1st Edition
The European Court of Human Rights and Minority Religions Messages Generated and Messages Received
Introduction: The European Court of Human Rights and minority religions: messages generated and messages received Effie Fokas and James T. Richardson I. ECtHR and case law: clarity, consistency and controversy 1. The principled slope: religious freedom and the European Court of Human Rights Melanie Adrian 2. The freedom to wear religious clothing in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights: an appraisal in the light of states’ positive obligations Marcella Ferri 3. Human rights and religions: ‘living together’ or dying apart? A critical assessment of the dissenting opinion in S.A.S. v. France and the notion of ‘living together’ Christos Tsevas 4. Militant or pluralist secularism? The European Court of Human Rights facing religious diversity Roberta Medda-Windischer 5. Update on Jehovah’s Witness cases before the European Court of Human Rights: implications of a surprising partnership James T. Richardson 6. Trying Islam: Muslims before the European Court of Human Rights Turan Kayaoglu 7. A rights-based discourse to contest the boundaries of state secularism? The case of the headscarf bans in France and Turkey Amelie Barras II. The ECtHR at grassroots level 8. The European Court of Human Rights at the grassroots level: who knows what about religion at the ECtHR and to what effects? Effie Fokas 9. The ‘filtering effects’ of ECtHR case law on religious freedoms: legal recognition and places of worship for religious minorities in Greece Margarita Markoviti 10. ‘Genuine’ religions and their arena of legitimation in Italy – the role of the ECtHR Alberta Giorgi and Pasquale Annicchino 11. Legal provisions, courts, and the status of religious communities: a socio-legal analysis of inter-religious relations in Romania Mihai Popa and Liviu Andreescu 12. Beyond legal victory or reform: the legal mobilisation of religious groups in the European Court of Human Rights Ceren Ozgul
Biography
Effie Fokas is Senior Research Fellow at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) in Athens, Greece, and Research Associate of the London School of Economics Hellenic Observatory, UK.
James T. Richardson is Foundation Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Judicial Studies, University of Nevada, Reno, USA.
