A Question of Balance A Study of Legal Equality and State Neutrality in the United States, France, and the Netherlands【電子書籍】[ Brenda J. Norton ]
【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める!】<p>Western liberal democracy has a dual foundation of limited government implementing the will of the majority and protecting individual autonomy within a sphere of fundamental rights. Under the rubric of universal human rights Western societies take for granted that they tolerate all religions and treat all persons equally. However, through globalization and immigration Western societies are increasingly finding non-Christian people in their midst. This pluralism is causing polities to rethink fundamental notions of the boundaries of religious freedom, equality, and state neutrality. Three countries whose systems are based on the Western liberal democratic philosophy and which are religiously pluralistーthe United States, France, and the Netherlandsーare reacting in different ways.<br /> The politics of the hijab and burqa lie at the intersection of the political and legal spheres. Consequently, the political and legal spher...