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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Why Religious Freedom Matters for Democracy: Comparative Reflections from Britain and France for a Democratic “Vivre Ensemble” by Dr Myriam Hunter-Henin
Should an employee be allowed to wear a religious symbol at work? Should a religious employer be allowed to impose constraints on employees’ private lives for the sake of enforcing a religious work ethos? Should an employee be allowed on religious grounds to refuse to work with customers of the opposite sex or of a same-sex sexual orientation? Through a comparative analysis of French and English solutions this book explores how judges decide these issues and fills a gap in the literature by defending a democratic approach which highlights the vital connections between religious freedom pluralism and democracy.