Dr. Javier García Oliva
Email Address:javier.oliva@manchester.ac.uk
Qualifications: LLM, PhD
Occupation: Senior Lecturer in Law, Manchester University
Interests:
Law of the State concerning religious denominations
Human rights
Devolution of powers
Comparative Law
Law, sociology and religious bodies
Sample Publications:
BOOK
‘El Reino Unido: un Estado de Naciones, una pluralidad de Naciones’,
Comares, Granada [2004]
ARTICLES
‘Consideraciones sobre la relación entre la Iglesia y el
Estado en Inglaterra’ (Considerations on the Church of England and
its relationship with the State), XVII Anuario de Derecho Eclesiástico
del Estado, 363-437 [2001]
‘The Concept of National Church: the United Kingdom and Spain’ [with
N. Doe], XIV Sri Lanka Journal of International Law 1-22 [2002]
‘Sociology, law and religion in the United Kingdom’, 153 Law and
Justice, 8-26 [2004]
‘Sociology, law and religion in Italy and Spain’ [with J.A. Alberca
de Castro],153 Law and Justice, 44-67 [2004]
‘The Catholic Church and the Socialist Government in Spain: Irreconciliable
differences?’, 37 Ecclesiastical Law Journal, 199-205 [2005]
'The Legal Protection of Believers and Beliefs in the United Kingdom'
9 Ecclesiastical Law Journal 66 [2007]
‘British Ideas for the Teaching of Religion in State Schools in
Spain’ 158 Law and Justice 54 [2007]
‘Les confessions religieuses au Royaume-Uni’, in Jean-Pierre Bastian
et Francis Messner (ed.), Minorités religieuses dans l’espace
européen. Approches sociologiques et juridiques, Paris, Presses
Universitaires de France 321-332 [2007]
(With Norman Doe and Cristiana Cianitto) ‘Medically assisted procreation
in Italy: the referendum and the Roman Catholic Church’ Ethics,
Law and Society Vol III, Ashgate, 269-273 [2007]
'Public authorities and religious denominations in Italy and Spain', in R.M. Morris (ed), Church and State: Some reflections on Church establishment in England (Constitution Unit, University College London, 2008), pp 41-50,
‘Religious decision-making and the capacity of children in the United Kingdom, Laicidad y Libertades [2013] [with H. Hall]
‘Same Sex Marriage: An Inevitable Challenge to Religious Liberty and Establishment? Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, doi: 10.1093/ojlr/rwt045 [with H. Hall]
‘Vestigios anti-católicos en el ordenamiento y sociedad británicos’, Religión, Matrimonio y Derecho ante el Siglo XXI, Estudios en Homenaje del Profesor Navarro Valls, Vol. I, Iustel 1557-1570 [2013]
‘Religious Dress Codes: The Case of the United Kingdom’, S. Ferrari and S. Pastorelli (eds), Religious Dress Codes: the Public/Private Law divide, Ashgate, 217-234 [2012]
J Oliva and F Cranmer, ‘Education and Religious Symbols in the United Kingdom, Italy and Spain: Uniformity or Subsidiarity?’, European Public Law Journal 555-582
J Oliva and F Cranmer, ‘Religious Symbols: not just baubles and bangles’, Theos 16-25 [with F. Cranmer] [2012]