Religious Offence and Human Rights

The Implications of Defamation of Religions

Lorenz Langer (Universität Zürich)

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Cambridge University Press
31 March 2016

Series: Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law

Should international law be concerned with offence to religions and their followers? Even before the 2005 publication of the Danish Mohammed cartoons, Muslim States have endeavoured to establish some reputational protection for religions on the international level by pushing for recognition of the novel concept of 'defamation of religions'. This study recounts these efforts as well as the opposition they aroused, particularly by proponents of free speech. It also addresses the more fundamental issue of how religion and international law may relate to each other. Historically, enforcing divine commands has been the primary task of legal systems, and it still is in numerous municipal jurisdictions. By analysing religious restrictions of blasphemy and sacrilege as well as international and national norms on free speech and freedom of religion, Lorenz Langer argues that, on the international level at least, religion does not provide a suitable rationale for legal norms.

By: Lorenz Langer (Universität Zürich)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 106
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 650g
ISBN: 9781107612204
ISBN 10: 1107612209
Series: Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law
Pages: 490
Publication Date: 31 March 2016
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lorenz Langer is a lecturer at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, and a Senior Research Fellow at its Centre for Research on Direct Democracy. He is also the managing editor of the Swiss Review of European and International Law.

Reviews for Religious Offence and Human Rights: The Implications of Defamation of Religions

'Langer provides one of the most compelling accounts of the background to, and story of, the 'defamation of religions' debate across the UN throughout the 2000s … This book needs to be read.' Malcolm Evans, Ecclesiastical Law Journal