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PDFSpecial symposium: religion, the law, and medical ethics
The role of the church in developing the law: response to commentators
Abstract
Three of the four commentators endorse our concerns about intervention by the Roman Catholic church as an amicus curiae in civil litigation, with few reservations. One commentary rejects our arguments in toto. We deal first with the three commentaries that support our arguments; secondly, with the reservations and qualifications in those commentaries, and thirdly, with the commentary that totally rejects our arguments.
- Amicus curiae
- civil litigation
- doctrine
- legal argument
- pluralism
- religion
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