Perspectives on the European Court’s Italian Crucifix Decision

Type: 
Workshop
Audience: 
Open to the Public
Building: 
Nador u. 9, Monument Building
Room: 
Gellner room
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 - 10:00am
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Date: 
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 - 10:00am

10:00   Welcome:        Cole Durham

First Session:               Chair:  Susanna Mancini

The Problem Setting of the Lautsi Decision:  Contrasting Perspectives

Prof. W. Cole Durham, Jr., Susa Young Gates University Professor of Law and Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, U.S.A.

Prof. Michel Rosenfeld, Justice Sydney L. Robins Professor of Human Rights and Director, Program on Global and Comparative Constitutional Theory, Cardozo Law School, New York, U.S.A.

Dr. Grégor Puppinck, Director, European Centre for Law and Justice, Strasbourg, France

12:00   Lunch

1:30     Second Session           Chair:  Michel Rosenfeld

Religious Symbols and Human Rights

Prof. Susanna Mancini, Professor of Comparative Public Law, University of Bologna Law School, Bologna, Italy

Prof. Balazs Schanda, Dean of Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary

Prof. Jeroen Temperman, University of Rotterdam and Editor-in-Chief, Religion and Human Rights

3:00     Break (in front of Gellner Room)

3:30     Third Session              Chair:  Cole Durham

Lautsi and Its Broader Implications for Education

Prof. Renáta Uitz, Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law and Chair, Comparative Constitutional Law Program, Legal Studies Department, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

Prof. Derek Davis, Director, Center for Religious Liberty, University of Mary Hardin Baylor, Belton, Texas, U.S.A.

Prof. Elena Miroshnikova, Religious Studies and Theology, Tula University, Russia