Islam in Europe - ECHR Case Law - HP3628

• Anglický název: Islam in Europe - ECHR Case Law
• Zajišťuje: Katedra jazyků (22-KJ)
• Fakulta: Právnická fakulta
• Platnost: od 2018 do 2018
• Semestr: letní
• Body: 0
• E-Kredity: 4
• Způsob provedení zkoušky: letní s.:písemná
• Rozsah, examinace: letní s.:0/2, Zk [HT]
• 4EU+: ne
• Virtuální mobilita / počet míst pro virtuální mobilitu: ne
• Stav předmětu: vyučován
• Jazyk výuky: angličtina
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Poznámka: předmět je možno zapsat mimo plán; povolen pro zápis po webu
• Garant: Sean Davidson, J.D.
• Vyučující: Sean Davidson, J.D.; doc. PhDr. Marta Chromá, Ph.D.

Anotace

Poslední úprava: Sean Davidson, J.D. (24.01.2024)

This course focuses on analysing decisions of the European Court of Human Rights in various cases involving the limits of free religion and free expression rights especially of Muslims. In particular the free religion rights of Muslims are the focus of much attention and high court adjudication in the last two decades. Therefore many of the cases studied in this course are quite recent, including the 2014 decision concerning the French veil law (S.A.S. v. France).

The cases analysed in this course arise in various contexts, from school to workplace to general public life. In this course, students are encouraged to critically analyse the reasoning of the ECtHR, including the proportionality test and its implications. In addition, students will compare decisions reached by the ECtHR with decisions by American high courts to gain better understanding of different legal approaches.

The course is interactive and in-class Moot Court exercises are used for applying the law to fresh cases and hypothetical scenarios. There is a marked in-class Moot Court assignment in which students are divided into either lawyers or judges and the case is heard and decided.

Sylabus

Poslední úprava: Sean Davidson, J.D. (12.02.2020)

The objectives of this course are: 1) to deepen students’ understanding of the limits of free religion rights as interpreted by the European Court of Human Rights; 2) to deepen the students’ understanding of philosophy concerning freedom of expression and religion; 3) to provide insight into current issues concerning the definition of human rights in Europe; 4) to provide useful context to compare and assess various approaches to reasoning free religion cases; 5) to aid students in acquiring and exercising highly advanced Legal English vocabulary and grammar.

Week 1: Introduction to Freedom of Religion and Expression
Week 2: Students in Primary Schools
Week 3: Religious Symbols in Schools
Week 4: University Students
Week 5: Moot Court #1
Week 6: Rights of Teachers
Week 7: Rights of State Employees
Week 8: Free Expression - Advocacy of Sharia Law
Week 9: Moot Court #2
Week 10: Prohibition of the Veil in Public
Week 11: Focus on American Courts
Week 12: Meanings and Implications of Secularism

Studijní opory

Poslední úprava: Sean Davidson, J.D. (12.02.2020)

Why Tolerate Religion? Brian Leiter, Princeton University Press (2012)

A Secular Europe:  Law and Religion in the European Constitutional Landscape, Lorenzo Zucca, Oxford University Press (2012)

Is it Fair to Give Religion Special Treatment?  Andrew Koppelman, Illinois Law Review (2006)