Researching a Legal Topic

This encyclopedia is a good place to start if you want background information on a legal issue. It includes some discussion of and references to important cases and laws.

The Encyclopedia of Law and Religion covers all independent nations and jurisdictions as well as the major international organizations, treating the relation between law and religion in its various aspects, including those related to the role of religion in society, the relations between religion and state institutions, freedom of religion, legal aspects of religious traditions, the interaction between law and religion, and other issues at the junction of law, religion, and state.