{"product_id":"the-courts-and-the-colonies-alvin-j-esau-9780774811170","title":"The Courts and the Colonies: The Litigation of Hutterite Church Disputes","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Courts and the Colonies\u003c\/i\u003e 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alvin J. Esau\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 077481117X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780774811170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of British Columbia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.10w x 1.30d","brand":"Alvin J. Esau","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44075832180991,"sku":"9780774811170","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ec420aab-9ed3-4d70-a0ea-4f91d2fdbef6.jpg?v=1685461701","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-courts-and-the-colonies-alvin-j-esau-9780774811170","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}