Contents Richard A. Epstein CHURCH AND STATE AT THE CROSSROADS: CHRISTIAN LEGAL SOCIETY V. MARTINEZ 3 John Wie, Jr. and Nina-Louisa Arold LIFT HIGH THE CROSS? CONTRASTING THE NEW EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN CASES ON RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS ON GOVERNMENT PROPERTY 28 Reid B. Locklin THE MANY WINDOWS OF THE WALL 72 Press Release of the European Court of Human Rights CRUCIFIXES IN ITALIAN STATE-SCHOOL CLASSROOMS: THE COURT FINDS NO VIOLATION 93 Vakhtang Menabde FREEDOM OF RELIGION – WHERE SHOULD WE LOOK FOR IT? 100 Besarion Zoidze PRINCIPLE OF PRESERVING THE ESSENCE OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS 116 Jens Meyer-Ladewig THE PRINCIPLE OF “DE MINIMIS NON CURAT PRAETOR” IN THE PROTECTION SYSTEM OF THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS 127 Pavlo V. Pushkar PROTECTION OF PROPERTY UNDER THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE GEORGIAN CONSTITUTION: ANALYSIS OF THE JUDICIAL PRACTICE OF BALANCING PROPORTIONALITY OF INTERFERENCE WITH THE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS 143 Giorgi Kverenchkhiladze CHANGES IN GEORGIAN CONSTITUTIONALISM: CONSTITUTIONAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE GOVERNMENT AND SPECIFICITIES OF THEIR INTERRELATIONSHIP FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF 2010 CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM 157