Living Oracles

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Living Oracles is written by Nathan B. Oman and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0197825818 (ISBN 10) and 9780197825815 (ISBN 13).

"This book explores the Latter-day Saint legal tradition. It begins by locating Latter-day Saint discourse within the landscape of contemporary legal theory. Part one analyses divine law in Latter-day Saint theology, the place of natural law in Latter-day Saint thought, the concept of legal obligation, and concepts of freedom and equality in the Latter-day Saint tradition, including the fraught relationship of Mormonism with race. While part one addresses abstract legal concepts with a focus on the relationship to debates in the philosophy of law, it is throughout informed by a sophisticated engagement with Mormon history and theology. The second part of the book examines Latter-day Saint legal experience. It first turns to how Mormonism navigated American's so-called first disestablishment in the 19th century. It next provides an account of the rise and fall of the Latter-day Saint judiciary"-- Provided by publisher.