Religious human rights in global perspective : legal perspectives / edited by Johan D. van der Vyver and John Witte, Jr.

Contributor(s): Van der Vyver, Johan David, 1934- | Witte, John, Jr, 1959-
Material type: TextTextPublisher: The Hague ; Boston : M. Nijhoff Publishers, [1996]Distributor: Cambridge, MA : Sold and distributed in the U.S.A. and Canada by Kluwer Law InternationalCopyright date: ©1996Description: xlvii, 670 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9041101772 (vol. 2 : acidfree paper); 9041101780 (set : acid-free paper)Subject(s): Freedom of religion | Human rights | Freedom of religion (International law)DDC classification: 342/.0852 | 342.2852 LOC classification: K3258.Z9 | R45 1996Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 607-643) and index.
Contents:
Perspectives on religious liberty : a comparative framework / W. Cole Durham, Jr. -- Studying "religious human rights" : methodological foundations / David Little -- Religious human rights under the United Nations / Natan Lerner -- The role of secular non-governmental organizations in the cultivation and understanding of religious human rights / Michael Roan -- The cultivation and protection of religious human rights : the role of the media / James Finn -- The impact of religious rules on public life in Germany / Martin Heckel -- Religious liberty in the United Kingdom / Peter Cumper -- The main problems of religious freedom in Eastern Europe / Tamas Foldesi -- Religious human rights in post-Communist Balkan countries / Paul Mojzes -- Religious rights in Russia at a time of tumultuous transition : a historical theory / Harold J. Berman -- Adjudicating rights of conscience under the European Convention on Human Rights / T. Jeremy Gunn -- Religious human rights and the principle of legal pluralism in the Middle East / Said Amir Arjomand -- Religious human rights in the state of Israel / Asher Maoz -- Africa's search for religious human rights through returning to wells of living water / John S. Pobee -- Limitations on religious rights : problematizing religious freedom in the African context / Makau wa Mutua -- Religious human rights in South Africa / Lourens M. du Plessis -- Religious human rights in Latin America / Paul E. Sigmund -- Religious human rights in Central America / Stanley Muschett Ibarra -- The American constitutional experiment in religious human rights : the perennial search for principles / John Witte, Jr. and M. Christian Green -- A draft model law on freedom of religion, with commentary / Dinah Shelton and Alexandre Kiss -- The tensions and the ideals / John T. Noonan, Jr.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 607-643) and index.

Perspectives on religious liberty : a comparative framework / W. Cole Durham, Jr. -- Studying "religious human rights" : methodological foundations / David Little -- Religious human rights under the United Nations / Natan Lerner -- The role of secular non-governmental organizations in the cultivation and understanding of religious human rights / Michael Roan -- The cultivation and protection of religious human rights : the role of the media / James Finn -- The impact of religious rules on public life in Germany / Martin Heckel -- Religious liberty in the United Kingdom / Peter Cumper -- The main problems of religious freedom in Eastern Europe / Tamas Foldesi -- Religious human rights in post-Communist Balkan countries / Paul Mojzes -- Religious rights in Russia at a time of tumultuous transition : a historical theory / Harold J. Berman -- Adjudicating rights of conscience under the European Convention on Human Rights / T. Jeremy Gunn -- Religious human rights and the principle of legal pluralism in the Middle East / Said Amir Arjomand -- Religious human rights in the state of Israel / Asher Maoz -- Africa's search for religious human rights through returning to wells of living water / John S. Pobee -- Limitations on religious rights : problematizing religious freedom in the African context / Makau wa Mutua -- Religious human rights in South Africa / Lourens M. du Plessis -- Religious human rights in Latin America / Paul E. Sigmund -- Religious human rights in Central America / Stanley Muschett Ibarra -- The American constitutional experiment in religious human rights : the perennial search for principles / John Witte, Jr. and M. Christian Green -- A draft model law on freedom of religion, with commentary / Dinah Shelton and Alexandre Kiss -- The tensions and the ideals / John T. Noonan, Jr.

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