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In the article a controversial judgment of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Justice is discussed, passed in the case of S.A.S. v. France of 1 July 2014, where the areligious French ban against face covering in public space was considered — with reference to protecting the value of living together — consistent with the European for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR). Especially important in the case are both legal circumstances accompanying the introduction of the controversial ban and arguments included in the statement of reasons of the analyzed judgment, particularly doubts related to applying univocal judicial techniques and a comprehensible axiological system of weighing opposite interests.