This thesis contends certain contentious court cases can be traced beyond their legal roots to deep, sometimes incommensurable philosophical disagreements. However, the unitary nature of the judicial system effectively forces the court to take sides, putting its institutional weight and moral authority behind one set of principles and not another. Following Cover, I contend that this encourages future litigants to rephrase their claims in the court’s preferred normative language, thus influencing our normative environment. The theories which guide judicial decisions, however, are generally insufficiently attentive to the court’s normative influence. In response, I attempt adapting Dworkin’s Law as Integrity around Cover’s more sociological view. Chapter 1 examines Cover’s view, Chapter 2 explores Syndicat Northcrest v. Amselem and Delmaagukw v. B.C. as case studies, and Chapter 3 adapts Dworkin around Covers view. My conclusions argue that further inspiration can be drawn from EU Coordinate Constitutionalism and Sui Generis aboriginal rights.

This thesis examines the Indian system of personal laws (‘the PLS’), under which the state applies a version of religious doctrine to the family matters of citizens whom it identifies as belonging to different religious groups. There has been a lengthy and persistent debate over the PLS, particularly in relation to its discriminatory effects upon women. However, another problem with the PLS has been little commented-upon. Supporters of the PLS emphasise its positive impact on religious freedom to such an extent that there is a pervasive assumption that the PLS is, indeed, good for religious freedom. But there has been surprisingly little critical assessment of the truth of this claim in either academic or political debates. This thesis, a work of applied normative legal theory, attempts to fill this important gap in the literature on the PLS. The thesis addresses the question of how the PLS affects one conception of religious freedom, namely religious autonomy. Its principal findings are that the PLS interferes with the religious autonomy of those subject to it by affecting their religious options (by interfering with their freedom from religion and their freedom to practice religion) and by harming their self-respect (by discriminating on the grounds of sex and religion, and by misrecognising their religious identities). Furthermore, the thesis finds that the PLS cannot be defended in the name of religious autonomy based on the possibility of exit from the system, the advantage of having the ‘option of personal law’, the power it gives people to bind their future selves, the expressive potential of the personal laws, the contribution it makes to membership in a religious community, the contribution it makes to religious group autonomy, or the recognition or validation it provides for religious identities. These conclusions imply that concerns relating to religious autonomy constitute an important set of objections to the PLS. The thesis then considers several reform proposals, including certain modifications of the PLS, a move towards a millet system, ‘internal’ reform of individual personal laws and the introduction of a Uniform Civil Code. It particularly focusses on one reform possibility – religious alternative dispute resolution – which has not been considered closely in the Indian context.

This thesis aims to analyze legislation of the Czech legal order concerning religious freedom. The work is divided in two parts. The first part of the thesis deals with the definition of religious freedom in the first place. Afterwards the thesis describes the Constitutional law relating to the religious freedom (especially the Article No. 15 and No. 16 of the Charter of the Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of the Czech Republic), international conventions relating to the theme (e.g. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights etc.) and further statutory provisions and legislative rules guaranteeing religious freedom in the Czech Republic. Major part of the thesis relating to the statutory provisions and legislative rules deals with the act No. 3/2002 Coll., on Freedom of religion and the status of churches and religious societies, as amended. The act No. 3/2002 Coll. constitutes basis of regularization of the freedom of religion in the Czech Republic. Various provisions of the act No. 3/2002 Coll. were subject to review of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic due to their unconstitutionality. The second part of the thesis discusses various decisions of the...

The submitted work aims to clerify changes of the image of the site of pilgrimage called Křemešník in social memory during the dynamic 20th century. Author leans on her bachelor's thesis, which was focused on Křemešník in the first thirty years of the 20th century. Now she tried to describe rivalry of ecclesiastic and touristic segment in the first half of the 20th century, replaced by establishment of the communist dictatorship. The reports of the church secretaries helped to find out the attitude of ruling power to Křemešník, means of changing or deleting the memory of the site and the success rate of this effort. Attention was also paid to perception of Křemešník by ordinary people, compared with contemporary state using a questionnaire. Extant written sources were supplemented with memories of contemporary witnesses.

Ao longo da história da filosofia, John Locke tem sido frequentemente apresentado sob o rótulo de pai do liberalismo, o que decorre, invariavelmente, de um modo peculiar de interpretação da noção de liberdade para o filósofo, que estaria estruturada em torno da ideia de não-interferência. Derivada frequentemente de propostas analíticas realizadas em um vácuo histórico, em que as ideias de Locke são tomadas como uma estática coleção, tal conclusão expressa uma perspectiva que não considera o caráter essencialmente discursivo da filosofia política e o campo problemático em que os conceitos foram pensados pelo filósofo. Se tomarmos a obra de Locke a partir de um campo mais abrangente, constituído por diferentes atos de discurso, em que sejam considerados as condições e o contexto em que os elementos textuais foram enunciados, recuperando-se o aspecto polêmico do texto, pode ser evidenciado um traço marcadamente republicano no conceito de liberdade formulado pelo autor. Partindo da perspectiva de John Pocock acerca do processo de formação do republicanismo inglês, segundo a qual as matrizes republicanas foram recebidas na Inglaterra a partir do século XVI, desencadeando um longo processo de anglicização da república, no qual diferentes momentos podem ser identificados, e tomando como pressuposto a ideia de dupla filiação do conceito moderno de liberdade, proposta por Jean-Fabien Spitz, o propósito deste trabalho é colher os elementos que apontam em que medida a noção de liberdade defendida por Locke em sua obra política pode ser considerada tributária dos argumentos desenvolvidos nos momentos precedentes em que se expressou o pensamento republicano na Inglaterra, o que permitiria incluí-la como referência de um importante ato do longo discurso que culminou na formulação do conceito republicano de liberdade. / Throughout the history of philosophy, John Locke has often been presented under the label of \"father of liberalism,\" which invariably follows from a peculiar way of interpreting his concept of freedom, as structured around the idea of non-interference. Coming from analytical proposals often elaborated in a \"historical vacuum\", in which Locke\'s ideas are taken as a static collection, such a conclusion expresses a perspective that does not consider the essentially discursive character of political philosophy and the \"problematic field\" in which some concepts were thought by the philosopher. On the other hand, if we take Locke\'s work from a broader field, made up of different \"acts of discourse,\" taking into account the conditions and contexts in which the textual elements were enunciated, and recovering the controversial aspect of the text, we can reveal a republican feature in the concept of liberty formulated by the author. Starting from John Pocock\'s perspective about the English republicanism, according to which republican matrices were received in England from the sixteenth century, triggering a long process of \"anglicization of the republic,\" in which different \"moments\" can be identified, and considering the idea of double affiliation of the modern concept of freedom, proposed by Jean-Fabien Spitz, the purpose of this work is to gather the elements that indicate to what extent the notion of freedom defended by Locke in his political work can be considered tributary of the arguments developed in the previous \"moments\" in which the republican thought in England was expressed, which would allow to include it as reference of an important \"act\" of the long discourse that culminated in the republican concept of liberty.

No Rio Grande do Sul, a criação de leis que tentam coibir a prática dos cultos afros por políticos evangélicos somada a visão preconceituosa da população em geral de que estas religiões são atrasadas e possuem rituais maléficos, suscitaram a reação dos adeptos desses cultos que passaram a lutar pela garantia ao direito da liberdade religiosa e contra o estigma de que as religiões afros são cruéis e prejudiciais. A presente dissertação tem como objetivo estudar de que forma os adeptos das religiões afro-brasileiras em Porto Alegre, conhecidos como batuqueiros, legitimam sua religião para defendê-la dos ataques evangélicos e também amenizar alguns conflitos entre prática religiosa afro-brasileira e sociedade em geral. No entanto, a visão de que o culto está se deturpando nos dias atuais também faz com seus adeptos lutem pelo que consideram a autêntica forma de culto, em contraste com as inovações rituais criadas pelas novas gerações de batuqueiros. Essas duas lutas inserem os batuqueiros na esfera pública porto alegrense a partir da visão do que são as religiões afros para eles: a herança africana que carregam consigo e que são responsáveis por preservar e dar continuidade, modelando seus discursos e práticas para além da esfera habitual dos terreiros. É a partir desse argumento, para dentro e para fora, que os adeptos das religiões afros vão legitimar sua prática religiosa perante eles mesmos e a sociedade em geral, lutando a favor do direito à liberdade religiosa. / In Rio Grande do Sul, the creation of laws to repress the practice of afro cults by evangelic politicians along with the based vision of the population that sees these religions as backward and as having malefic rites, gave rise to reactions from the followers of these cults who struggled for the freedom of religion and against the stigma of cruelty and prejudice that is said to come from the afro-religions. The objective of this dissertation is to study in which way the followers of the Afro- Brazilian religions in Porto Alegre, known as batuqueiros, legitimize their religion to defend it against attacks from evangelicals and to harmonize some conflicts between the Afro- Brazilian religious practice and the society. However, the vision that today the cult is misrepresenting itself obliges its followers to struggle for what they understand is the authentic form of the cult, in contrast with innovations in the ritual, created by the new generations of batuqueiros. These two struggles place the batuqueiros in the public sphere of Porto Alegre from the point of view of what are the afro religions for them: the African inheritance that they carry with themselves and that they are responsible for preserving and continue. This models their discourses and practices beyond the customary sphere of the terreiros. it is from this argument, directed to the inside and to the outside, that the followers of the Afro- religions will legitimize their religious practice to themselves and to the society, struggling for the freedom of religion.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:24:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ricardo Gaiotti Silva.pdf: 718818 bytes, checksum: aa852a893b26e842c2c73491758f2716 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-15 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Religious freedom is a complex issue as it involves not only the pursuit of sacred, but also the exercise of this right within a political community, so often living the faith within the state becomes a challenge. However, from the historical construction of the right to religious freedom it is possible to get a sense of the magnitude of the subject and especially the importance of protecting this right to the development and promotion of human life. This study, developed at the Center for Research in Philosophy of Law at the Catholic University of São Paulo PUC/SP is to present a legal, historical and philosophical journey in which religious freedom was being built indicating some ways for a person human, citizen and faithful, may freely exercise this right within states, thus aiming at a true effectiveness of law. Noteworthy is the fact that, for the protection of this right there are ways in which both religions as the State may, mutually, aiming to build collaborative action from a fair separation between the religions and states. Among these collaborative juridical way stands the Agreement Brazil/Holy See, the one that illuminates the possibility of building legal instruments capable of promoting the human person and his fundamental rights, mainly referring to religious freedom. The respective work therefore presents an itinerary solidification of religious freedom as a human and fundamental rights and highlighting the collaboration model between Brazil and the Holy See as an effective way in search of protection, aiming and promotion of the dignity of the human person, including for members of other religious faiths / A liberdade religiosa é uma temática complexa, que envolve não somente a busca pelo sagrado, mas também o exercício deste direito em meio a uma comunidade política. Por isso, muitas vezes viver a fé dentro do Estado se torna um desafio. Porém, a partir da construção histórica do direito à liberdade religiosa, é possível ter uma noção da grandeza da temática e, principalmente, da importância da proteção deste direito para a valorização e a promoção da vida humana. A proposta deste estudo, desenvolvido no Núcleo de Pesquisa em Filosofia do Direito do Programa de Pós Graduação em Direito da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo PUC/SP é de apresentar um itinerário jurídico, histórico e filosófico no qual a liberdade religiosa foi sendo construída indicando alguns caminhos para que a pessoa humana cidadão e fiel possa exercer livremente esse direito dentro dos Estados, visando assim uma verdadeira efetividade do direito. Destaca-se o fato de que, para a proteção deste direito, existem vias as quais tanto as religiões quanto os Estados podem, mutuamente, construir visando ações colaborativas destinadas a proteção deste direito fundamental, a partir de uma justa separação entre às Religiões e os Estados. Entre essas vias jurídico-colaborativas, destaca-se o Acordo Brasil-Santa Sé que ilumina a possibilidade da construção de instrumentos jurídicos capazes de promover a pessoa humana e, seus direitos fundamentais principalmente os referentes à liberdade religiosa. O presente trabalho apresenta, portanto, um itinerário da solidificação da liberdade religiosa como um direito humano e fundamental e, destacando o modelo de colaboração entre o Brasil e a Santa Sé como uma via eficaz na busca da proteção, visando e promoção da dignidade da pessoa humana, inclusive para os membros dos demais credos religiosos

Submitted by admin tede (tede@pucgoias.edu.br) on 2017-03-09T19:25:20Z No. of bitstreams: 1 SEVERINO BREDA DA SILVA.pdf: 1408447 bytes, checksum: 9955f2c6ad4f0fcc781596047492ee3a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-03-09T19:25:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 SEVERINO BREDA DA SILVA.pdf: 1408447 bytes, checksum: 9955f2c6ad4f0fcc781596047492ee3a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-08-29 / This thesis analyzes the conflict of rights and duties motivated by the guard "Biblical Sabbath" or "Natural Sabbath" by followers of Adventist religion Seventh- Day. For Seventh-Day Adventists, the Sabbath observance is a proof of fidelity and loyalty faithful to their God. It is a matter of obedience to sacred time reserved by the eternal and immutable law of God. It is an indispensable dogma and a bond with God from the beginning to its end. According to the followers of Adventist religion the Seventh-Day Sabbath is the center of worship and service to God and establishes such an understanding in the books of Exodus 20, 8-11, Leviticus 23, 32 and Deuteronomy 16, 6 respectively. The aim of this thesis is to analyze the question of the characteristics of the guard of the "Sabbath" by followers of Adventist religion Seventh-Day, their biblical interpretation. The practice of Sabbath guard presented as a collision of fundamental rights and principles. The right to education and work in conflict with the right to religious freedom, both public, and private, especially regarding the provision of public procurement and in the educational environment and with respect to the practice of secular and labor activities on sabbatical from the sunset of Friday to the sunset of Saturday. / A presente tese analisa o conflito de direitos e deveres motivados pela guarda do “sábado bíblico” ou “sábado natural” por seguidores da religião Adventista do Sétimo Dia. Para os Adventistas do Sétimo Dia, a observância do sábado é uma prova de fidelidade e lealdade do fiel para com o seu Deus. É uma questão de obediência ao tempo sagrado reservado pela lei eterna e imutável de Deus. É um dogma irrenunciável e um laço com Deus desde o seu início até o seu fim. De acordo com os adeptos da religião Adventista do Sétimo Dia, o sábado é o centro da adoração e culto a Deus e fundamentam tal entendimento nos livros de Êxodo 20,8-11, Levítico 23,32 e Deuteronômio 16,6, respectivamente. O objetivo da presente tese é analisar as características da questão da guarda do “sábado” por adeptos da religião Adventista do Sétimo Dia e sua interpretação bíblica. A prática da guarda sabática apresenta-se como uma colisão de direitos e princípios fundamentais. O direito à educação e ao trabalho em conflito com o direito à liberdade religiosa, tanto na esfera pública, quanto particular, principalmente com relação à prestação de concursos públicos e no meio educacional e com relação à prática de atividades seculares e laborais no período sabático, do pôr-do-sol de sexta-feira ao pôr-do-sol do sábado.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-27T13:46:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 CLODOALDO MOREIRA DOS SANTO JUNIOR.pdf: 1302081 bytes, checksum: aa91790f8d12994e0de3f9e147494ae2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-10-07 / This thesis aims to assess the evolution of the right to religious freedom in the Brazilian legal system, focusing on the rules and principles that underlie the protection of freedom of belief. Analyzes the role of the State as guarantor of the fundamental right to religious freedom, concomitantly with the full exercise of citizenship. Shows the limits established by the Brazilian legal system the right to religious freedom. Performs analysis of the current relevant case law to the subject, focusing on the most controversial issues. Establishes the relationship between the right to religious freedom with other constitutional principles, including the principle of the secular state. Shows that religious freedom is a fundamental and universal right to override the positive law and seeks to mention if there hierarchy between fundamental rights. Discusses the right to religious freedom, focusing on the relationship between the various religions and the state. Identifies which solution offers Brazilian constitutional jurisdiction for matters relating to religious freedom and the secular character of the state. / Esta tese tem por objetivo abordar a evolução do direito à liberdade religiosa no ordenamento jurídico brasileiro, enfocando as normas e princípios que fundamentam a tutela da liberdade de crença. No tocante a religião pode-se observar que cada individuo é livre para escolher ou não uma determinada religiosidade. Analisa a atuação do Estado enquanto garantidor do direito fundamental à liberdade religiosa, concomitantemente ao pleno exercício da cidadania. Mostra os limites estabelecidos pelo ordenamento jurídico brasileiro ao direito de liberdade religiosa. Realiza a análise da atual jurisprudência pertinente ao tema, focando nos assuntos de maior polêmica. Estabelece relação entre o direito à liberdade religiosa com os demais princípios constitucionais, inclusive com o princípio do Estado laico. Demonstra que a liberdade religiosa é um direito fundamental e universal que se sobrepõe ao direito positivado, procurando aludir se existe hierarquia entre os direitos fundamentais. Discorre sobre o direito à liberdade religiosa, enfocando o relacionamento entre as várias religiões e o Estado. Identifica qual solução a jurisdição constitucional brasileira oferece para as questões relacionadas com a liberdade religiosa e o caráter laico do Estado.

John Milton (1608 1674) é conhecido não só como o poeta do épico Paraíso perdido, mas também como um dos grandes teóricos e polemistas do período das Guerras Civis Inglesas. Seu principal tema é o problema da liberdade em um reino que se transformou segundo ele em uma tirania de reis e potentados religiosos, onde o súdito não era mais adequadamente representado por seu soberano; de acordo com Milton, como o rei não era mais o representante justo do reino, ele não deveria mais exercer as suas funções, sendo necessária a sua deposição e, em alguns casos extremos, o regicídio (como foi defendido pelo próprio poeta); assim, a solução proposta junto com outros panfletários anti-realistas, que nunca atingiram a riqueza retórica e a ousadia teórica de Milton é o surgimento de uma república inglesa, inspirada nos moldes ciceronianos e de clara influência secular-humanista. A partir de agora, o verdadeiro representante do governo deve ser o povo, mais precisamente a commonwealth, formada por indivíduos capazes de dominar as paixões que os podem transformá-los em escravos e viver de acordo com a vontade da razão e da prudência. A liberdade interior dos membros desta república se dá dentro desta commonwealth, onde eles podem exercer a liberdade civil (em que o indivíduo pode viver com tranqüilidade desde que respeite as leis da república), a liberdade doméstica (em que se pode escolher qual é o tipo de educação que pretende ter, quais são as pessoas com quem pretende se relacionar, etc.) e a liberdade religiosa (a possibilidade de escolher uma religião sem a interferência do governo ou de qualquer outra seita religiosa que se classifique como oficial). / John Milton (1608 - 1674) is known not only for his epic Paradise Lost, but also as one of the great theorists and polemicists of the period of the English Civil Wars. Its main theme is the problem of freedom in a kingdom that has become a tyranny of kings and religious potentates, where the subject was not properly represented by his sovereign; according to Milton, as the king was no longer the right representative of the kingdom, he should no longer perform his duties, requiring the deposition and in some extreme cases, the regicide (as argued by him); thus, the proposed solution along with other anti-royalist pamphleteers, who never reached Milton´s rhetoric and the theoretical boldness is the emergence of an English republic. From now on, the true representative of the government should be the people, specifically the commonwealth, made up of individuals able to master the passions that can turn them into slaves and live according to the will of reason and prudence. The Freedom of the Republic takes place within this commonwealth, where its members can exercise civil liberty (in which the individual can live with peace of mind provided if it complies with the laws of the Republic), domestic freedom (where you can choose what kind education you want to have, who are the people you want to relate, etc.) and religious freedom (the ability to choose a religion without interference from the government or any other religious sect that classify them as \"official\").