Religious Freedom and Freedom of Expression in Spain
This article deals with the conflicts produced in the Spanish legal system between the exercise of religious freedom and freedom of expression, focusing on those cases in which certain expressions have been considered offensive to religious feelings and on those where the religious discourse has bee...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill, Nijhoff
2014
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Religion and human rights
Year: 2014, Volume: 9, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 209-225 |
Further subjects: | B
Religious Expression
religious freedom
protection
Spanish case law
criminal law
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Summary: | This article deals with the conflicts produced in the Spanish legal system between the exercise of religious freedom and freedom of expression, focusing on those cases in which certain expressions have been considered offensive to religious feelings and on those where the religious discourse has been considered contrary to public order. The Spanish case-law shows the difficulties in protecting the religious feelings by means of criminal law. |
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ISSN: | 1871-0328 |
Contains: | In: Religion and human rights
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18710328-12341268 |