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Religion in the Public Sphere : a Comparative Analysis of German, Israeli, American and International Law

Whether, and how, these church-and-state aspects vary within divergent modern state contexts – and how they transnationally evolve – is also discussed.
Print Book, English, cop. 2007
Springer, Berlin, cop. 2007
XVI, 467 p. ; 24 cm.
9783540733553, 3540733558
912420536
A Socio-Historical Perspective.- Religion and Public Order in Modern Nation-States: Institutional Varieties and Contemporary Transformations.- Models of Church-State Relations and Their Impact on Freedom of Religion.- On the Relationship between Structural Norms and Constitutional Rights in Church-State-Relations.- The Model of State and Church Relations and Its Impact on the Protection of Freedom of Conscience and Religion: A Comparative Analysis and a Case Study of Israel.- German, Comparative and International Law Perspectives.- From the Acceptance of Interdenominational Christian Schools to the Inadmissibility of Christian Crosses in the Public Schools.- The Headscarf of a Muslim Teacher in German Public Schools.- Religious Garments in Public Schools in Separation Systems: France and the United States of America.- Religion and Religious Symbols in European and International Law.- Perspectives from Israeli Law.- Claiming Equal Religious Personhood: Women of the Wall’s Constitutional Saga.- Does the Establishment of Religion Justify Regulating Religious Activities? — The Israeli Experience.- The “Other” Religion and State Conflict in Israel: On the Nature of Religious Accommodations for the Palestinian-Arab Minority.- Days of Worship and Days of Rest: A View from Israel.- Human Rights and Religious Duties: Informed Consent to Medical Treatment under Jewish Law.- The American Point of View.- Neutrality Between Church and State: Mission Impossible?.- A Comment on Mark Weiner’s “Neutrality Between Church and State: Mission Impossible”.
En la anteport.: Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht