Personal Autonomy in Plural Societies: A Principle and Its Paradoxes

ISBN-13: 9780367884499 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 302 str.

Marie-Claire Foblets; Michele Graziadei; Alison Renteln

Opis

This volume addresses the exercise of personal autonomy in situations of contemporary normative pluralism. The work develops an interdisciplinary conceptual framework and presents empirical studies examining the gap between the principle of personal autonomy and its implementation.

Spis treści

Introduction: Individual Autonomy in Contemporary Plural Societies: How to Reconcile Competing Normative Standards?  - Marie-Claire Foblets, Michele Graziadei and Alison Dundes Renteln

Part I: Autonomy in the Face of Cultural Diversity: Disciplinary Perspectives

1. The Fault in our Stars: Personal Autonomy, Philosophy, and the Law - Michele Graziadei

2. Confronting Autonomy in Liberal Practice - Geoffrey Brahm Levey

3. Autonomy and Deeply Embedded Cultural Identities - John Christman

4. Three Approaches to the Protection of Religious Freedom: Choice, Interest, Identity - Avigail Eisenberg

5. Appeals to Choice and Sexual Equality: Debates over Religious Attire - Monique Deveaux

6. Why the Individual must be Defended ~ Seemingly against all Anthropological Odds - Olaf Zenker

Part II: Autonomy in Context: Empirical Illustrations

A: The Majoritarian Assessment of Personal Autonomy

7. Cultural Diversity in the Workplace: Personal Autonomy as a Pillar for the Accommodation of Employees’ Religious Practices? - Katayoun Alidadi

8. Adopting a Face-Veil, Concluding an Islamic Marriage: Autonomy, Agency, and Liberal-Secular Rule - Annelies Moors

9. Unregistered Muslim Marriages in the UK: Examining Normative Influences Shaping Choice of Legal Protection - Rajnaara Akhtar

10. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Personal Autonomy, Forced Marriage, and the Inherent Jurisdiction in English Law - Alberto Neidhardt

11. Balancing Migration Policy and Personal Autonomy in Private International Law: A Shattered Illusion? - Jinske Verhellen

12. The Anti-Religious Bias in Personal Autonomy: Towards Coherence and a Solution  - Toon Agten

13. Shaping Notions of Person

O autorze

Marie-Claire Foblets is Director of the Department of Law and Anthropology at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle, Germany and Professor of Law at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.

Michele Graziadei is Professor of Comparative Law at the University of Turin, Italy and President of the Italian Society for Research on Comparative Law (SIRD).

Alison Dundes Renteln is Professor of Political Science, Anthropology, Law, and Public Policy at the University of Southern California, where she teaches International Law and Human Rights.