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1 online resource |
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Religion and the world's constitutions / W. Cole Durham, Jr. -- God in constitutions and godless constitutions / Ivan C. Iban -- Church and state relations in constitutions / Gerhard Robbers -- Constitutional reception of international law provisions on religious freedom / Jorge Precht -- Religion and the sources of law : sharîah in constitutions / Gianluca Parolin -- Constitutional protections and limits to religious freedom / Johan d. Van der Vyver -- Religion and religions in the Latin American constitutional framework / Carmen Asiain -- The constitutional principle of separation between church and state in Mexico / Pauline Capdevielle -- Constitutional protection of religious and cultural minorities in Sub-Saharan Africa / Kofi Quashigah -- Religious freedom in the constitutions of the Maghreb / Nassima Ferchiche -- Religious institutions and fundamental rights : applicability, interaction and limitations in South Africa / Helena van Coller -- Religion and basic laws in Israel / Natan Lerner -- Religion and equal treatment in the Nepalese Constitution / Kanak Bikram Thapa -- Constitutional, legislative, and regulatory change regarding religion in China / Liu Peng, Brett G. Scharffs, Carl Hollan -- The constitutionalization of freedom of religion in the European Union. what changes is the charter of fundamental rights expected to bring about? / Emma Svensson -- The right to religious liberty in English law / Julian Rivers -- Religious equality in the Spanish constitutional system / Santiago Calamares Arribas -- Freedom of religion and freedom of speech in the French case law : a constitutional dilemma / Alain Garay -- Freedom of religion, freedom of conscience and education "a nordic example " / Pamela Slotte -- Religion and education in the Council of Europe : toward a "soft" constitutionalization of a model of religious teaching? / Rafael Palomino Lozano -- Comparing law's social role in American and Western-European constitutional conflicts over abortion / Ofrit Liviatan -- Secular human rights, and religious pluralism : the British debate / Zachary R. Calo |
| Summary |
What is the place assigned to religion in the constitutions of contemporary States? What role is religion expected to perform in the fields that are the object of constitutional regulation? Is separation of religion and politics a necessary precondition for democracy and the rule of law? These questions are addressed in this book through an analysis of the constitutional texts that are in force in different parts of the world. The final section of the book is devoted to the discussion of the constitutional regulation of some particularly controversial issues, such as religious education, the r |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Freedom of religion.
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Religion and law.
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Constitutional law -- Religious aspects.
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Church and state.
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Religious pluralism.
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church and state.
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LAW -- Civil Rights.
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LAW -- Discrimination.
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Church and state
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Constitutional law -- Religious aspects
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Freedom of religion
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Religion and law
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Religious pluralism
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Durham, W. Cole, Jr., 1948-
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Cianitto, Cristiana
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Thayer, Donlu D
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| ISBN |
9781472416148 |
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1472416147 |
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9781315591650 |
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1315591650 |
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1317107381 |
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9781317107385 |
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1317107373 |
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9781317107378 |
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