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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Main Author: O'Halloran, Kerry 1947- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom New York, NY Port Melbourne New Delhi Singapore Cambridge University Press [2021]
In:Year: 2021
Reviews:[Rezension von: O'Halloran, Kerry, 1947-, State neutrality] (2022) (Hutchison, Harry G.)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Canada / England / France / Germany / Church / State / Religious freedom / Comparative law
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
Online Access: Table of Contents
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"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1108481590