Fiesole: Workshop sul tema “Judging Faiths: Religious Freedom at the bar in U.S. and European Courts” (23-24 ottobre 2014)

Judging Faiths: Religious Freedom at the bar in U.S. and European Courts

Thursday 23 October 2014 09:00 – 19:00
Friday 24 October 2014 09:00 – 19:00

Location
Conference Room, Villa la Fonte

Affiliation
Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies

The workshop will focus on the contribution by legal scholars, judges and lawyers, with the aim of assessing the practical outcome of theoretical legal developments as they result from the adjudication of faith-based claims. It will also outline the state of the art with contributions by principal investigators from finalized and ongoing research projects in law and other social sciences, analyzing trends in the area of religious freedom across both public and private law. Secondly, the workshop A final session will be devoted to the pending issues (e.g. anti-discrimination norms, neutrality, circulation of legal arguments, strategic litigation by religious groups) which courts confront when their decisions affect the management of religious pluralism and religious freedom, and will look as well to challenges ahead.

Organisers

Prof. Olivier Roy (EUI)
Pasquale Annicchino (EUI)

(La locandina)