Are State Churches Contrary to International Law?
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23027805 |
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| Authors | Jeroen Temperman (Erasmus University Rotterdam, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 119-149 |
| Publication date | 2013-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Oxford Journal of Law and Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2047-0770 • E-ISSN: 2047-0789 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ojlr/rws047 |
| OpenAlex | W2126265915 |
| Language | EN |
This article focuses on state churches in liberal democracies, arguing that an international law-oriented analysis thereof generates legal arguments against state church models in se . In addition to arguments derived from legal theory against establishment of religion, there is comparative legal data substantiating a correlation between establishment and ‘governmental favouritism’; whilst legal–sociological data in turn substantiates a correlation between ‘governmental favouritism’ and increased restrictions on religious and other liberties. Accordingly, this article challenges the myth of ‘benign establishment’.
Civil liberties · Comparative law · Empirical legal studies · International law · Law and economics · Legal pluralism · Legal realism · Mythology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science) · Theology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development
| Highly cited | No |
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