Juridical Status of Scientology in European Case Law
The jurisprudential path which led to the legal qualification of Scientology as a religion, according to Italian law was very interesting. The problem concerned the lack of definition of religion and the fact that recognition as a confession gives a religious denomination several benefits such as po...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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David Publishing Company
2016
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Cultural and religious studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 4, Issue: 5, Pages: 321-331 |
Further subjects: | B
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B Scientology B Italian and French case law B legal qualification |
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Summary: | The jurisprudential path which led to the legal qualification of Scientology as a religion, according to Italian law was very interesting. The problem concerned the lack of definition of religion and the fact that recognition as a confession gives a religious denomination several benefits such as political taxation. Furthermore, the absence of recognition had led to the possibility of considering normal activities of worship as criminal offenses: i.e. as criminal conspiracy, abuse of the disabled etc. The so-called "long process of Milan", which lasted 20 years, however, officially recognized the characteristics of the religious denomination of Scientology. In this sense, the "Scientology case" can be considered a paradigm for a real understanding of the rights that our legal system recognizes in regards to religious movements and, in particular, the right of religious freedom and the principle of "laicità". |
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ISSN: | 2328-2177 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Cultural and religious studies
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.17265/2328-2177/2016.05.005 |