“MOORS KNOW THE LAW”: SOVEREIGN LEGAL DISCOURSE IN MOORISH SCIENCE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES AND THE HERMENEUTICS OF SUPERSESSION

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Spencer Dew
Keyword(s):  
Legal Discourse ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Historical Narratives ◽  
Legal Authority ◽  
Legal Professionals ◽  
American Citizenship ◽  
Legal Thinking ◽  
The Many ◽  
Moorish Science ◽  
Practical Instruction

AbstractAmong the many individuals and groups espousing affiliation with the Moorish Science Temple of America movement, some continue founding prophet Noble Drew Ali's emphasis on engaging in American citizenship as a religious duty, while others interpret the prophet's scriptures to lend authority to claims of being outside the jurisdiction of American legal authority. Such sovereign Moors, whose actions range from declaration of secession to rejection of drivers or marriage licenses, advance legal discourse rooted in historical narratives, tailor their legal thinking toward practical instruction and efficacious results, and appeal to etymology to further authorize their claims. Such sovereign Moorish legal discourse is best understood, following Catherine Wessinger's work on the Montana Freemen, as “magical,” and understanding the magical role played by legal texts and discourse within these communities can help scholars and legal professionals in their approach to and interactions with sovereign Moors.

Mystery of the Moorish Science Temple: Southern Blacks and American Alternative Spirituality in 1920s Chicago

2002 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Nance
Keyword(s):  
African Americans ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Black Scholar ◽  
Legitimate Business ◽  
Alternative Spirituality ◽  
The Many ◽  
Moorish Science ◽  
Southern Migrants ◽  
The Church ◽  
Moorish Science Temple

In 1926, the well-known black scholar Ira De Augustine Reid complained that storefront churches were “a general nuisance. Neither their appearance nor their character warrants the respect of the Community.” Mortified, he described the founders of these informal assemblies: “He conducts his Services on such days as he feels disposed mentally and indisposed financially. To this gentleman of the cloth… the church is a legitimate business.” More to the point, he described his perception of the many southern migrants who aspired to found their own churches and religions, recounting how one “young swain” had announced to the leadership of a large traditional black congregation that he had had a dream. “In this dream a still small voice told him to ‘G. P. C.’ and when he heard it he knew that he was instructed to ‘Go Preach Christ.’ After further questioning by the Council, the chairman told him that he had misinterpreted his dream, for it certainly meant ‘Go plant corn’” For many educated African Americans, the idea of southern migrants presuming to enjoy their own religious traditions on their own terms in the urban North was ludicrous.

Some Contributions from and Influence of the Italian Doctrine of International Law

2020 ◽  
pp. 433-467
Author(s):  
Giovanni Distefano ◽  
Robert Kolb
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
State Responsibility ◽  
Test Case ◽  
Public International Law ◽  
Legal Scholarship ◽  
Italian School ◽  
German School ◽  
Legal Thinking ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Many

This chapter deals with the contribution of Italian scholarship to public international law. Its approach is two-fold. First, adopting an “external” perspective, the contribution of Italian scholars to the highly esteemed series of Hague Courses of the famous eponymous Academy may shed some light on what the Italian conception brought to international legal scholarship but also on how Italian scholars were perceived by their foreign brethren, and in what context they were quoted. Second, selecting a specific issue, the chapter focuses on the influence of Italian legal thinking on the shaping of doctrines of State responsibility. Among all the many areas of international law, this is one where the Italian school is constantly viewed as pioneering (together with the German school). For example, the writings of Anzilotti or Cavaglieri are often quoted as astonishingly modern exposés of that branch of the law, providing thus a test-case to verify the contribution and influence of the Italian doctrine of international law.

scholarly journals Fenomena Intoleransi Antar Umat Beragama Serta Peran Sosial Media Akun Instagram Jaringan Gusdurian Indonesia Dalam Menyampaikan Pesan Toleransi

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-132
Author(s):  
M. Ardini Khaerun Rijaal
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Main Tool ◽  
Religious Organizations ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Religious Conflicts ◽  
Religious Issues ◽  
The Social ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Many ◽  
Active Flow

In the 20th century, in the midst of the active flow of communication technology, which is increasingly active, it provides many conveniences and benefits to the community, especially when accessing information related to religion and da'wah that anyone wants to access. This phenomenon has an impact on various religious understandings by some sects and religious organizations in Indonesia. As we know, there are some of the largest religious organizations that have existed in this country for a long time, namely, Nahdatul Ulama', Muhammadiyah, etc. With the many religious notions that are studied and embraced by some Indonesians, it gives a lot of influence in understanding the religious concept of difference. This can lead to conflict between communities and religious organizations because they have diverse and different religious understandings. Intolerance is a scourge that is very difficult to eliminate in this democratic country. It is proven by the many cases of intolerance that often occur in our country. In recent years, religious issues have become the object of discussion to cause inter-religious conflicts that are spread through social media. with the existence of the Indonesian Gusdurian Network community, it has a very significant influence in countering and also educating the social media world about tolerance between religious communities. Social media is the main tool to provide education and also the importance of understanding differences in diversity with the spirit of maintaining tolerance between religious communities.  

scholarly journals Towards a Conceptualization of Legal English as a Lingua Franca?

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Patrizia Anesa
Keyword(s):  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Legal Discourse ◽  
Legal Language ◽  
Lingua Franca ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Legal Professionals ◽  
Legal Communication ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
National Languages

English is de facto reinforcing its role as the language of international legal communication. Indeed, while different national languages continue to play a crucial role in the definition, the execution, and the application of the law, English is increasingly employed by non-native legal professionals worldwide. Thus, this study focuses on the use of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) in legal settings and aims to offer considerations towards the conceptualization of Legal English as a Lingua Franca (LELF). As English is considered a global asset in legal communication, it is argued that a finer problematization of LELF is imperative. In this respect, the study also discusses whether it is possible to apply the concept of a lingua franca to legal language tout court or whether the distinctive features of legal discourse across systems make the definition of LELF inapplicable from a conceptual perspective. This article also offers a reflection on the main concerns which arise regarding the widespread use of English in legal settings, especially in the light of the specificities of different legal systems, legal cultures and communities of practice. Thus, all stakeholders involved should adopt a more reflexive approach in order to go beyond the unproblematic acceptance of LELF across legal settings and to be more aware of the implications and consequences that its usage entails.

When the Medium Was the Mission

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenna Supp-Montgomerie
Keyword(s):  
Communication Networks ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
New Technology ◽  
The United States ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Cultural Significance ◽  
Network Culture ◽  
Public Figures ◽  
The World ◽  
The Many

When the Medium Was the Mission traces the shaping influence of religion—particularly US Protestantism—on network culture through the story of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable of 1858. In the middle of the nineteenth century, this medium was emphatically the mission of Protestant missionaries to “civilize” non-Protestants, public figures who used the telegraph to establish an implicitly Christian national culture, of utopianists who understood this new technology to herald the advent of global and divine accord, and of all the many who passionately believed the cable would connect the world. People acting in the name of religion—from US Protestant missionaries to the Ottoman sultan—spread Samuel Morse’s telegraph machine around the world and linked the telegraph to an emerging discourse of global unity. Christian tropes infused enthusiasm into fantastical public discourse about telegraphs’ capacity to connect, new religious communities in the United States indelibly affiliated networks with promises of perfect harmony, and Protestant-inflected religious affect charged essentially meaningless signals with profound cultural significance. In all of these activities, religion forged imaginaries of networks as connective, so much so that connection now defines networks, despite networks’ regular reliance on disconnection. The book analyzes documentary evidence of US enthusiasm for telegraph infrastructure—including missionary accounts, public speeches, celebratory memorabilia, religious publications, and telegrams—to demonstrate the vital ways religion helped to establish communication networks and produce an abiding sense of what networks are and what they can do.

The Yale Law School Guide to Research in American Legal History

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
John B Nann ◽  
Morris L Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Cultural History ◽  
Social History ◽  
Legal History ◽  
The United States ◽  
Law School ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
The Political ◽  
Legal Authority ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Many

The study of legal history has a broad application that extends well beyond the interests of legal historians. An attorney arguing a case today may need to cite cases that are decades or even centuries old, and historians studying political or cultural history often encounter legal issues that affect their main subjects. Both groups need to understand the laws and legal practices of past eras. Law plays an important part in the political and social history of the United States. As such, researchers interested in almost every aspect of American life will have occasion to use legal materials. The book provides an overview of legal history research, describing the U.S. legal system and legal authority. It is essential reference is intended for the many nonspecialists who need to enter this arcane and often tricky area of research.

The Revival of the Religious Life

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Engelhardt
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Gender Roles ◽  
Religious Life ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Popular Opinion ◽  
Oxford Movement ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Many ◽  
Significant Figures ◽  
Productive Role

This chapter examines one of the most significant achievements of the Oxford Movement, the establishment of vowed religious communities for women. It discusses some of the most significant figures in the history of these sisterhoods and describes the work undertaken by the approximately 10,000 women who belonged to one of the many communities established in the second half of the nineteenth century. Acknowledging that in many ways these communities ratified existing gender roles, this chapter also sees that by standing firm against opposition from bishops and popular opinion, these women and their male supporters contributed to an alternative and productive role for women.

Exploration on the mode of law undergraduate education in the background of judicial examination reform

2021 ◽  
pp. 002072092110052
Author(s):  
Jing-fang Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Undergraduate Education ◽  
Legal Education ◽  
Law Students ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
Legal Knowledge ◽  
Professional Qualification ◽  
Legal Professionals ◽  
Legal Thinking ◽  
Education Model

Judicial examination has existed in our country for many years. For law students, the judicial examination is an important examination of their career. By the end of 2015, the state has put forward the objectives and tasks of improving the national legal professional qualification system. In August 2017, the judicial examination was reformed in the draft of the 8 judicial amendments, such as the Judge Law. This puts forward new requirements for the cultivation of the practical ability of law students. Judicial examination is an important link between law education and legal profession, and has an important influence on the undergraduate education of law. Legal education is an important part of higher education. It is an educational activity with the content of imparting legal knowledge, training legal thinking and cultivating qualified legal professionals. However, the cultivation of legal professionals is not the only goal of law education. Under the background judicial examination reform, it is necessary to explore the legal undergraduate education model, change the concept of legal education and cultivate national application talents.

Singing the Law

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Leman
Keyword(s):  
East Africa ◽  
African Literature ◽  
Global South ◽  
Law And Literature ◽  
Legal Authority ◽  
Cultural Narratives ◽  
East African ◽  
British Colonial ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Many

“Singing the Law” is about the legal lives and afterlives of oral cultures in East Africa, particularly as they appear within the pages of written literatures during the colonial and postcolonial periods. In examining these cultures, I begin with an analysis of the cultural narratives of time and modernity that formed the foundations of British colonial law. Recognizing the contradictory nature of these narratives (i.e., they both promote and retreat from the Euro-centric ideal of temporal progress) enables us to make sense of the many representations of and experiments with non-linear, open-ended, and otherwise experimental temporalities that we find in works of East African literature that take colonial law as a subject or point of critique. Many of these works, furthermore, consciously appropriate orature as an expressive form with legal authority. This affords them the capacity to challenge the narrative foundations of colonial law and its postcolonial residues and offer alternative models of temporality and modernity that give rise, in turn, to alternative forms of legality. East Africa’s “oral jurisprudence” ultimately has implications not only for our understanding of law and literature in colonial and postcolonial contexts, but more broadly for our understanding of how the global south has shaped modern law as we know and experience it today.

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