1st Edition
Constitutional Law, Religion and Equal Liberty The Impact of Desecularization
By Azin Tadjdini
Copyright 2020
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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During the 20th century many countries embarked on a process of constitutional secularization by which the role of religion gradually became limited. Yet, by the late 20th century, and increasingly following the end of the Cold War, this development began to be challenged. This book examines the return of religion in constitutions through the concept of constitutional de-secularization. It places... Read more
Part I Conceptualizing the issue
Chapter 1 Constitutional but not constitutionalism
Chapter 2 Beyond the secular/religious divide
Part II: Constitutional developments and the development of constitutionalism
Chapter 3 The object of constitutions and constitutionalism
Part III The past, the present and the perhaps: Constitutional de-secularization in context
Chapter 4: Political change and constitutional change in Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq
Chapter 5 Freedom of thought, expression and political participation in the Afghan, Iranian and Iraqi constitution
Chapter 6 Conclusions
Biography
Azin Tadjdini is an Associate Human Rights Officer at the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
