Religion and the Exercise of Public Authority

Benjamin L Berger is an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University.Richard Moon is a Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Windsor.

• Introduction: Religious Neutrality and the Exercise of Public Authority Richard Moon and Benjamin L Berger1. The Meaning and Entailment of the Religious Neutrality of the State: The Case of Public Employees Jocelyn Maclure2. Against Circumspection: Judges, Religious Symbols, and Signs of Moral Independence Benjamin L Berger3. Religious Lawyering and Legal Ethics Faisal Bhabha4. Managing and Imagining Religion in Canada from the Top and the Bottom: 15 Years After Paul Bramadat5. God Keep Our Land: The Legal Ritual of the McKenna-McBride Royal Commission, 1913–16 Pamela E Klassen6. In/Visible Religion in Public Institutions: Canadian Muslim Public Servants Amélie Barras, Jennifer A Selby and Lori G Beaman7. The Prayer Case Saga in Canada: An ‘Expert Insider’ Perspective on Praying in the Political and Public Arenas Solange Lefebvre8. Physicians’ Rights to Conscientious Objection Bruce Ryder9. Conscientious Objections by Civil Servants: The Case of Marriage Commissioners and Same-Sex Civil Marriages Richard Moon10. A Freedom of Religion-Based Argument for the Regulation of Religious Schools Daniel M Weinstock11. ‘Open House’/‘Portes Ouvertes’: Classrooms as Sites of Interfaith Interface Shauna Van Praagh

... a well-produced and reflective consideration of state/religion issues common to the Canadian and UK jurisdictions. The mix of disciplinary backgrounds results in something discernibly more than a wholly lawyerly treatment and is all the richer as a result. It presents an instructive counterpoint to UK concerns and cogently covers a great deal of ground. It is recommended both for its intrinsic interest and as a spur to UK reflection.