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University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

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International Civil Disobedience: Unauthorized Intervention And The Conscience Of The International Community, Nathan J. Miller Jan 2014

International Civil Disobedience: Unauthorized Intervention And The Conscience Of The International Community, Nathan J. Miller

Maryland Law Review

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Islam In The Secular Nomos Of The European Court Of Human Rights, Peter G. Danchin Jan 2011

Islam In The Secular Nomos Of The European Court Of Human Rights, Peter G. Danchin

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Since 2001 the European Court of Human Rights has decided a series of cases involving Islam and the claims of Muslim communities (both majorities and minorities) to freedom of religion and belief. This Article suggests that what is most interesting about these cases is how they are unsettling existing normative legal categories under the ECHR and catalyzing new forms of politics and rethinking of both the historical and theoretical premises of modern liberal political orders. These controversies raise anew two critical questions for ECHR jurisprudence: first, regarding the proper scope of the right to religious freedom; and second, regarding the …