CanadaPhil Lord conducts research at McGill University’s Faculty of Law. His work focuses on law and religion, public law, and behavioral economics. He has authored more than a dozen academic articles and contributes regularly to interdisciplinary conversations about legal theory and social systems
This article analyses Scientology’s billion-year contract, examining the Sea Organisation and showing how the contract functions as a constitutive mechanism that binds members through ideology, power, and enduring commitment.
