Siena: Law & Religion Programme at the University of Siena

Presentation:

The Law & Religion Programme at the University of Siena started in 2000 as an initiative of the Department of Public Law of the Faculty of Law.
In 2001 the first series of lectures and seminars has been presented and the first issue of Daimon (Yearbook of Comparative Religious Laws) has been published.
In 2003 the first international meeting on Justice and Religion took place.
From 2000 to 2004 several international experts have been visiting and lecturing in Siena as a part of the Visiting Programme.
In 2005 the first International Summer School in Law & Religion will be held.

Why

The Programme responds to the awareness that religion is a factor deeply affecting socio-legal and political dynamics in the contemporary world. The Programme believes that law and religion is a valuable opportunity to observe, interpret and govern the role of religion in globalisation. The programme understands law and religion in the broadest possible way: as every interaction between every aspect of law (e.g. international law, labour law, family law, biolaw) and every aspect of religion (e.g. religious institutions, morals, western and eastern religions, new and traditional religions, ecumenism). The programme focuses on both religious legal systems (e.g. Islamic law, Jewish law, canon law) and the legal treatment of religious issues in a secular environment (e.g. religious freedom, legal status of religious groups, new religious movements, Islam in western countries, women’s rights). The programme aims at providing a wide public with opportunities to meet, analyse and discuss topics related to this field according to the following principles.
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Information:
Law & Religion Programme
University of Siena
Dpt. of Public Law
via Mattioli 10, 53100 Siena
Fax +390577235235
email: lawrel.programme@unisi.it
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