Anat Scolnicov

The Right to Religious Freedom in International Law

Between Group Rights and Individual Rights

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book analyses the right to religious freedom within international law. Analysing legal structures in a variety of both Western and non-Western jurisdictions, the book sets out a topography of the different constitutional structures of religion within the state and their compliance with international human rights law. The book also considers the position of women's religious freedom vis a vis community claims of religious freedom. Taking a rigorous approach to the right, 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 argues for an individualistic interpretation of this right.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Research in Human Rights Law
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 436g
• ISBN-13: 9780415813488
• ISBN-10: 0415813484
• Artikelnr.: 36264799

Autorenporträt

Anat Scolnicov is the Director of studies and a College Lecturer in Law at Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Existing Protection of Religious Freedom in International Law 2. Why is
there a Right to Freedom of Religion? 3. The Legal Status of Religion in
the State 4. Women and Religious Freedom 5. Children, Education and
Religious Freedom 6. Religious Freedom as a Right of Free Speech 7.
Conclusion