A Question of Balance
A Study of Legal Equality and State Neutrality in the United States, France, and the Netherlands
By (author) Brenda J. Norton
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Publication date:
21 January 2016Length of book:
176 pagesPublisher
Lexington BooksISBN-13: 9781498523974
The politics of the hijab and burqa lie at the intersection of the political and legal spheres. Consequently, the political and legal spheres have each attempted to enforce differing versions of the concepts of equality and neutrality. A cross-cultural and cross-national survey of judicial decisions and legislative action in these countries demonstrates how each is balancing individual rights and communal bonds, and adhering to or retreating from previously accepted human rights norms for women and religious practices.
A Question of Balance provides a captivating comparative study of an increasingly salient concern.