Man shall not live by bread alone? Freedom of worship, COVID-19 and the Courts

Galimberti, Marco; Pagotto, Tania

Abstract

This article discusses the application of the proportionality test which the Court of Session in Scotland and the European Court of Human Rights carried out when reviewing the limitations to worship and public gatherings imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The article concludes that judges should not use the proportionality standard of review as an avenue to circumvent their duty of neutrality towards religious dogmas.

Citation

Galimberti, M., & Pagotto, T. (2024). Man shall not live by bread alone? Freedom of worship, COVID-19 and the Courts. Ecclesiastical Law Journal, 26(1), 41-55. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0956618X23000509

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Jan 18, 2024
• Publication Date: 2024-01
• Deposit Date: Mar 18, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: May 3, 2024
• Print ISSN: 0956-618X
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 26
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 41-55
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0956618X23000509
• Keywords: article 9 ECHR, judicial restraint, proportionality review, religious neutrality, Scotland
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/3505312