Religion & Law

More on the crucifix ban
[MOJ friend Pasquale Annicchino send this our way:] HOW BRAVE WILL THE ECtHR BE? As Professor Lee rightly reported in his post just below, the Italian government has submitted its appeal to the Grand Chamber of the European Court of...

Italy Appeals EU Court's Crucifix Ban
Zenit reports that Italy is appealing a ban on crucifixes in public school classrooms imposed by the European Court of Human Rights. The appeal submitted to the court by the Italian government argues that "The display of the crucifix in...

37 Law Professors Urge European Court to Reject Ruling Banning Cross from Italian Classrooms
Becket Fund: "Thirty-seven law professors hailing from 11 countries have submitted written comments asking the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights to overturn a seven-judge panel?s ruling that crucifixes may not be displayed in Italian classrooms...

Ten member states join Italy in support of the crucifix
European Center for Law and Justice: "For the first time in the record of the ECHR, ten member States are simultaneously intervening as 'third party' in one single case. The case at stake is the Lautsi case - also known as the 'crucifix case' - which will go before the Grand Chamber of the ECHR on June 30th...

ECLJ joins Italian crucifix case in European Court of Human Rights
Zenit: "The European Centre for Law and Justice has been authorized to become a third party in the court hearing regarding the legitimacy of displaying crucifixes in Italian schools...

A note from MOJ friend Pasquale Annicchino
The Italian law review Church and State, edited by Prof. Casuscelli at the University of Milan, has just published three essays on the "Italian crucifix case". Two of them are in Italian, one (mine) is in English...

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