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Secularism şi cooperare în raportul dintre stat şi culte
Secularism and Cooperation between the State and Religious Denominations

Author(s): Csaba Ferenc Asztalos
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Centrul de Studii Internationale
Keywords: religious freedom; laicity; secular state; religious symbols; state neutrality; negative obligations; positive obligations

Summary/Abstract: The article looks at the relationships between the state authorities and religious denominations from the perspective of international standards, international models and national characteristics. The relation between the state and the culte is analyzed starting from the principle of freedom of religion, with a view to identifying the effects of church-state relations on the latter. To safeguard the exercise of freedom of religion, whether individually or as a group, the state has both positive and negative obligations. The relation of inter-dependence between the state and the denominations must aim at balancing the two. Church-state relations should take into account legal principles and international models, as well as the national and international case law in the field.

  • Issue Year: 5/2009
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 27-34
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Romanian