Essays about: "secular law"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 20 essays containing the words secular law.

  1. 16. To See Possibilities – A Study of Advocates for the Undocumented Migrants in Sweden

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Anders Jacobsson; [2014-06-25]
    Keywords : advocates; undocumented migrants; residence permit; law; assessments;

    Abstract : The purpose with the thesis was to get a deeper understanding of the work which is performed for the undocumented migrants in Sweden by secular and Christian advocates.The study was conducted through seven qualitative interviews and through a qualitative study of four articles in Swedish newspapers. READ MORE

  3. 17. What Happened to the Idea of a Secular Europe? -An Emerging 'Law and Religion Policy' within the European Union-

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Emma Svensson; [2009]
    Keywords : EG-rätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The European Union is a secular entity. In the debate surrounding the Constitutional Treaty, strong voices were raised demanding a reference to the 'Christian heritage' of Europe. READ MORE

  4. 18. Can Freedom Entitle Oppression?- A Feministic Analysis of the Veil as a Phenomenon in Secular Societies

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Kristina Olsson; [2007]
    Keywords : Feminism; Gender Discrimination; Islam; Secularity; Veil; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Abstract In Europe, equality between men and women is constitutionally protected and the member states of the European Union are obliged to counteract gender discrimination within their states both according to the Treaty of Rome and the European Convention on Human Rights. Over the last years there have been several debates in Europe about whether the Islamic veil is consistent with secularity and whether banning the veil within some institutions would be to violate the freedom of religion or not. READ MORE

  5. 19. Leyla v. Europe? - Turkish Secularism and Freedom of Religious Expression in the ECtHR

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Adam Göransson; [2007]
    Keywords : Processrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : A number of 'freedom of religion v. secular policies' cases in the European Court of Human Rights (and, before 1998, the European Commission of Human Rights) emanating from Turkey suggest that the Court endorses Turkish secular policies at the expense of Turkish Muslims' human rights. READ MORE

  6. 20. Causes and Contexts - A structural analysis of terrorism past and present

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Tony Ingesson; [2007]
    Keywords : terrorism; Islamic terrorism; West Germany; urban guerilla; Al-Qaeda; Peace and conflict research; polemology; Freds- och konfliktforskning; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to provide a theoretical framework that can be applied to both religious and secular terrorism. It is suggested that terrorism can be divided into two categories; practical and ideological. The first category, terrorists with practical objectives like sovereignty or end to repression, are generated by local conflicts. READ MORE