title: Commentary on Skene and Parker: the role of a church (or other ideologically based interest group) in developing the law--a plea for ethereal intervention.
abstract: This paper discusses the provocative views of Skene and Parker as to the role of religious or other ideologically based interest groups in law and policy making. We draw distinctions between doctrine and prejudice and between argument and ideology which we trust take the debate further. Finally we recommend an ethereal, democratic, and populist partial solution.
authors.affiliation: The Institute of Medicine, Law and Bioethics, School of Law, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK. John.M.Harris@man.ac.uk
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Søren
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Holm
mesh_terms: D000029:Abortion, Legal; D002961:Civil Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003709:Democracy; D004989:Ethics; D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence; D011050:Policy Making; D011640:Public Policy; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012380:Role; D006113:United Kingdom
keywords: Analytical Approach; Bioethics and Professional Ethics; Legal Approach; Religious Approach