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Conscientious Objection in Current Czech Law
Conscientious Objection in Current Czech Law

Author(s): Damián Němec
Subject(s): Canon Law / Church Law, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: conscientious objection; constitutional law; penal law; law on health protection; seal of the sacrament; pastoral secrecy

Summary/Abstract: Starting with a short analysis of the basis for conscientious objection in Czech constitutional law the author presents three areas of realization of the objections regulatedby Czech legislative: in military service, where it practically lost its originally wide importance, in the guarantee of the seal of the confessional and of pastoral secrecy which canonly be realized in the penal law by clergymen of certain (not of all) registered Churchesand religious societies, and finally in the area of healthcare where it can be applied notonly by patients, but also by the healthcare personnel, even by providers of healthcare.The third area consequently finds the widest application in daily life.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 257-273
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: English