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This essay examines the meaning of freedom of conscience and religion in s. 2 (a) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Set within a polyvocal cultural heuristic, the essay uses the voices of dramatists, historians, judges, legal theorists and ordinary people to illustrate and document the development and evolution of the meaning of conscience. In particular, the essay focuses on whether freedom of conscience and religion is one integrated right or whether the notions of conscience and religion are separable, such that it is possible to argue a non-religious, secular claim to conscience on constitutional grounds.…mehr

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This essay examines the meaning of freedom of conscience and religion in s. 2 (a) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Set within a polyvocal cultural heuristic, the essay uses the voices of dramatists, historians, judges, legal theorists and ordinary people to illustrate and document the development and evolution of the meaning of conscience. In particular, the essay focuses on whether freedom of conscience and religion is one integrated right or whether the notions of conscience and religion are separable, such that it is possible to argue a non-religious, secular claim to conscience on constitutional grounds.
Autorenporträt
Michael Manley-Casimir es profesor de educación en la Universidad de Brock. Interesado desde hace tiempo en el derecho y la política, en mayo de 2004 realizó un máster en Derecho por la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Columbia Británica, en el que investigó el significado de la "libertad de conciencia" en la Carta de Derechos y Libertades de Canadá, tema de este libro.