Freedom of religion: constitutional and statutory regulation and reflection in the judgments of the Constitutional Court

The Diploma thesis "Freedom of religion: constitutional and statutory regulation and reflection in the judgments of the Constitutional Court" focuses on the constitutional and statutory regulation of freedom of religion in the Czech legal order, and also on the case law of the Constitutional Court concerning various aspects of freedom of religion. The thesis is divided into three parts, the first part is focused on the sources of statutory regulation. Besides the constitutional and statutory regulation also the relevant international conventions on human rights are mentioned. Among the statutory regulation the main attention is put on the Act on churches and religious societies, which implements the constitutional regulation, and also on the Antidiscrimination act, which constitutes the main statutory source of protection against discrimination. The second part analyses various forms of freedom of religion, specifically the autonomy of churches, the right to refuse the military service for religious reasons, the freedom of religion in the relationship between parents and children, the freedom of religion in the context of education and at last the question of religious symbols in public space. The aspects of freedom of religion mentioned above are analysed from the view of their constitutional and..