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What Is The Place Assigned To Religion In The Constitutions Of Contemporary States? What Role Is Religion Expected To Perform In The Fields That Are The Object Of Constitutional Regulation? Is Separation Of Religion And Politics A Necessary Precondition For Democracy And The Rule Of Law? These Questions Are Addressed In This Book Through An Analysis Of The Constitutional Texts That Are In Force In Different Parts Of The World. Constitutions Are At The Centre Of Almost All Contemporary Legal Systems And Provide The Principles And Values That Inspire The Action Of The National Law-makers. After A Discussion Of Some Topics That Are Central To The Constitutional Regulation Of Religion, The Book Considers A Number Of National Systems Covering Countries With A Variety Of Religious And Cultural Backgrounds. The Final Section Of The Book Is Devoted To The Discussion Of The Constitutional Regulation Of Some Particularly Controversial Issues, Such As Religious Education, The Relation Between Freedom Of Speech And Freedom Of Religion, Abortion, And Freedom Of Conscience -- Religion And The World's Constitutions / W. Cole Durham, Jr. -- God In Constitutions And Godless Constitutions / Ivan C. Iban -- Church And State Relations In Constitutions / Gerhard Robbers -- Constitutional Reception Of International Law Provisions On Religious Freedom / Jorge Precht -- Religion And The Sources Of Law: Sharîah In Constitutions / Gianluca Parolin -- Constitutional Protections And Limits To Religious Freedom / Johan D. Van Der Vyver -- Religion And Religions In The Latin American Constitutional Framework / Carmen Asiain -- The Constitutional Principle Of Separation Between Church And State In Mexico / Pauline Capdevielle -- Constitutional Protection Of Religious And Cultural Minorities In Sub-saharan Africa / Kofi Quashigah -- Religious Freedom In The Constitutions Of The Maghreb / Nassima Ferchiche -- Religious Institutions And Fundamental Rights: Applicability, Interaction And Limitation