, in contrast, embraces complex social identities. Within these communities, economic actors can monitor and sanction misbehavior. Both approaches have benefits and problems. The rule of law allows for trade among strangers, fostering peaceful pluralism. However, law breeds what Montesquieu called "a certain feeling for exact justice" that crowds out deeper forms of relation. Religious commerce fosters precisely such communities. Religious commerce, however, does not create bridges between strangers as effectively as the formal rule of law. Furthermore, the state tends to be suspicious of tight religious communities, particularly when they are commercially successful.

تاريخ نشر

2018

توصيف ظاهري

213-235

عنوان

Journal of Law, Religion and State

شماره جلد

6/2-3

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

2212-4810

اصطلاح موضوعی

History of Religion

اصطلاح موضوعی

Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

اصطلاح موضوعی

markets

اصطلاح موضوعی

religion

اصطلاح موضوعی

Religious Studies

اصطلاح موضوعی

rule of law

اصطلاح موضوعی

trust

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Nathan B. Oman

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/22124810-00602004

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y