Religious Freedom and Freedom of Expression in Spain

This article deals with the conflicts produced in the Spanish legal system between the exercise of religious freedom and freedom of expression, focusing on those cases in which certain expressions have been considered offensive to religious feelings and on those where the religious discourse has bee...

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Main Author: Arribas, Santiago Cañamares (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill, Nijhoff 2014
In: Religion and human rights
Year: 2014, Volume: 9, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 209-225
Further subjects:B Religious Expression religious freedom protection Spanish case law criminal law
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Summary:This article deals with the conflicts produced in the Spanish legal system between the exercise of religious freedom and freedom of expression, focusing on those cases in which certain expressions have been considered offensive to religious feelings and on those where the religious discourse has been considered contrary to public order. The Spanish case-law shows the difficulties in protecting the religious feelings by means of criminal law.
ISSN:1871-0328
Contains:In: Religion and human rights
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18710328-12341268