Religious education in public schools. Comments on the sentence Castillo of the Supreme Court of Argentina

Authors

  • Gonzalo Gabriel Carranza

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18042/cepc/aijc.22.04

Keywords:

Religious teaching, State, Church, control of constitutionality, control of conventionality.

Abstract

The teaching of religious content in public schools in the province of Salta, Argentina, led to a collective action that was resolved by the Supreme Court. The purpose of this comment is to go through the procedural path that followed the case until reaching the top of the system and analyze the content of the arguments made by the Court to resolve it. In the ruling, the Court paid special attention to the relationship between State and Church, and it has analyzed the wide margin of appreciation that the provinces have in Argentina, all under the light of the control of constitutionality and conventionality. Thus, we will try to specify which rights are at stake and how the Court’s reasoning has been structured.

Issue

Section

CASE LAW