The thesis deals with the concept of a secular state from a perspective of comparative constitutional law and theory of state. The concept is in various forms part of almost all constitutional systems in Europe. With focus on European area the whole idea of secular state is exclusively designed and evaluated within the structure of the normative requirements of the liberal democratic state. The aim of the thesis is to reveal the guiding principle determining the content of secular state and to rethink its application on all imaginable interactions between state and religion. The result is presented as a state theory model called as "classical model of secular state", which is subsequently used as a tool for evaluation of relevant phenomena on level of selected constitutional systems. The first chapter discovers the principle of state neutrality with respect to religion as an essential principle guiding the content of secular state. Applying this principle to the deeply complex relationship between state and religion in the real world leads to a definition of all theoretical implications of the principle, which in sum create the "classical model of secular state". Their modifications preserving the dominant application of the principle of neutrality lead to an analytic differentiation of religious...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:352711 |
| Date | January 2016 |
| Creators | Řepa, Karel |
| Contributors | Pavlíček, Václav, Hofmannová, Helena |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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