{"product_id":"the-blessings-of-liberty-human-rights-and-religious-freedom-in-the-western-legal-tradition-hardback-9781108429207","title":"The Blessings of Liberty; Human Rights and Religious Freedom in the Western Legal Tradition (Hardback) 9781108429207","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Blessings of Liberty\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHuman Rights and Religious Freedom in the Western Legal Tradition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA robust defense of the essential interdependence of human rights and religious freedom from antiquity to the present.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Witte, Jr. (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108429207, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 4 November 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e300 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16 x 2.2 cm, 0.63 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'In these eloquent essays, John Witte explores the history of the right to religious liberty and highlights the crucial role this 'first freedom' plays in securing and safeguarding human rights generally. Looking both back in time and around the world, Witte tells the story and identifies the foundations of human rights and defends their centrality in our contemporary context.  In his lucid and lively way, he defends a robust pluralism, a respectful politics, and the right of religious conscience for all.' Richard W. Garnett, Notre Dame Law School\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eLeading legal scholar John Witte, Jr. explores the role religion played in the development of rights in the Western legal tradition and traces the complex interplay between human rights and religious freedom norms in modern domestic and international law. He examines how US courts are moving towards greater religious freedom, while recent decisions of the pan-European courts in Strasbourg and Luxembourg have harmed new religious minorities and threatened old religious traditions in Europe. Witte argues that the robust promotion and protection of religious freedom is the best way to protect many other fundamental rights today, even though religious freedom and other fundamental rights sometimes clash and need judicious balancing. He also responds to various modern critics who see human rights as a betrayal of Christianity and religious freedom as a betrayal of human rights.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface and Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Christian contributions to the development of rights and liberties in the Western legal tradition\u003cbr\u003e 2. Magna Cartas old and new: rights and liberties in the Anglo-American common law\u003cbr\u003e 3. Natural law and natural rights in the early Protestant tradition\u003cbr\u003e 4. 'A most mild and equitable establishment of religion': religious freedom in Massachusetts, 1780–1833\u003cbr\u003e 5. Historical foundations and enduring fundamentals of American religious freedom\u003cbr\u003e 6. Balancing the guarantees of no establishment and free exercise of religion in American education\u003cbr\u003e 7. Tax exemption of religious property: historical anomaly or valid constitutional practice? 8. Faith in Strasbourg? Religious freedom in the European Court of Human Rights\u003cbr\u003e 9. Meet the new boss of religious freedom: the new cases of the Court of Justice of the European Union\u003cbr\u003e Concluding reflections: toward a Christian defense of human rights and religious freedom today\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Human rights \u0026amp; civil liberties law [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Human rights \u0026amp; civil liberties law\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Human%20rights%20\u0026amp;%20civil%20liberties%20law%20%5BLNDC%5D%22\"\u003eLNDC\u003c\/a\u003e], International human rights law [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on International human rights law\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22International%20human%20rights%20law%20%5BLBBR%5D%22\"\u003eLBBR\u003c\/a\u003e], Jurisprudence \u0026amp; philosophy of law [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Jurisprudence \u0026amp; philosophy of law\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Jurisprudence%20\u0026amp;%20philosophy%20of%20law%20%5BLAB%5D%22\"\u003eLAB\u003c\/a\u003e], Human rights [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Human rights\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Human%20rights%20%5BJPVH%5D%22\"\u003eJPVH\u003c\/a\u003e], Theology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Theology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Theology%20%5BHRLB%5D%22\"\u003eHRLB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45999563243800,"sku":"9781108429207","price":89.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108429207i.jpg?v=1696699841","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-blessings-of-liberty-human-rights-and-religious-freedom-in-the-western-legal-tradition-hardback-9781108429207","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}