The right to religious freedom in international law : between group rights and individual rights / Anat Scolnicov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scolnicov, Anat.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freedom of religion.

Freedom of religion (International law).

Human rights.

Women--Legal status, laws, etc.

Women.

Children--Legal status, laws, etc.

Children.

Freedom of speech.

Physical Description:

xxxi, 246 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2011.

Summary:

This book analyses the right to religious freedom in international law, drawing on an array of national and international cases. Taking a rigorous approach to the right to religious freedom, Anat Scolnicov argues that the interpretation and application of religious freedom must be understood as a conflict between individual and group claims of rights, and that although some states, based on their respective histories, religions, and cultures, protect the group over the individual, only an individualistic approach of international law is a coherent way of protecting religious freedom. Analysing legal structures in a variety of both Western and Non-Western jurisdictions, the book sets out a topography of different constitutional structures of religions within states and evaluates their compliance with international human rights law. The book also considers the position of women's religious freedom vis-à-viscommunity claims of religious freedom, of children's right to religious freedom and of the rights of dissenters within religious groups. s right to religious freedom and of the rights of dissenters within religious groups.

Contents:

Existing protection of religious freedom in international law

Why is there a right to freedom of religion

The legal status of religion in the state

Women and religious freedom

Children, education, and religious freedom

Religious freedom as a right of free speech.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415481144

0415481147

9780203842638

0203842634

OCLC:

564132893