1st Edition
Fundamental Rights, Religion and Human Dignity A Constitutional Journey
Introduction: Contemporary Debates on Human Dignity and the Implications for Freedom of Religion — A Provisional Exploration
Javier Martínez-Torrón and Li-ann Thio
Part I: Human Dignity, Religion, and Constitutionalism: A Necessary Dialogue
Chapter 1: Human Dignity and Common Good Constitutionalism
Leonard Francis Taylor
Chapter 2: Common Good Constitutionalism and Religious Freedom
Hans-Martien ten Napel
Chapter 3: Law, Reconciliation, and Human Dignity: Religious Diversity and Managing Religious Harmony in Singapore
Li-ann Thio
Chapter 4: On the Importance of the Distinction Between Human Dignity and Honour in the Inter-Cultural Debate
Lara Scaglia
Chapter 5: Is there a Central-European Approach to Human Dignity?
Piotr Szymaniec
Part II: Freedom of Religion or Belief and Other Fundamental Rights
Chapter 6: Building Bridges between Freedom of Religion and Belief and Other Fundamental Human Rights
Brett G. Scharffs
Chapter 7: Hate Speech, Offences to Religion and Public Morals in Strasbourg Case Law
Javier Martínez-Torrón
Chapter 8: State Neutrality, Religion, and Academic Freedom
François Venter
Chapter 9: Gender Equality and Religious Freedom in the Healthcare Context. Some Conflicts Involving Faith-Based Entities in United States’ Law
Santiago Cañamares Arribas
Biography
Javier Martínez-Torrón is Professor of Law at Complutense University (Madrid), Vice-President of the Section of Canon Law and Church-State Relations of the Spanish Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation, Titular Member of the International Academy of Comparative Law, and Honorary Foreign Member of the National Academy of Law and Social Sciences of Cordoba, Argentina. He is also President of the International Consortium on Law and Religion Studies (ICLARS).
Li-ann Thio is Provost Chair Professor of Law at the National University of Singapore. She was a Nominated Member of the Singapore Parliament (2007-2009), and a member of the ICLARS Steering Committee from 2022. She teaches and has published widely in the fields of constitutional and administrative law, law and religion, human rights in Asia and public international law. She was formerly Chief Editor, Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, General Editor, Asian Yearbook of International Law and is currently Co-Series Editor of the Hart Constitutionalism in Asia series.
