1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910554231903321

Titolo

The changing terrain of religious freedom / / edited by Heather J. Sharkey and Jeffrey Edward Green

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

0-8122-9830-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 pages)

Collana

Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism

Disciplina

261.72

Soggetti

Freedom of religion

Freedom of religion - Social aspects

Freedom of religion - Political aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- The Changing Terrain of Religious Freedom -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Introduction: The Landscape of Religious Freedom -- PART I. ETHICAL ARGUMENTS -- 1. A Right of Its Own: A Case for the Human Right of Religious Freedom -- 2. Can Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) Be Universal? -- PART II. THE SOCIAL CONTINGENCY OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM DISPUTES -- 3. Microclimates of Religious Freedom: Global Norms Meet Local Conditions in Territorial Hawai`i and Occupied Japan -- 4. The Protection of Religion as "Culture" and "History": Three Case Studies -- 5. "Baptism of Ire": Atheist Plaintiffs and Irreligious Freedom in Postwar America -- 6. The Heads or Tails of Cow Protection in India: Religious Freedom and Secular Agriculture -- 7. Bad Faith: Religious Fraud and Religious Freedom in the "Mighty I AM" Case -- PART III. THE (MIS)APPLICATION OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- 8. The Historian's Pickaxe: Uncovering the Racist Origins of the Religious Right -- 9. Female Genital Cutting in Michigan: How Advocates of the Dawoodi Bohra Distorted Religious Freedom to Control Women's Sexual Conduct -- 10. The U.S. Supreme Court and the Future of Religious Freedom in the United States -- Notes -- List of Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments.



Sommario/riassunto

This volume offers theoretical, historical, and legal perspectives on religious freedom, as an experience, value, and right. Drawing on examples from around the world, its essays show how the terrain of religious freedom has never been smooth and how in recent years the landscape of religious freedom has shifted.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910140137103321

Autore

Alain Coléno

Titolo

Les espèces envahissantes dans l'archipel Néo-Calédonien : un risque environnemental et économique majeur

Pubbl/distr/stampa

IRD Éditions, 2006

[Place of publication not identified], : IRD Éditions, 2006

ISBN

9782709917759

2709917750

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 pages)

Collana

Collection Expertise collégiale

Soggetti

Earth & Environmental Sciences

Ecology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Sommario/riassunto

La biodiversité calédonienne, reconnue comme l’une des plus exceptionnelles avec son fort taux d’endémisme, est largement menacée par l’introduction de nouvelles espèces. Il est donc important de protéger l’écosystème calédonien, à la fois riche et vulnérable, des espèces envahissantes, l’une des principales causes de perte de la biodiversité à l’échelle mondiale.  Face à cette menace, le Gouvernement et les trois provinces de Nouvelle-Calédonie souhaitent mettre en place une structure collective afin de définir les orientations stratégiques nécessaires pour préserver et conserver leur biodiversité. Elles ont ainsi voulu qu’un état des connaissances soit dressé et qu’une réflexion soit menée sur la prévention, la détection précoce, l’intervention rapide, l’éradication, le confinement et le contrôle des



espèces envahissantes.  Cette expertise collégiale apporte les éléments nécessaires à la construction d’un système de biosécurité pertinent et efficace pour l’archipel néo-calédonien.  The introduction of new species poses a major threat to New Caledonia’s biodiversity, widely known for its exceptional quality and high rate of endemism. It is therefore important to protect New Caledonia’s rich but vulnerable ecosystem from invasive species, which are one of the main causes of biodiversity loss worldwide.  Confronted with this threat, the Government and the three Provinces of New Caledonia wish to set up a collective structure to define the necessary strategic guidelines for protecting and conserving biodiversity. They also wanted a state-of-the-art report and analysis of the prevention, early detection, rapid response, eradication, containment and control of invasive species.  This expert group review provides the necessary elements for designing a biosecurity system that will be effective and relevant to the New Caledonian archipelago.