Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Controversial religious groups and the legal system -- Courts, crusaders, and the media : the family international / Claire Borowik -- Scientology in Italy : Plagio and the twenty year legal saga / Massimo Introvigne -- The Order of the Solar Temple : from apocalypse to court / Jean-Francois Mayer -- Part II. Specific legal cases involving minority eligious groups -- The Mohan Singh case : what price confidentiality? / Philip Katz QC -- The resurrection of religion in the U.S. : the "sacred tea" cases, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and the war on drugs / James T. Richardson and Jennifer Shoemaker -- Religion or sedition? : the domestic terrorism trial of the Hutaree, a Michigan-based Christian militia / Susan J. Palmer -- The Dang case : when Chakras opening leads to a Belgian criminal court / Henri de Cordes.

Part III. Legal issues raised by cases involving minority faiths -- How to know the truth : accommodating religious belief in the law of libel / Alistair Mullis and Andrew Scott -- Religious libel : are the courts the right place for faith disputes? / Hardeep Singh -- The European Court of Human Rights, minority religions, and new versus original member states / Valerie Lykes and James T. Richardson -- Part IV. Minority religious groups in court : experimental evidence -- Cults in court : jury decision-making and new religious movements / Jeffrey Pfeifer -- Parents' use of faith healing for their children implications for the legal system and measuring community sentiment / Monica Miller -- Muslims in the courtroom : legal issues and empirical research / Evelyn Maeder and Jeffrey Pfeifer.