1st Edition

Human Dignity, Religion and the Law Pluralism and Reasonable Accommodation of Religious Practices

Edited By Mark Hill KC, María-José Valero-Estarellas Copyright 2025
198 Pages
by Routledge

198 Pages
by Routledge

198 Pages
by Routledge

The concept of human dignity is already embedded in the constitutional architecture of the European Union and throughout the world, but it remains a slippery and elusive concept. In this volume, leading commentators from across the globe address the shift from the monolithic influence of major world religions in the past towards religious pluralism coupled with the increased secularism of civil... Read more

Chapter 1

Human Dignity, Religious Pluralism and Reasonable Accommodation: An Introductory Overview

Mark Hill KC

Chapter 2

A Secular Liberal Defence of Freedom of Religion: The Case for a Duty of Reasonable Accommodation

András Sajó and Renáta Uitz

Chapter 3

Conscientious Objection to Unconstitutional Duties: A Conceptual Trap

Fernando Simón Yarza

Chapter 4

Legal Pluralism in German Scholarship: Its Application for Religious Freedom

Burkhard J. Berkmann

Chapter 5

Reforming Weddings Law in England and Wales

Frank Cranmer

Chapter 6

Challenging the Right to Change Religion or Belief: Interpreting Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Mirjam van Schaik and Jasper Doomen

Chapter 7

Leaving or Changing religion in the European Union Law: The impact of European Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Fabio Balsamo

Chapter 8

State Law or Religious Precepts: The Right to Asylum

Stefano Testa Bappenheim

Chapter 9

Refugee Law, Atheism and Religious Persecution

Silvia Baldassarre

Chapter 10

The Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine, the Russian Orthodox Church and Catholic Proselytism

Marianna Napolitano

Biography

Mark Hill KC practises at the Bar in London and is Global Professor of Law and Distinguished Fellow at the University of Notre Dame London Law Programme.

María-José Valero-Estarellas is Vice-Chancellor of Research and Innovation and Associate Professor of Law at Universidad Internacional Villanueva in Madrid.