Neutrality, Proselytism and Religious Minorities at the European Court of Human Rights and the U.S. Supreme Court

Nicholas Hatzis, Neutrality, Proselytism and Religious Minorities at the European Court of Human Rights and the U.S. Supreme Court (June 22, 2009). Harvard International Law Journal Online, Vol. 49, p. 120, 2009. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1506514

The paper examines the way the US Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights have dealt with the discriminatory treatment of religious minorities in relation to proselytism, and the role played by the principle of neutrality in arguments supporting the invalidation of statutes which restrict religious canvassing.