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Author | : András Sajó |
Publisher | : Eleven International Publishing |
Total Pages | : 361 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Censorship |
ISBN | : 9077596216 |
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This book addresses the conflict between free speech and religion. Religious authorities have long tried to "discipline" free speech when it runs counter to religious teachings or dogmas. The reaction to the cartoons about the prophet Muhammad, published in the Danish Jyllands-Posten, demonstrated the resonance of the accusation of blasphemy inside Islam. The conflict is not, however, limited to Islam. The Catholic Church and various Protestant churches have strongly expressed their hostility toward various books, plays, and films that they consider "collective defamation." There is an increasing concern about the need to protect religious sensitivities against offensive speech, in particular where such speech affects vulnerable minorities and collective identities based on religious affiliation. The thought-provoking essays in this book are a welcome contribution to the current debate on how to deal with the clash between free speech and religion in a world where a growing number of people are committed in a fundamental way to religion in everyday life.
Author | : Yvonne Sherwood |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 403 |
Release | : 2012-09-06 |
Genre | : Bibles |
ISBN | : 1107007860 |
Download Biblical Blaspheming Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Explores the persistence of 'blasphemy' in modern secular democracies and examines ways of talking and thinking about the Bible.
Author | : Talal Asad |
Publisher | : Fordham Univ Press |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2013-05-09 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 082325237X |
Download Is Critique Secular? Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This volume interrogates settled ways of thinking about the seemingly interminable conflict between religious and secular values in our world today. What are the assumptions and resources internal to secular conceptions of critique that help or hinder our understanding of one of the most pressing conflicts of our times? Taking as their point of departure the question of whether critique belongs exclusively to forms of liberal democracy that define themselves in opposition to religion, these authors consider the case of the “Danish cartoon controversy” of 2005. They offer accounts of reading, understanding, and critique for offering a way to rethink conventional oppositions between free speech and religious belief, judgment and violence, reason and prejudice, rationality and embodied life. The book, first published in 2009, has been updated for the present edition with a new Preface by the authors.
Author | : Oreste Pollicino |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 2016-01-13 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1317407989 |
Download The Internet and Constitutional Law Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book analyses emerging constitutional principles addressing the regulation of the internet at both the national and the supranational level. These principles have arisen from cases involving the protection of fundamental rights. This is the reason why the book explores the topic thorough the lens of constitutional adjudication, developing an analysis of Courts’ argumentation. The volume examines the gradual consolidation of a "constitutional core" of internet law at the supranational level. It addresses the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the European Union case law, before going on to explore Constitutional or Supreme Courts’ decisions in individual jurisdictions in Europe and the US. The contributions to the volume discuss the possibility of the "constitutionalization" of internet law, calling into question the thesis of the so-called anarchic nature of the internet.
Author | : Peter Hay |
Publisher | : Central European University Press |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2009-01-01 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9789639776463 |
Download Resolving International Conflicts Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Dedicated to Tibor Vrady. Focuses on international private law and international arbitration.
Author | : Jeroen Temperman |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2017-11-16 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1108267998 |
Download Blasphemy and Freedom of Expression Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The tension between blasphemy laws and the freedom of expression in modern times is a key area of debate within legal academia and beyond. With contributions by leading scholars, this volume compares blasphemy laws within a number of Western liberal democracies and debates the legitimacy of these laws in the twenty-first century. Including comprehensive and up-to-date comparative country studies, this book considers the formulation of blasphemy bans, relevant jurisprudential interpretations, the effect on society, and the ensuing convictions and penalties where applicable. It provides a useful historical analysis by discussing the legal-political rationales behind the recent abolition of blasphemy laws in some Western states. Contributors also consider the challenges to the tenability of blasphemy laws in a selection of well-balanced theoretical chapters. This book is essential reading for scholars working within the fields of human rights law, philosophy and sociology of religion, and comparative politics.
Author | : Malcolm Evans |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2015-03-19 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0191509426 |
Download The Changing Nature of Religious Rights under International Law Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, as proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1981, is the only universal human rights instrument specifically focusing on religious intolerance and discrimination. However, recent years have seen increasing controversy surrounding this right, in both political and legal contexts. The European Court of Human Rights has experienced a vast expansion in the number of cases it has had brought before it concerning religious freedom, and politically the boundaries of the right have been much disputed. This book provides a systematic analysis of the different approaches to religious rights which exist in public international law. The book explores how particular institutional perspectives emerge in the context of these differing approaches. It examines, and challenges, these institutional perspectives. It identifies new directions for approaching religious rights through international law by examining existing legal tools, and assesses their achievements and shortcomings. It studies religious organisations' support for international human rights protection, as well as religious critique of international human rights and the development of an alternative religious 'Bills of Rights'. It investigates whether expressions of members belonging to religious minorities can be considered under the minority right to culture, rather than the right to religion, and discusses the benefits and shortcomings of such a route. It analyses the reach and limits of the provisions in the 1981 Declaration, identifies ways in which the right is being eroded as a concept, and suggests new ways in which the right can be reinforced and protected.
Author | : Natan Lerner |
Publisher | : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 2015-01-08 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 900427992X |
Download The UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The universal feeling that discrimination and intolerance based on race. religion or beliefs have to be confronted by the international community led to the adoption, half a century ago, of the international convention to which this book is devoted, one of the most ratified treaties. The book comments on the contents of the Convention and its impact on anti-racist and anti-bias legislation and jurisprudence, as well as its influence on, and applicability to other international texts. In an Introduction to this reprint, the author updates the status of the Convention, summarizes the work of CERD, the implementation body of the Convention, and discusses its relevance to general human rights, particularly the area of religious intolerance, and some difficult issues such as the possible clash with other fundamental freedoms.
Author | : Jeroen Temperman |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 630 |
Release | : 2019-01-04 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9004346902 |
Download The European Court of Human Rights and the Freedom of Religion or Belief Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The European Court of Human Rights and the Freedom of Religion or Belief is the first systematic analyis of the Court's first twenty-five years of jurisprudence on one of the most hotly contested areas of human rights.
Author | : Jianlin Chen |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 249 |
Release | : 2017-10-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107170176 |
Download The Law and Religious Market Theory Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A fresh descriptive and normative perspective on law and religion supported by comparative case studies of Greater China.