عنوان

State Sovereignty, Associational Interests, and Collective Religious Liberty

LA126864

انگلیسی

State Sovereignty, Associational Interests, and Collective Religious Liberty

[Article]

Paul Billingham

Leiden

Brill

In Chapter 5 of Liberalism's Religion, Cécile Laborde considers the freedom and autonomy of religious associations within liberal democratic societies. This paper evaluates her central arguments in that chapter. First, I argue that Laborde makes things too easy for herself in dismissing controversies over the state's legitimate jurisdictional authority. Second, I argue that Laborde's view of when associations' 'coherence interests' justify exemptions is too narrow. Third, I consider how we might develop an account of judicial deference to associations' 'competence interests'. In Chapter 5 of Liberalism's Religion, Cécile Laborde considers the freedom and autonomy of religious associations within liberal democratic societies. This paper evaluates her central arguments in that chapter. First, I argue that Laborde makes things too easy for herself in dismissing controversies over the state's legitimate jurisdictional authority. Second, I argue that Laborde's view of when associations' 'coherence interests' justify exemptions is too narrow. Third, I consider how we might develop an account of judicial deference to associations' 'competence interests'.

2019

114-127

Secular Studies

1/1

2589-2525

associational interests

Cécile Laborde

religious exemptions

religious freedom

Paul Billingham

10.1163/25892525-00101008

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[Article]

275578

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