Religious offence and human rights : the implications of defamation of religions

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Religious offence and human rights : the implications of defamation of religions

Title remainder

the implications of defamation of religions

Statement of responsibility

Lorenz Langer

Creator

• Langer, Lorenz, 1975-

Author

• Langer, Lorenz, 1975-

Subject

• International law and human rights
• Libel and slander
• Offenses against religion
• Freedom of expression
• Hate speech

Language

eng

Summary

Should international law be concerned with offence to religions and their followers? Even before the 2005 publication of the Danish Mohammed cartoons, Muslim States have endeavoured to establish some reputational protection for religions on the international level by pushing for recognition of the novel concept of 'defamation of religions'. This study recounts these efforts as well as the opposition they aroused, particularly by proponents of free speech. It also addresses the more fundamental issue of how religion and international law may relate to each other. Historically, enforcing divine commands has been the primary task of legal systems, and it still is in numerous municipal jurisdictions. By analysing religious restrictions of blasphemy and sacrilege as well as international and national norms on free speech and freedom of religion, Lorenz Langer argues that, on the international level at least, religion does not provide a suitable rationale for legal norms.--

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• Cambridge studies in international and comparative law

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DLC

Dewey number

• 302.2242
• 345.0256
• 344.096

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no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Cambridge studies in international and comparative law