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Islam In The Secular Nomos Of The European Court Of Human Rights, Peter G. Danchin
Islam In The Secular Nomos Of The European Court Of Human Rights, Peter G. Danchin
Peter G. Danchin
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 …
The Ties That Bind: International Law As Peacemaker, Peter G. Danchin
The Ties That Bind: International Law As Peacemaker, Peter G. Danchin
Peter G. Danchin
Ever since the League of Nations, there has been hope that collective security could be attained by pure international will. Can the present U.N. and worldwide "laws" contain the threats of a post-9/11 society?