John Adenitire is a Strategic Lecturer in the School of Law at Queen Mary, University of London. He completed his PhD at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. He has researched at Cambridge, Durham, Birmingham, the UCL Constitution Unit, the Bingham Centre and the UK Commission on a Bill of Rights.

• 1. Introduction; 2. The General Right to Conscientious Exemption in US Law; 3. The General Right to Conscientious Exemption in US Law: Beyond Religious Privilege? 4. The General Right to Conscientious Exemption in Canadian Law; 5. The General Right to Conscientious Exemption in Canadian Law: Beyond Religious Privilege?; 6. The General Right to Conscientious Exemption in UK Law; 7. The General Right to Conscientious Exemption in UK Law: Beyond Religious Privilege? 8. The Liberal Model of Conscientious Exemptions; 9. Balancing the General Right with Sexual Orientation Discrimination; 10. Conclusion.

'At a time when the highest courts in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States are all wrestling with the difficult contours of conscience rights, this book provides an invaluable panoramic view of the doctrinal landscape in each jurisdiction, along with a bold and incisive normative claim about the importance of extending exemption rights beyond religion in the modern liberal state.' Jim Oleske, Professor, Lewis and Clark Law School, Oregon