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Legitimacy gap : secularism, religion, and culture in comparative constitutional law /
This book provides an account and explanation of a fundamental dilemma facing secular states: the "legitimacy gap" left by the withdrawal of religion as a source of legitimacy. Legitimacy represents a particular problem for the secular state. The "secular" in all its manifestatio...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Language: | English |
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UK :
Oxford,
2017
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : the secular state and its legitimacy
- I. The Secular State Between Procedural and Substantive Legitimacy
- The 'legitimacy gap' in the secular state
- 2. Constitution and legitimacy : procedural or substantive?
- II. Models of Reconciliation Between Constitutional Law and Culture
- Locating culture in the secular state : constitutional law, secularization, and the status of culture
- The secular nation : France, or the limits of the 'neutral model'
- 'Reformist' secularism: reconciling pluralism, equality, and unity in India
- Malaysia : 'asymmetric' secularism
- Conclusion : between 'de-secularization' and 'nationalization.'