Legal Institutions and Court Decisions as Instruments of Education for Peace in the Modern World

Jakub Sewerynik

doi:10.21697/fp.2024.2.2.16

Published: 2024-09-06

Vol. 14 No. 2.2 (2024)

Legal Institutions and Court Decisions as Instruments of Education for Peace in the Modern World

Jakub Sewerynik

Pedagogical Forum

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https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2024.2.2.16

Abstract

The author attempts to analyze the role of selected legal institutions and court decisions as instruments of education for peace in contemporary democratic society. Author focuses first on French secular constitutional model, describing the tension between state and religion, the means taken to exclude religious symbols from public school and its sociological consequences. Analysis of selected court decision highlights how freedom of religion is downplayed in European legal system, which has huge implications on education for peace in the more and more diversified society. In the second part of the article the Author analyses one of 2023 Polish referendum questions, pointing out the erosion of democratic debate and educational function of democratic institutions.

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freedom of religion, democracy, tolerance, referendum, burqa, France, peace

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Sewerynik, J. (2024). Legal Institutions and Court Decisions as Instruments of Education for Peace in the Modern World. Pedagogical Forum, 14(2.2), 203–213. https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2024.2.2.16

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