Day 1: Identity and Human Dignity. What is the role of the person, as individual? How do considerations of human dignity inform the treatment of individuals and groups at law? How is a person connected to other groups – and should those groups be recognized by the state? Does this vary by state/country/constitution, or are there rights of individuals and groups that are inherent?
Day 2: How are constitutions and other laws connected to identity? What must be common to constitutions and how are they different because of their connection to local identity and culture?
Day 3: History of religious rights in Western thought
Day 4: Rise of religious liberty in the United States and current status there. Core focus on principles of religious equality, liberty of conscience, free exercise, religious pluralism, no establishment of religion, separation of church and state. Comparison with religious liberty in Europe