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Relational Autonomy and Religious Tribunals [PDF]

open access: yesOxford Journal of Law and Religion, 2017
Academic writing on the place and status of religious tribunals in western societies has focused upon the ‘minorities within minorities’ debate: the extent to which States should intervene to ensure that the citizenship rights of female group members are protected and that religious tribunals do not discriminate on grounds of sex. In a number of recent
Sandberg, Russell, Thompson, Sharon
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Religious Establishment and Autonomy [PDF]

open access: yesConstitutional Commentary, 2008
Kent Greenawalt claims that one rationale for nonestablishment of religion is personal autonomy. If, however, the law is barred from manipulating people in religious directions (and thus violating their autonomy), while it remains free to manipulate them in nonreligious directions (and thus violate their autonomy in exactly the same way), autonomy as ...
Koppelman, Andrew
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The Autonomy Rationale for Religious Freedom [PDF]

open access: yesThe Modern Law Review, 2017
Courts and scholars across jurisdictions increasingly identify personal autonomy as the primary rationale for the right to religious freedom. But there are tensions between autonomy on one hand, and religious belief, practice and proselytism on the other.
Farrah Ahmed, Ahmed, F
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The Argument for a Narrow Conception of ‘Religious Autonomy’ [PDF]

open access: yesOxford Journal of Law and Religion, 2015
Based on two recent cases at ECHR (Fernández and Syndicatul) and an american supreme court case (Hosana-Tabor) this article contributes to a special issue of OJLR on Ministerial exemption. The article is in favor of collective freedom of religion but warns against an extensive interpretation of religious autonomy and on re-introducing religious law as ...
Christoffersen, Lisbet
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Sexual Orientation Discrimination and Autonomy of Religious Groups in the Inter-American Case Law [PDF]

open access: yesAge of Human Rights Journal, 2023
Religious freedom encompasses the right of religious groups to define the tenets of their faith andto organise themselves according to these tenets, without arbitrary State interference. However, the limitsof religious groups’ autonomy are controversial,
Fernando Arlettaz
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English Schools with a Religious Ethos: For a Re-Interpretation of Religious Autonomy [PDF]

open access: yesReligion & Human Rights, 2017
Abstract Rooted in a principle of non-interference in matters of religious beliefs, supported by an ideology of parental school choice, faith state schools in England have enjoyed a large discretion to promote their religious ethos. Recent judicial and legislative interventions into the affairs of religious schools may be criticized as they betray ...
Myriam Hunter-Henin, Hunter-Henin, M
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Religious autonomy and the personal law system

open access: yes, 2012
This thesis examines the Indian system of personal laws (‘the PLS’), under which the state applies a version of religious doctrine to the family matters of citizens whom it identifies as belonging to different religious groups. There has been a lengthy and persistent debate over the PLS, particularly in relation to its discriminatory effects upon women.
Ahmed, Farrah   +3 more
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How Well Do Religious Exemptions Apply to Mandates for COVID-19 Vaccines?

open access: yesReligions, 2023
In the United States, religious exemptions to health-driven mandates enjoy, and should enjoy, protected status in medical ethics and healthcare law. Religious exemptions are defined as seriously professed exceptions to state or federal laws, which appeal
Andrew Flescher
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Old Believers Church in Lithuania (1918–1926): The Restoration and Recognition of Parishes, the Legitimation of the Church, and the Problems of Autonomy

open access: yesLietuvos Istorijos Studijos, 2020
The purpose of this article is to research in more detail the restoration of the Old Believers parishes and their recognition during the interwar Lithuania (excluding Vilnius region) from 1918 to 1923, as well as to analyse the legalization of the Old ...
Grigorijus Potašenko
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Desentralisasi Pendidikan Madrasah Melalui Otonomi Daerah Di Indonesia

open access: yesUlumuddin, 2022
Regional autonomy policies in Indonesia have penetrated the world of primary and secondary education, including madrasas. As an education with religious characteristics, its impact has significance compared to equivalent general educational institutions.
Masyithoh Aini
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