1st Edition

Business, Religion and the Law Church and Business Autonomy in The Secular Economy

By Matteo Corsalini Copyright 2023
222 Pages
by Routledge

222 Pages
by Routledge

222 Pages
by Routledge

This book investigates the intersection between business and religion from a legal perspective. Taking a fresh look at some of the most compelling literature in law and religion, it proposes a rethinking of what scholars on both sides of the Atlantic have dubbed “church autonomy” or, more recently, “corporate religious freedom”. The volume explores how, in the wake of a decade of US Supreme... Read more

Table of cases

Table of international instruments

Preface

Introduction

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Methodology

Structure

Reference list

PART 1

Church autonomy

1 Framework

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United Nations

European institutions

The European Union

Conclusion

Reference list

2 Employment

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The European Court of Human Rights

The United States Supreme Court

The Court of Justice of the European Union

Conclusion

Reference list

PART II

Business autonomy

3 Neutrality-based companies

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The Court of Justice of the European Union Sequel: in the aftermath of Achbita v. G4S Secure Solutions

Conclusion

Reference list

4 Faith-based companies

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The United States Supreme Court

Sequel: in the aftermath of Burwell v Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

The European Commission and Court of Human Rights

The European Court of Human Rights

Conclusion

Reference list

Concluding remarks

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Findings

Looking forward (to being in good “company”)

Reference list

Index

Biography

Matteo Corsalini is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Padua— School of Law, Italy.

"Religious organisations and the business sector are increasingly intertwined as the global economy is moving beyond its modern secular concept. This informative and challenging book provides a groundbreaking account from which scholars, actors and general leadership have a lot to learn for the sake of their knowledge and strategies."

Professor Marco Ventura, University of Siena, Italy