Religious Offence and Human Rights - The Implications of Defamation of Religions (Hardcover)

Should international law be concerned with offence to religions and their followers? Even before the 2005 publication of the Danish Mohammed cartoons, Muslim States have endeavoured to establish some reputational protection for religions on the international level by pushing for recognition of the novel concept of 'defamation of religions'. This study recounts these efforts as well as the opposition they aroused, particularly by proponents of free speech. It also addresses the more fundamental issue of how religion and international law may relate to each other. Historically, enforcing divine commands has been the primary task of legal systems, and it still is in numerous municipal jurisdictions. By analysing religious restrictions of blasphemy and sacrilege as well as international and national norms on free speech and freedom of religion, Lorenz Langer argues that, on the international level at least, religion does not provide a suitable rationale for legal norms.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law
Release date:	July 2014
Authors:	Lorenz Langer
Dimensions:	235 x 158 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	462
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-03957-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Religious groups Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International human rights law Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Private, property, family law > Defamation law (slander & libel)
LSN:	1-107-03957-6
Barcode:	9781107039575

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