Religion & Law

Canadian Constitutional Law #28: Freedom of Religion
Can you take your kirpan to school? Not even if it’s in a box under your clothes? These are the questions of section 2(a), freedom of religion...

UN Report On Religious Freedom In Britain Released
Religious Intelligence reported yesterday that the United Nation's Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief has prepared a report on religious freedom in Britain...

Document: Freedom Religion: Perfect Together
Freedom really does require religion.

Pluralism, Religion and the Law
This Friday, March 7, Seattle University School of Law will be hosting a symposium entitled, Pluralism, Religion and the Law...

The Methodist Menace: Fiji Human Rights Commission Finds Planned Conversions of Non-Christians to be Violation of Freedom of Religion
In a very curious ruling, the Fiji Human Rights Commission has found that the proposed campaign by the Methodist Church Conference to convert non-Christians in Fiji would violate the freedom of religion under the country’s constitution and international law...

Disclose Religion? No.
In Alexandridis v. Greece, the European Court of Human Rights recently held that obligating a person to reveal his religion constitutes a violation of Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which protects freedom of thought, conscience and religion...

What are theunique e-discovery problems faced by out side legal counsel?
Some of them could be;

* How do I craft robust, defensible search s...

Must Freedom of Expression include the license to offend?
Yes

Imposing any limits on speech, no matter how seemingly reasonab...

Does a lawyer have the right to ask what your religion is when it has nothing to do with the situation?
In divorce issues and the children's well being religion doesn't matte...

Religious Decorations
Oklahoma City to pay attorney fees in religious freedom violations lawsuit.

Walt Disney
alleging a Sikh American applied for a job with Disney but was told he did not have the "Disney look" - apparently referring to his beard and turban, which is required by his religion.