The Supreme Court and Religion in American Life, Vol. 1 : The Odyssey of the Religion Clauses /

School vouchers. The Pledge of Allegiance. The ban on government grants for theology students. The abundance of church and state issues brought before the Supreme Court in recent years underscores an incontrovertible truth in the American legal system: the relationship between the state and religion...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hitchcock, James, 1938- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2004.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
USA > Supreme Court
Religionsfreiheit
Staat
Kirche
Freedom of religion.
Church and state.
RELIGION > Religion, Politics & State.
LAW > Public.
LAW > Constitutional.
Liberte religieuse > États-Unis > Histoire.
Église et État > États-Unis > Histoire.
Freedom of religion > United States > History.
Church and state > United States > History.
USA
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:School vouchers. The Pledge of Allegiance. The ban on government grants for theology students. The abundance of church and state issues brought before the Supreme Court in recent years underscores an incontrovertible truth in the American legal system: the relationship between the state and religion in this country is still fluid and changing. This, the first of two volumes by historian and legal scholar James Hitchcock, provides the first comprehensive exploration of the Supreme Court's approach to religion, offering a close look at every case, including some that scholars have ignor.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (232 pages).
ISBN:9781400826254

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