Double Standards? Veils and Crucifixes in the European Legal Order


Autoria(s): Joppke, Christian Georg
Data(s)

01/04/2013

Resumo

Comparing the treatment of Islamic veils and Christian crucifixes by the European Court of Human Rights, this paper re-examines the charge of “double standards” on the part of this guardian of the European legal order, which is seen as disadvantaging Islam and favoring Christianity. While this is proved partially correct, the paper calls for a more differentiated treatment of the issue. For one, there is a modicum of consistency in the European Court’s decisions, because they are all meant to further “pluralism”. Only, Islam and Christianity fare differently in this respect, as “threat” to and “affirmation” of pluralism, respectively. This distinction hinges on Islam’s compatibility with the liberal-secular order, on which the jury is out. A possible way out of the “pluralism v. pluralism” dilemma, I argue, is signaled in the European Court’s recent decision in Lautsi v. Italy (2011), which pairs a preference for “culturalized” Christianity with robust minority pluralism.

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http://boris.unibe.ch/43113/1/Double%20Standards%20Veils%20and%20Crucifixes%20in%20the%20European%20Legal%20Order.pdf

Joppke, Christian Georg (2013). Double Standards? Veils and Crucifixes in the European Legal Order. European Journal of sociology, 54(1), pp. 97-123. Cambridge University Press 10.1017/S0003975613000040 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0003975613000040>

doi:10.7892/boris.43113

info:doi:10.1017/S0003975613000040

urn:issn:0003-9756

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Cambridge University Press

Relação

http://boris.unibe.ch/43113/

Direitos

info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess

Fonte

Joppke, Christian Georg (2013). Double Standards? Veils and Crucifixes in the European Legal Order. European Journal of sociology, 54(1), pp. 97-123. Cambridge University Press 10.1017/S0003975613000040 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0003975613000040>

Palavras-Chave #300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article

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