The Supreme Court and Religion in American Life, Vol. 2 : From "Higher Law" to "Sectarian Scruples" /

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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Hitchcock, James, 1938-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2004.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
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.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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 second of two volumes by historian and legal scholar James Hitchcock, offers a complete analysis and interpretation of the Court's historical understanding of religion, explaining the revolutionary change that occurred in the 1940s. In.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (272 pages).
ISBN:9781400826261

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