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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Freedom of religion."”.
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Freedom of Religion and the headscarf: a perspective from international and comparative constitutional Law
… ban on wearing a headscarf breaches the right to freedom of religion, as such right is universally understood. It describes the ambit of the right to freedom of religion by examining the theoretical justification and importance of the right and thereafter analysing how the right is recognised in …
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Investigating the conflict between freedom of religion and Freedom of expression under the South African constitution
… the anti-Muslim clip posted on YouTube as forms of expression, ridiculed the religious beliefs and practices of Muslims which in turn affected the exercise of religious freedom as it violated the dignity of the bearers of the right to freedom of religion and therefore a conflict between the right …
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System And Hierarchy Of Human Rights: Collision Between Freedom Of Religion And Other Human Rights In The Inter-American System [before doctoral defense]
… and interrelated, the practical resolution of rights conflicts inevitably reveals implicit hierarchies within normative systems. The philosophical foundation for understanding these hierarchies can be traced from Fichte’s transcendental framework and Kant’s moral autonomy through Hegel’s …
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The interchange of State and Religion Relationship, and the Corresponding Impact on Conforming with Freedom of Religion under the United Nations’ Jurisprudence: A Comparison between the French, the United States, and the Saudi Arabian legal systems.
<p>This dissertation compares freedom of religion in France, the United States, and Saudi Arabia to the United Nations’ jurisprudence. It studies the question of how the relationship between state and religion in these three countries influences how their policies towards freedom of religion …
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Religion and public broadcasting in South Africa
The advent of democracy in South Africa ushered in a new paradigm for freedom of religion and freedom of expression. Public broadcasting in general and the South African Broadcasting Corporation in particular constituted critical sites where the material possibilities and impossibilities of these …
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Examining the role of the legislature and judiciary in the context of Traditional and Religious Personal and Family Systems in South Africa
… play in protecting the rights to culture and freedom of religion in the context of traditional and personal law systems. The argument is that they have not. The paper first focuses on the historical context in which the right to culture and freedom of religion arose. The majority African, …
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Sacred sites and international law : a case study of the Ayodhya dispute
… a vital component in manifesting the right to freedom of religion. They also function as identity icons for the religious communities in a multi-religious state like India. Protecting them therefore, from aggression, or demolition by states and non-state actors is fundamental to guaranteeing …
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Muhammad as Representative Form: A Visual Rhetorical Analysis of the Danish Cartoon Controversy
… media. Working from Edwards and Winkler’s theory of the representative form, I argue that the central Muhammad character in the cartoons functions ideographically, creating an ideological interpretation of Islam that invites public debate over its tenets. Using Olson and Goodnight’s work on social …
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THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AS A TOOL OF PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUAL LABOUR RIGHTS
… referred to in the human rights jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The research in this paper is based on the analysis of 334 cases, considered by the Strasburg bodies in the last 43 years (from 1963 until September 2015). In particular the paper investigates the …
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The Justification and Limits of Liberty of Conscience
… to Thomas Jefferson, the ‘constitutional freedom of religion’ is ‘the most inalienable and sacred of all human rights’. But the potentially expansive scope of religious convictions risks making the exercise of that human right controversial. That is because the right is usually taken to …
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Constructing conscience: freedom and self-governance in colonial New England
… democracies, couches itself in the protection of the free individual, one who possesses both “beliefs” and the unalienable right to those “beliefs.” The “freedom of religion” guaranteed to U.S. citizens in the Establishment and Free Exercise clauses of the First Amendment prioritizes this …
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Religion and International Society - Approaches to Including Religion in the International Relations Research Agenda
Religion can unite and divide, it can lead to a strengthening or a weakening of identity and legitimacy. Religion can stoke conflicts but it can also pacify them – within societies and in international politics. Religion endures and it can exist independently of states, it can constitute them, and …
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Sending out Your Soul: An Entheogenic Forum Community Explored through Language
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the discourse of an online forum community centered on an entheogenic medicine called ayahuasca. Ayahuasca is an indigenous brew made out of two hallucinogenic plants used by shaman of the upper Amazon regions of South America to send their souls to the …
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Tribunals, Trials, and Tribulations: The Impact of Administrative Law on Religious Freedom in the Supreme Court of Canada
Since the introduction of the Charter in 1982, the interactions between law and politics have become an increasingly important consideration in Canadian political science. The literature has focused primarily on how the Charter has expanded the Supreme Court’s authority to shape the development of …
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An analysis of the laws affecting North Carolina public school teachers
This study has provided an up-to-date source of information for North Carolina public school teachers to help them understand the sources of school law, the legal basis for education, the system of state and federal courts, and their rights and responsibilities. Appropriate federal and state …
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Reforming Hudud ordinances to reconcile Islamic criminal law with international human rights law
… Saudi Arabia, for example, follow the doctrines of the four main Sunni schools of jurisprudence and enforce hudud ordinances, thereby violating some of the core international human rights law instruments to which they are State Parties. Orthodox Muslims generally defend the hudud ordinances, …
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The implications of judicial non-intervention in religious matters: a South African human rights law perspective A
… advocacy on the need to ensure strict protection of human rights, specifically with reference to religious freedom, equality, and freedom of association. The core issue in this case was the accepted forms of intimate relationships allowed within the church in relation to the leadership roles the …
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A Burl on the Living Tree: Freedom of Conscience in Section 2(a) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
… grants to everyone, in s.2(a), the “fundamental …freedom of conscience and religion.” Yet the interaction between the two operative terms, “religion” and “conscience” remains largely unexplored. What, for example, is meant by “conscience”? By conscience in contradistinction to religion? Does s. …
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Stakeholder views of educational governance after a change in ownership of independent schools
Independent schools became part of South Africa in 1994. The new educational system contributed to the freedom of the choice of language medium of education as well as the freedom of religion in education. In the last 10 years, many independent schools have become part of corporate companies which …
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Religious institutions and associational freedom in U.S. Supreme Court jurisprudence.
… explores the nature, source and scope of the rights of religious institutions in the American legal tradition. I analyze the Supreme Court's treatment not only of houses of worship, but of religious non-profits, schools, businesses, and student groups at public universities as well. I …
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