State neutrality: the sacred, the secular and equality law
"considers the similarities and differences in the relationship between Church and State, on a range of contemporary matters, in six countries. These - the Part II jurisdictions - are chosen on the basis of the contrasts they offer: the US and Canada, built on the contribution of immigrants but...
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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom New York, NY Port Melbourne New Delhi Singapore
Cambridge University Press
[2021]
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In: | Year: 2021 |
Reviews: | [Rezension von: O'Halloran, Kerry, 1947-, State neutrality] (2022) (Hutchison, Harry G.)
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Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Canada
/ England
/ France
/ Germany
/ Church
/ State
/ Religious freedom
/ Comparative law
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Further subjects: | B
Laicism
B Equality before the law B Religion and state B Freedom Of Religion B Church and state B Ecclesiastical Law B Secularism |
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Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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Summary: | "considers the similarities and differences in the relationship between Church and State, on a range of contemporary matters, in six countries. These - the Part II jurisdictions - are chosen on the basis of the contrasts they offer: the US and Canada, built on the contribution of immigrants but with sizeable indigenous populations, have distinctively different constitutional interpretations of that relationship; England and Wales and its five centuries of an 'established Church'; France where laïcité resolutely dictates the place of religion; Germany which struggles to overcome its Nazi past and re-integrate its eastern Communist citizens; and the outlier, Israel "a Jewish State for a Jewish people", established and maintained to provide a distinctly non-neutral protection to a specific religion and one where Judaism and the State are, seemingly, moving ever closer to a theocratic relationship. All six jurisdictions are modern democracies and all are signatory nations to international treaties that require States to adopt a neutral approach to religion"-- |
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Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
ISBN: | 1108481590 |