First Amendment Religious Liberties : Supreme Court Decisions and Public Opinion, 1947-2013.
Cook analyzes the relationship between Supreme Court decisions and public opinion concerning First Amendment religious liberties. Overall, the Court has issued opinions consistent with public opinion in a majority of its decisions dealing with the First Amendment's religion clauses, with a leve...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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El Paso :
LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC,
2014.
©2014 |
Colección: | Recht und Gesellschaft.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Cook analyzes the relationship between Supreme Court decisions and public opinion concerning First Amendment religious liberties. Overall, the Court has issued opinions consistent with public opinion in a majority of its decisions dealing with the First Amendment's religion clauses, with a level of congruence of almost seventy percent when a clear public opinion expression is present. She also provides a new perspective for understanding the long and contentious debate about prayer in public school by identifying an area of agreement between the Court and public opinion that has not received m. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (236 pages). |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781593327828 159332782X 1593327501 9781593327507 |