ISBN:
075463048X
,
0754630471
Language:
English
Pages:
VIII, 160 S
Series Statement:
Ashgate religion, culture & society series
DDC:
342.0852
Keywords:
Religion and law
;
Church and state
;
Recht
;
Religion
;
Verhältnis Staat-Kirche
;
Verfassungsrecht
;
Religionsfreiheit
;
Menschenrechte
;
Völkerrecht
;
Register
;
Literaturverzeichnis/Bibliographie
;
law
;
religion
;
church-state relations
;
constitutional law
;
religious freedom
;
human rights
;
international law
;
index
;
bibliography
;
Englisches Sprachgebiet
;
Kirche
;
Recht
;
Religion
;
Staat
Description / Table of Contents:
Thinking about law, thinking about religion -- Introducing law and religion -- Why is law important for religion? -- Why is religion important for law? -- What is law? -- The constitution -- Legislation -- Decisions of the superior courts -- Academic commentary and other secondary sources -- Soft law and law in practice -- What is religion? -- Approaching the literature -- Methodology -- Territorial scope -- Topic -- Readership -- Religious interests in international and domestic laws -- The idea of religious interests -- A taxonomy of religious interests -- Religious interests in international law -- International law -- The work of the United Nations -- Regional human rights documents : the ECHR -- Other regional human rights documents -- The limitations of international law -- Religious interests in generally applicable domestic guarantees -- The role of generally applicable guarantees of rights in constitutions -- United Kingdom -- New Zealand -- The United States -- Canada -- Australia -- South Africa -- Are generally applicable religious guarantees useful? -- The state and the individual -- The nature of the problems -- Disobeying generally applicable prohibitions -- Religious drug use in the US, England, and South Africa -- Refusing a positive duty to act -- Conscientious objection to military service under the ECHR -- Conscientious objection to taxation in the US -- Seeking protection for religious difference : improper proselytism under the European Convention on Human Rights -- The state and the religious organisation -- The nature of the problems -- Organisational involvement in the domestic constitution and international organisations -- Religious representation in the UK -- Organisational involvement in the international arena -- State involvement in the organisation : registration and recognition in Russia -- Organisational involvement in state initiatives : religious charities in the UK -- Claims against religious organizations
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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