TY - JOUR
T1 - Prayer for Relief
T2 - Saguenay and State Neutrality Toward Religion in Canada
AU - Amarnath, Ravi
AU - Bird, Brian
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - To what extent can the state, in carrying out its functions, profess or favour one religious tradition over another? This question was at the heart of the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in Mouvement laïque québécois v. Saguenay (City). The Court decided that the Canadian state bears a duty of neutrality in matters of religion, which means it cannot profess or favour one religious tradition over another. This article discusses the consequences of how the Court articulated the duty of neutrality in Canada, and, in particular, how it pertains to deriving a meaning for a "secular state".
AB - To what extent can the state, in carrying out its functions, profess or favour one religious tradition over another? This question was at the heart of the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in Mouvement laïque québécois v. Saguenay (City). The Court decided that the Canadian state bears a duty of neutrality in matters of religion, which means it cannot profess or favour one religious tradition over another. This article discusses the consequences of how the Court articulated the duty of neutrality in Canada, and, in particular, how it pertains to deriving a meaning for a "secular state".
KW - freedom of religion; secularism; state neutrality; constitutional law
M3 - Article
VL - 1
SP - 176
EP - 187
JO - Cambridge Law Review
JF - Cambridge Law Review
ER -