Religion and law are related. Religion and Law were not separate and distinct in old times, and the development of Law as a secular concept still, to this day, has conflicts with literal adherents to religious ideology.
In the history of modern case law, letter of the law interpretation, as they relate to spirit of the law interpretations form much of the basis for which cases are contended. Much More here...
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