Author profile: Lucy Vickers

Lucy Vickers is Professor of Law at Oxford Brookes University. Her main research area is the protection of human rights within the workplace, with a focus on freedom of speech and religious freedom. Notable publications include Religious Freedom, Religious Discrimination and the Workplace, (2008) Hart Publishing, Oxford, a report for the European Commission on Religion and Belief Discrimination in Employment – The EU Law (2007), Religious Freedom: Expressing Religion, Attire and Public Spaces  22 J.L. & Pol’y 591 (2014), and Promoting Equality Or Fostering Resentment? The Public Sector Equality Duty And Religion And Belief (2011) Legal Studies 135–158.

S.A.S. v France: The French Burqa Ban and Religious Freedom

Lucy Vickers • Sep 10 2014 • Articles

The conclusion of the Court in the S.A.S. case is disappointing. It gives leeway to states to legislate to uphold the very nebulous concept of ‘living together’.

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