Religious affiliation of children in the draft interreligious laws of the Kingdom of SCS and Yugoslavia 1919-1941

Following the proclamation of the unified state of the South Slavs, the process of harmonizing legislation on religious organizations across the various historical provinces that became part of the state commenced. While regulations governing the organization and functioning of specific religious or...

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Main Author: Đukić Dalibor B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Law 2024-01-01
Series:Zbornik Radova: Pravni Fakultet u Novom Sadu
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Online Access:https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0550-2179/2024/0550-21792404957Q.pdf
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description Following the proclamation of the unified state of the South Slavs, the process of harmonizing legislation on religious organizations across the various historical provinces that became part of the state commenced. While regulations governing the organization and functioning of specific religious organizations were only enacted after 1929, efforts to draft comprehensive legislation to regulate interreligious relations and the legal status of all religious organizations continued until 1941, when they were interrupted by the outbreak of World War II. One particularly sensitive issue addressed in these legislative drafts was the determination of children's religious affiliation. This paper argues that, while the drafts of interreligious laws and regulations adopted several progressive and modern concepts for determining children's religious affiliation, they simultaneously retained conservative provisions that favored recognized religions. These conservative elements reflected the broader framework of state-church relations in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia) during the interwar period.
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spelling doaj-art-2b7a102596024b3bb58d74ddd20c427d2025-08-20T03:15:23ZengUniversity of Novi Sad, Faculty of LawZbornik Radova: Pravni Fakultet u Novom Sadu0550-21792406-12552024-01-0158495797110.5937/zrpfns58-558500550-21792404957QReligious affiliation of children in the draft interreligious laws of the Kingdom of SCS and Yugoslavia 1919-1941Đukić Dalibor B.0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1447-7128Univerzitet u Beogradu, Pravni fakultet u Beogradu, Beograd, SerbiaFollowing the proclamation of the unified state of the South Slavs, the process of harmonizing legislation on religious organizations across the various historical provinces that became part of the state commenced. While regulations governing the organization and functioning of specific religious organizations were only enacted after 1929, efforts to draft comprehensive legislation to regulate interreligious relations and the legal status of all religious organizations continued until 1941, when they were interrupted by the outbreak of World War II. One particularly sensitive issue addressed in these legislative drafts was the determination of children's religious affiliation. This paper argues that, while the drafts of interreligious laws and regulations adopted several progressive and modern concepts for determining children's religious affiliation, they simultaneously retained conservative provisions that favored recognized religions. These conservative elements reflected the broader framework of state-church relations in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia) during the interwar period.https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0550-2179/2024/0550-21792404957Q.pdfchurches and religious communitieskingdom of serbscroats and sloveneskingdom of yugoslaviainterreligious lawsreligious affiliation of children
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Religious affiliation of children in the draft interreligious laws of the Kingdom of SCS and Yugoslavia 1919-1941
Zbornik Radova: Pravni Fakultet u Novom Sadu
churches and religious communities
kingdom of serbs
croats and slovenes
kingdom of yugoslavia
interreligious laws
religious affiliation of children
title Religious affiliation of children in the draft interreligious laws of the Kingdom of SCS and Yugoslavia 1919-1941
title_full Religious affiliation of children in the draft interreligious laws of the Kingdom of SCS and Yugoslavia 1919-1941
title_fullStr Religious affiliation of children in the draft interreligious laws of the Kingdom of SCS and Yugoslavia 1919-1941
title_full_unstemmed Religious affiliation of children in the draft interreligious laws of the Kingdom of SCS and Yugoslavia 1919-1941
title_short Religious affiliation of children in the draft interreligious laws of the Kingdom of SCS and Yugoslavia 1919-1941
title_sort religious affiliation of children in the draft interreligious laws of the kingdom of scs and yugoslavia 1919 1941
topic churches and religious communities
kingdom of serbs
croats and slovenes
kingdom of yugoslavia
interreligious laws
religious affiliation of children
url https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0550-2179/2024/0550-21792404957Q.pdf
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