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A general right to conscientious exemption : beyond religious privilege
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"This book makes three main claims. The first, a normative claim, is that a general legal right to conscientious exemption is a defining feature of a liberal democracy which is committed to individ...
"This book makes three main claims. The first, a normative claim, is that a general legal right to conscientious exemption is a defining feature of a liberal democracy which is committed to individual freedom and state neutrality between different conceptions of the good life. This means that a state without such a right is, all things being equal, less liberal than a state which institutionalises the right"--
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- Creator
- John Adenitire, Queen Mary, University of London
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2020
- ©2020
- Physical Details
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- xiv, 320 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781108777780, 9781108804950, 9781108478458, 110847845X, 9781108745826
- OCLC
- on1135915188
- Based on author's thesis (Doctoral - University of Cambridge, 2018) issued under title: A general legal right to conscientious exemption : beyond religious privilege,
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction -- The General Right to Conscientious Exemption in US Law -- The General Right to Conscientious Exemption in US Law : Beyond Religious Privilege? -- The General Right to Conscientious Exemption In Canadian Law -- The General Right to Conscientious Exemption in Canadian Law : Beyond Religious Privilege? -- The General Right To Conscientious Exemption In UK Law -- The General Right To Conscientious Exemption In UK Law : Beyond Religious Privilege? -- The Liberal Model of Conscientious Exemptions -- Balancing The General Right With Sexual Orientation Discrimination -- Conclusion