The Law and Religion course aims to analyze the main themes and issues concerning the relationship between law and religion in Europe. In particular, it aims to provide students with the essential cognitive elements relating to the relationship between law and religion and the different models of relations between states and religious communities in Europe, with special attention to the issue of individual and collective religious freedom in its multiple dimensions. A special focus is devoted to the system of protection of the right to religious freedom in national and supranational law, and in particular in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Through the concepts provided in the classroom by the professor and individual study, the aim is to develop in students the knowledge and ability to interpret international and national legal instruments on the subject, as well as relevant case law. The ultimate goal is for students to acquire the ability to critically address the various aspects related to the regulation of the relationship between law and religion in Europe, in the context of the current multiethnic, multicultural and multireligious evolution of the Western world.
- Docente: FABIO FRANCESCHI