Religion and the Law : of Church and State and the Supreme Court

ISBN-13: 9780202363042 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 128 str.

Philip Kurland

Opis

There are few issues as controversial as where to draw the line between church and state. The framers of the Constitution's Bill of Rights began their blueprint for freedom by drawing exactly such a line. Th e fi rst clauses of the First Amendment provide: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." Th e justices of the Supreme Court have not been wanting for advice from self-appointed guardians. Th e diffi culty with such advice is that the contestants are more convincing when they criticize their opponents' interpretations than when they seek to establish the validity of their own.

Spis treści

One: A Doctrine in Search of Authority; Introduction; 1: A Doctrine in Search of Authority; Two: Authorities in Search of a Doctrine; 2: The Early Mormon Cases; 3: The Apocrypha; 4: The Problem of Standing to Sue; 5: “Patriotism is not Enough”—Or Is It?; 6: The Right to Proselyte; 7: The Trial of “Saint Germain”; 8: The School Bus Case: The Precedent of Byron’s Julia; 9: Released Time: The Precedent of Julia Again; 10: Of Czar and Commissar; 11: Never on Sunday; 12: The Notary’s Oath; Three: Conclusion; Conclusion

O autorze

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