Date Thesis Awarded
5-2012
Access Type
Honors Thesis -- Access Restricted On-Campus Only
Degree Name
Bachelors of Arts (BA)
Department
Government
Advisor
Clay Clemens
Committee Members
Christine L. Nemacheck
James Dwyer
Abstract
A quantitative and theoretic analysis of variation in the availability of religious and nonreligious philosophical legal exemptions across Western democracies, finding legal system type to correlate with a state's philosophical attitude towards exemptions. Common law systems lead to more exemptions ("accommodation-of-differences") whereas civil law systems correlate with fewer exemptions ("exemption-skepticism").
Recommended Citation
German, Chelsea Olivia, "Legal Systems and Competing Notions of Justice: Explaining Variance in Religious and Nonreligious Philosophical Exemptions across Western Democracies" (2012). Undergraduate Honors Theses. William & Mary. Paper 549.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/549
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Comments
Thesis is part of Honors ETD pilot project, 2008-2013. Migrated from Dspace in 2016.