The courts and the colonies : the litigation of Hutterite Church disputes
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The courts and the colonies : the litigation of Hutterite Church disputes
(Law and society series)
UBC Press, c2004
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description
The Courts and the Colonies offers a detailed account of a protracted dispute arising within a Hutterite colony in Manitoba, when the Schmiedeleut leaders attempted to force the departure of a group that had been excommunicated but would not leave. This resulted in about a dozen lawsuits in both Canada and the United States between various Hutterite factions and colonies, and placed the issues of shunning, excommunication, legitimacy of leadership, and communal property rights before the secular courts. What is the story behind this extraordinary development in Hutterite history? How did the courts respond, and how did that outside (state) law relate to the traditional inside law of the Hutterites?
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One: Background
1 The Hutterites
2 The Bruderhof
Part Two: The Inside Law on Going to Outside Law: Hutterite Litigation before the Lakeside
Case 3. The Inside Law against Going to Outside Law
4 Hutterite Litigation before Lakeside
Part Three: The Lakeside Litigation: Round One
5 Daniel Hofer, Hog Feeders and Excommunication
6 Going to Court
7 Lakeside under Appeal
Part Four: The Schism in the Schmiedeleut and Lakeside Litigation: Round Two
8 Lakeside and the Schism within the Schmiedeleut
9 Litigating Again at Lakeside
Part Five: Litigating, Leaving, and Sometimes Dividing: Lakeside and Other Schmiedeleut Schisms
10 Litigating at Rock Lake, Huron, Cypress, Sprucewood, Poinsett, and Leaving Lakeside
11 Agreeing to Divide Assets, Further Schism, and Yet More Litigation
Part Six: Concluding Reflections: The Interaction between Outside Law and Inside Law
12 Concluding Reflections: Models of Inside Law and Outside Law Interaction
Appendix: Male Genealogy of Lakeside Families
Notes
Index
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