Reforming England's blasphemy law to protect the individual

Using a framework of legal analysis proposed by Robert Post, this article examines the novel possibility of a reform in England's current criminal law of blasphemy. As previous attempts to include faiths other than Christianity faltered politically and theoretically, the article proposes a refo...

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Published in:Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Main Author: Brown, Kevin Smullin (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2003
In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Further subjects:B Religious freedom
B Menschenrechte
B Great Britain / England
B Laws
B Gesetze
B Human Rights
B Religious Freedom
B human rights violations
B Menschenrechtsverletzungen
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