THE PRINCIPLE OF SECULARITY IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION OF 2006. Cover Image

НАЧЕЛО СВЕТОВНОСТИ У РЕПУБЛИЦИ СРБИЈИ ПРЕМА УСТАВУ ИЗ 2006
THE PRINCIPLE OF SECULARITY IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION OF 2006.

Author(s): Petar Mitrović
Subject(s): Constitutional Law, Politics and religion, Sociology of Education
Published by: Правни факултет Универзитета у Београду
Keywords: The principle of secularity; Freedom of religion; Funding from the budget; Religious rituals; Faculty of Orthodox Theology; Religious education;

Summary/Abstract: The main goal of this paper is to offer an analysis of the principle of secularity according to the Constitution of 2006, and, within it, the author proposes arguments in favor of the thesis that current Constitution accepts the model of strict separation of state and church. The paper also focuses on the questions of the great importance for state-church relations: funding of churches and religious communities from the budget, religious rituals in public bodies and institutions, the role of traditional churches and religious communities in public education system, and gives the opinion on their constitutionality in constitutional system of the Republic of Serbia.

  • Issue Year: 63/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 287-303
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Serbian