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Direcții ale pluralismului religios în Europa
Evolutions of Religious Pluralism in Europe

Author(s): Effi Fokas
Subject(s): International Law, Geopolitics, Court case
Published by: Centrul de Studii Internationale
Keywords: GRASSROOTSMOBILISE; court of justice; social dynamics; majority Church; The European Court of Human Rights;

Summary/Abstract: The introductory article defines the conceptual background against which the rest of this special issue, occasioned by the European Court of Human Rights’ (ECtHR) decision in the case of Tothpal and Szabo v. Romania, may be read. It argues that the jurisprudence of the Court should be explored not only within the narrow framework of the courts’ immediate, concrete effects, but also in terms of the social effects they generate at the grassroots level and on a longer term. It also briefly introduces the European Research Council-funded project GRASSROOTSMOBILISE, which has deployed precisely such a perspective in looking at the ECtHR’s religious freedom jurisprudence.

  • Issue Year: 15/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 7-9
  • Page Count: 3
  • Language: Romanian