International Jurisprudence and Legislation

Index

Presentation

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
- Bundesarbeitsgericht, Judgment No 9 AZR 253/22 of 25 April 2023 (GERMANY)

(employment religionis causa - remuneration - definition of religion)

- Upper Tribunal UK, affaire Religious Education College (Scientology) Inc v Ricketts (VO)[2023] UKUT 1 (LC), of 5 January 2023 (UNITED KINGDOM)

(tax exemptions - building of worship - opening to the public)

- Texas Parliament, Act No. 763, 25 May 2023 (USA)

(chaplains in public schools - public funds - First Amendment)

- Ohio Court of Appeals, affaire Ohio v. Loftis, 19 May 2023 (USA)

(due process - third-party judges - moral order)

ISLAM

- Conseil d’État, Judgment No. 458088, IIème and VIIème chambres, 29 June 2023 (FRANCE)

(hijab - sports federations - religious symbols)

- Förvaltningsrätten I Stockholm, Judgments Nos. 2741-23 and 2925-23, 4 April 2023 (SWEDEN)

(Freedom of political demonstration - hate speech - Koran)

LABOUR RELATIONS

- LAG Hannover, Judgment No. 10 Sa 762/22, 26 June 2023 (GERMANY)

(surrogate mother - violation of Lutheran Church principles - nulla poena sine culpa)

- U.S. Supreme Court, affaire Groff vs DeJoy, of 29 June 2023 (USA)

(sabbatical leave - employer’s obligations - First Amendment)

CATHOLIC CHURCH

- Karnataka High Court, affaire Diocese of Chikkamagaluru vs Lancy J Narona, 26 May 2023 (INDIA)

(state jurisdiction - canon law - ritual matters)

SECULARISM

- Supreme Court of India, No. 190/2023, dated 27 February 2023 (INDIA)

(secularisation of religious names - historical heritage - multi-religious state)