Contenuti per la categoria: USA Supreme Court

SOMMARIO: 1. Introduction – 2. Part I: Theological and Historical Roots of Western Constitutionalism – 2.1. King-Servant of God vs. Tyrant-Servant of the Devil – 2.2. Hobbes and la religion de l’État – 2.3. John Locke’s Principle of Tolerance. The Modern Constitutionalism – 2.4. Roger Williams: The Apostle of Religious Liberty. The Roots of American Secularism – 3. Part II: The secularismlaïcité – 3.1. The Double Separation (Emancipation): State from Religion, Religion from the State – 3.2. Islam and la laïcité à la française – 3.3. Individual Rights vs Group Rights – 4. Conclusion. Secularism and Supranational Constitutionalism

SOMMARIO: 1. Cenni preliminari sulla c.d. cultural defense - 2. Sentenze in cui si dà rilievo alla cultural defense - 2.1. Assoluzione - 2.1.1. People v. Metallides (1974) - 2.1.2. State v. Kargar (1993) - 2.1.3. State v. Krasniqi (1989-1992) - 2.2. Derubricazione del reato e/o riduzione della pena - 2.2.1. People v. Kimura (1975) - 2.2.2. People v. Poddar (1969-1974) - 2.2.3. People v. Moua (1985) - 2.2.4. People v. Chen (1987) - 3. Sentenze in cui si nega rilievo alla cultural defense - 3.1. People v. Romero (1999) - 3.2. People v. Rhines (1982) - 3.3. People v. Aphaylath (1986) - 3.4. Siripongs v. Calderon (1994) - 4. Riflessioni conclusive.