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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Table of cases; British courts; European Court of Human Rights and European Commission of Human Rights; Court of Justice of European Union (including Advocate General Opinions); Human Rights Committee; Others national; Acknowledgements; Introduction; General background; The setting; Chapter summaries; Chapter 1: Key concepts; Introduction; Religion and belief; Freedom of religion as a human right; Religious discrimination; Religious symbols; Conclusion

Chapter 2: Arguments for and against bans on the wearing of religious symbolsIntroduction; Reasons for banning religious symbols; Counterarguments and arguments against banning religious symbols; Conclusion; Chapter 3: Bans on religious symbols as a breach of the human right to freedom of religion; Introduction; Violation of freedom of religion; Conclusion; Chapter 4: Bans on religious symbols as a breach of anti-discrimination laws; Introduction; Equality and non-discrimination; Discrimination-based claims versus human rights-based claims; Conclusion; Chapter 5: Justification; Introduction

Justification in Article 9 ECHRJustification in Article 14 ECHR; Justification in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; Justification in EU anti-discrimination law; Justification in national anti-discrimination law; Alternatives as justification; Conclusion; Chapter 6: Reasonable accommodation and equality duties; Introduction; Reasonable accommodation; Equality duties; Conclusion; Chapter 7: Conclusion; Introduction; Concluding summaries; Conclusion: different claims -- same results?; Bibliography; Index

Written in accessible language, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of a topical subject that is being widely debated across Europe. The work presents an overview of emerging case law from the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the European Union, as well as from national courts and equality bodies in European countries, on the wearing of religious symbols in public spaces. The author persuasively argues that bans on the wearing of religious symbols constitutes a breach of an individual's human rights and contravene existing anti-discrimination legislation. Fully updated to take account of recent case law, this second edition has been expanded to consider bans in public spaces more generally, including employment, an area where some of the recent developments have taken place.

"Written in accessible language, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of a topical subject that is being widely debated across Europe. The work presents an overview of emerging case law from the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the European Union as well as from national courts and equality bodies in European countries on the wearing of religious symbols in public spaces. The author persuasively argues that bans on the wearing of religious symbols constitutes a breach of an individual's human rights and contravenes existing anti-discrimination legislation. Fully updated to take account of recent case law, this 2nd edition has been expanded to consider bans in public spaces more generally, including employment, an area where some of the recent developments have taken place"-- Provided by publisher.

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