1. *I should like to thank Bob Goodin, and three anonymous referees, for helpful comments on an earlier version of this article. Research for this work was funded by a Large Research Grant from the British Academy (LRG 33562).
2. 2Named after its president, themediateur de la republique(ombudsman) Bernard Stasi, the Commission was made up of 20 experts (mostly academics and lawyers) and interviewed, between September and December 2003, a number of educational, religious and associational representatives. Its December report (the 'Stasi Report') can be found at: http://medias.lemonde.fr/medias/pdf_obj/rapport_stasi_111203.pdf.
3. On Republican Toleration
4. 4Here I follow Audi, 'The separation of church and state'.