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Freedom, Liberty, and Conscience
2023Abstract This chapter shows how Stair’s conception of liberty and freedom used in the Institutions of the Law of Scotland can be informed by his theological treatise, Divine Perfections. What emerges is that Stair held a theologically rich conception of liberty, which meant that when prescribed obligations of divine law were exhausted ...
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Rastafarianism and Freedom of Conscience
Journal of African Law, 1995In the case of In Re: Chikweche (Supreme Court of Zimbabwe, 1995, unreported), the applicant, a devout follower of the Rastafari movement, was refused registration as a legal practitioner by a High Court judge. The precise reasons for the refusal were not clear but seemingly the applicant was not considered a “fit and proper person” as required by ...
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The Right to Freedom of Conscience
2020Conscience as a legal concept appeared for the first time in the treaties of Westphalia of 1648, thus terminating the 30 Year’s war in central Europe. In order to avoid further religious wars, the contracting parties accepted the freedom of their subjects to exercise their religion according to their own free conscience (“conscientia libera”).
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Freedom of Conscience, Freedom of Confession, and "Land and Freedom" in the 1860s
Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History, 2012In On Liberty (1859), John Stuart Mill vigorously promoted freedom of conscience as an "indefeasible right." All citizens should be treated as equal under the law, regardless of their religious affiliation or lack of religious affiliation. Under no circumstance should state and society set about determining what constitutes religious truth, or what ...
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Religious freedom and freedom of conscience
2011The focus of this intervention about " religious freedom " and " freedom of conscience " is the way followed by the catholic and the sunni traditions to answer to a modern challenge : is individual liberty an upper principle than common truth ? Both included the higher number of believers in one God, and through the public authorities both have in the ...
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The Outline of Constitutional Regulations on the Freedom of Conscience and Religion in Poland
Religions, 2022Andrzej Bisztyga, Paweł Kuczma
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[Physician and freedom of conscience].
Casopis lekaru ceskych, 2012In the arena of bioethics we can find the ideas trying to deny the right to freedom of conscience to physicians. This is an attack upon morality itself. It is therefore urgent to outline the basic knowledge dealing with conscience and to be aware of the fact that violation of conscience leads to breakdown of conscience.
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