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AutoreRichardson James T.
TitoloManaging Religion: Courts as 'Partners' and ?Third Party Partisans? in the Social Construction of Religious Freedom
RivistaReligioni e societą. Rivista di scienze sociali della religione.
Annata32
Fasc.87
Anno2017
Pagine17-23
Campo TematicoInterreligiositą e Interculturalitą
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Abstract Court systems are significantly involved in 'managing religion' within their purview, working with 'partners' willing to bring actions promoting religious freedom, and partnering with other courts to accomplish their goals. Richardson (2015b) notes that the ECtHR, working sometimes with new constitutional courts (Sadurski 2009), has used the willingness of the Jehovah's Witnessess to bring legal actions against certain governments in the 'new Europe' as a way to extend and establish its authority over newer Member States in Europe. Similar partnerships between minority faiths and judicial systems are cited in other western nations. These partnerships lend support for courts as ?third party partisans? (Black and Baumgartner 1999) in disputes about religious freedom. Reasons for possibly partisan actions by courts probably derive from mixed motivations that include furthering religious freedom and other human and civil rights, but also extending the jurisdiction and power of the courts.
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