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The Headscarf As Threat? A Comparison Of German And American Legal Discourses, Robert A. Kahn
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 …
Any Place For Ethnicity? The Liberal State And Immigration, David Abraham
Any Place For Ethnicity? The Liberal State And Immigration, David Abraham
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When it comes to immigration, almost all liberal states are faced with the contradiction between their universalist principles and the real affinities they feel for ethnic kinsmen. This review essay (4000 words) addresses the different ways a number of liberal democracies have handled this dilemma.