Our Agnostic Constitution

SD Smith - NYUL Rev., 2008 - HeinOnline
According to an argument heard a good deal lately, the fact that the Constitution says
nothing about God means that we have a" godless Constitution," and that fact in turn entails …

Human dignity's false start in the Supreme Court of Canada: equality rights and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

TMJ Bateman - The International Journal of Human Rights, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Human dignity functions largely as a rhetorical trope in contemporary human rights
jurisprudence. In 1999 the Supreme Court of Canada began a jurisprudential experiment in …

Hannah Arendt and Human Dignity: Theoretical Foundations and Constitutional Protection of Human Rights

J Helis - J. Pol. & L., 2008 - HeinOnline
This article considers how Hannah Arendt's understanding of human dignity comes to terms
with two of the most significant controversies in contemporary human rights discourse, while …

God at Work: Religion in the Workplace and the Limits of Pluralism in Canada

L Sossin - Comp. Lab. L. & Pol'y J., 2008 - HeinOnline
Religious freedom includes both the freedom to express religious beliefs and the freedom
from having the beliefs of others imposed. The workplace has become the testing ground for …

When rights collide: Liberalism, pluralism and freedom of religion in Canada

A Fielding - Appeal: Rev. Current L. & L. Reform, 2008 - HeinOnline
In a time where the influx of immigrants with diverse religions conflict with the laws of the
majority, the question of how to live together in disagreement when Charter rights collide …

Constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians in a preamble

A Twomey - Constitutional Reform Unit, Sydney Law School …, 2011 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract In 2011 the Australian Government established an expert panel to consider a
proposal to recognise Indigenous Australians in the Constitution. This report deals with the …

A most fundamental freedom of choice: an international review of conscientious objection to elective abortion

E Whitcomb - . John's J. Legal Comment., 2009 - HeinOnline
Freedom of conscience, an internationally recognized individual right, is among the most
fundamental of personal liberties. 2 It affords an individual the freedom to act in a manner …

The name of God in a constitution: Meaning, democracy, and political solidarity

A Deagon - Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, 2019 - academic.oup.com
This article explores the idea that recognizing God in the Constitution of a modern liberal
democracy benefits both religious and non-religious citizens through symbolizing …

God in the Constitution: The Supremacy of God Clause in the Preamble to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

DG Newman - 2022 - papers.ssrn.com
This paper engages with the supremacy of God clause in the preamble to the Canadian
Charter of Rights and Freedoms as a forgotten foundation of the Canadian Constitution. The …

Religion and New Constitutions: Recent Trends of Harmony and Divergence

J Patrick - McGeorge L. Rev., 2013 - HeinOnline
One of the most remarkable global political trends of the past century is the spread of
constitutionalism.'With few exceptions, every country in the world has its fundamental …