Religion and Law in Poland

Piotr Stanisz

Jun 2017 · Kluwer Law International B.V.

About this ebook

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this convenient resource provides systematic information on how Poland deals with the role religion plays or can play in society, the legal status of religious communities and institutions, and the legal interaction among religion, culture, education, and media.

After a general introduction describing the social and historical background, the book goes on to explain the legal framework in which religion is approached. Coverage proceeds from the principle of religious freedom through the rights and contractual obligations of religious communities; international, transnational, and regional law effects; and the legal parameters affecting the influence of religion in politics and public life. Also covered are legal positions on religion in such specific fields as church financing, labour and employment, and matrimonial and family law. A clear and comprehensive overview of relevant legislation and legal doctrine make the book an invaluable reference source and very useful guide.

Succinct and practical, this book will prove to be of great value to practitioners in the myriad instances where a law-related religious interest arises in Poland. Academics and researchers will appreciate its value as a thorough but concise treatment of the legal aspects of diversity and multiculturalism in which religion plays such an important part.

About the author

Piotr Stanisz - born in 1966 - is a Polish Roman Catholic priest, professor of law, head of the Department of Law on Religion (since 2008) and former dean of the Faculty of Law, Canon Law and Administration (2012-2016) at John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin. He is a member of a number of scientific associations (inter alia the International Center for Law and Religion Studies and Consociatio Internationalis Studio Iuris Canonici Promovendo), vice-president of the Polish Society of Law on Religion (Polskie Towarzystwo Prawa Wyznaniowego) and the author of numerous publications on law on religion, with a special focus on Polish, Italian and EU law. His specific research interests include such topics as agreements between states and churches and other religious organizations, financing of ecclesiastical entities, religious symbols in the public sphere, autonomy of religious organizations, conscientious objection and status of the clergy.