The Right to Religious Freedom in International Law: Between Group Rights and Individual Rights (Routledge Research In Human Rights Law Ser. #2)

Synopsis

This book analyses the right to religious freedom in international law, drawing on an array of national and international cases. Taking a rigorous approach to the right to religious freedom, Anat Scolnicov argues that the interpretation and application of religious freedom must be understood as a conflict between individual and group claims of rights, and that although some states, based on their respective histories, religions, and cultures, protect the group over the individual, only an individualistic approach of international law is a coherent way of protecting religious freedom. Analysing legal structures in a variety of both Western and Non-Western jurisdictions, the book sets out a topography of different constitutional structures of religions within states and evaluates their compliance with international human rights law. The book also considers the position of women's religious freedom vis-à-vis community claims of religious freedom, of children’s right to religious freedom and of the rights of dissenters within religious groups.

Copyright:

2011

Book Details

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Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781136907050

Related ISBNs:

9780203842638, 9780415481144, 9780415813488, 9780415481144, 9780415813488

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

03/09/20

Copyrighted By:

Anat Scolnicov

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Philosophy, Politics and Government

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