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U.S. And U.K. Approaches To The War On Terror: The Surveillance Of Religious Worship, Jodie A. Kirschner Oct 2006

U.S. And U.K. Approaches To The War On Terror: The Surveillance Of Religious Worship, Jodie A. Kirschner

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

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The Headscarf As Threat? A Comparison Of German And American Legal Discourses, Robert A. Kahn Aug 2006

The Headscarf As Threat? A Comparison Of German And American Legal Discourses, Robert A. Kahn

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In this article I compare how American and German judges conceptualize the harm the headscarf poses to society. My examples are the 2003 Ludin case, in which the German Federal Constitutional Court held that the civil service, in the absence of state regulation, could not reject a woman from a civil service teaching position solely because she would not remove her headscarf while teaching; and State v. Freeman, in which a Florida court held that a woman could not pose for a drivers license wearing a garment (the niqab) that covered all of her face except her eyes. While judges …


Comparing Religions, Legally, Winnifred Fallers Sullivan Jun 2006

Comparing Religions, Legally, Winnifred Fallers Sullivan

Washington and Lee Law Review

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