In-between the Constitution and the European Court of Human Rights

Mobilizations Around Religion and Education in Greece

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7974115
AutoresMargarita Markoviti (0000-0003-3783-3738, IE University, autor correspondente)
Ano2019
Volume12
FascículoS1
PáginasS31-S54
Data de publicação2019-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPolitics and Religion (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1755-0491 • E-ISSN: 1755-0483
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1755048318000020
OpenAlexW2794937422
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas16

This paper examines the impact of European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) decisions on the field of religion and education in Greece around the issues of the content and objectives of religious education, the exemption thereof, and religious symbols in school. The findings indicate that despite the relevance of ECtHR case law with the specific field in Greece, the Court's role in influencing such national debates is minimal. Drawing on empirical research and discourse analysis, the paper argues that this is due to the doctrine of the margin of appreciation, apparently linked to strategic references to and varying interpretations of the Court's judgments; the unwillingness of actors to litigate in a potentially sensitive, lengthy, and costly procedure; and to a shared belief in the perceived primacy of constitutional provisions on religion and education that precludes the formation of structured mobilizations

Constitution · Constitutional court · Doctrine · Field (mathematics · Fundamental rights · Human rights · Margin of appreciation · Political science · Relevance (law · Sociology · European Union Policy and Governance · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Law · Religious Freedom and Discrimination