NON ATTENDING students
European Court of Human Rights (www.echr.coe.int):
Case of Cha’are Shalom Ve Tsedek v. France 2000;
Case of Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia and others v. Moldova 2001;
Case of Lautsi and others v. Italy 2011;
Case of Bayatyan v. Armenia 2011;
Case of Fernández Martínez v. Spain 2014.
Supreme Court of Canada (www.scc-csc.ca):
Case of Syndicat Northcrest v Amselem 2004;
Case of Multani v Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys 2006;
Case of Bruker c. Markovitz 2007;
Case of Alberta v Hutterian Brethren of Wilson Colony 2009;
Case of R. v N.S. 2012;
Case of Loyola High School v. Quebec (Attorney General) 2015;
Case of Mouvement laïque québécois v. Saguenay (City) 2015;
Case of Trinity Western University v Law Society of Upper Canada 2018.
ATTENDING students
Didactic materials will be handed out during the lectures and will be put on the Moodle Platform.
ATTENDING and NON ATTENDING students
It's necessary to know:
European Convention of Human Rights and Constitution Acts 1867 to 1982 (Canada).
Suggested readings:
Eugene A. Forsey, How Canadians Govern Themselves, 9th edition
(https://lop.parl.ca/About/Parliament/senatoreugeneforsey/book/preface-e.html).
Learning Objectives
The course focuses on Religious Freedom studying some important judgments of the European Court of Human Rights and the Supreme Court of Canada.
The Right of Religious Freedom will be studied first of all within the European context and then within the Canadian context.
Prerequisites
Basic information on Public Law and International Law.
Teaching Methods
Lectures in class with seminars agreed with the students who attend the course.
Further information
In order to attend the course students shall subscribe to the Moodle Platform by the first week of lessons. The attendance of the registered students will be verified by the signatures. Students enrolled in the course are required to notify the teacher before the beginning of each lesson if they are absent writing an e-mail with the subject: "Justification". A maximum of 3 justifications will be allowed.
Type of Assessment
ATTENDING students
Oral exam.
The exam is composed of two parts:
(I) a presentation of a case choosen by the student and agreed with the professor;
(II) a question from the course programme.
NON ATTENDING students:
Oral exam.
The exam is composed of three questions about the course programme.
ATTENDING and NON ATTENDING students:
To pass the exam it’s necessary to be able to discuss the didactic materials; to be able to critical analyze the texts; to argue with specific legal language.
Course program
Religious Freedom and International Law.
Europe and Religious Freedom: decisions and judgments of the European Court of Human Rights concerning the art. 9 of ECHR.
Religious Freedom in Canada: the analysis of a different model and the multiculturalism challenges.