Religious Freedom and International Law;
Europe and Religious Freedom;
Religious Freedom in Canada: the analysis of a different model;
Religious Freedom within religious groups: a specific perspective.
NON ATTENDING students:
NORMAN DOE
LAW AND RELIGION IN EUROPE
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2011
And:
European Court of Human Rights, Case of S.A.S v. France, 2014
(Judgment is available on www.echr.coe.int);
Supreme Court of Canada, Case Multani v. Commission scolaire Marguerite Bourgeoys, 2006
(Judgment is available on www.scc-csc.ca).
ATTENDING students:
Didactic materials will be handed out during the lectures and will be put on the Moodle Platform.
Learning Objectives
The course focuses on religious freedom from various angles:
from the point of view of the State (religious freedom will be studied from the European context. The course will then focus on the Canadian context regarding religious freedom);
from the point of view of individual religious confessions.
Prerequisites
Basic information on Public Law and International Law.
Teaching Methods
Lectures in class with seminars agreed with the students who attend the course.
Further information
In order to attend the course students shall subscribe to the Moodle Platform by the first week of lessons. The attendance of the registered students will be verified by the signatures. Students enrolled in the course are required to notify the teacher before the beginning of each lesson if they are absent writing an e-mail with the subject: "Justification". A maximum of 3 justifications will be allowed.
Type of Assessment
ATTENDING students:
Oral exam.
The exam is composed of two parts:
(I) a presentation of a case choosen by the student and agreed with the professor;
(II) a question from the course programme.
NON ATTENDING students:
Written exam.
The exam is composed of two questions, the first one on the book and the second on the cases indicated.
ATTENDING and NON ATTENDING students:
To pass the exam it’s necessary to be able to discuss the didactic materials; to be able to critical analyze the texts; to argue with specific law language.
Course program
Religious Freedom and International Law.
Europe and religious freedom:
- Decisions and judgments of European Court of Human Rights concerning art. 9 of Cedu: from the protection (only) of individual religious freedom to the protection (also) of religious freedom for religious groups;
- The European Union and religion: the “open, transparent and regular dialogue” between the European Union and churches, religious associations, communities ex art. 17 Tfue.
Religious freedom in Canada: the analysis of a different model and the multiculturalism challenges.
Religious freedom within religious groups: a specific perspective.