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The Constitution & Religion

The Constitution & Religion

- Leading Supreme Court Cases on Church and State

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  • Engelsk

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This superb collection chronicles the most important Supreme Court cases on church-state relations over the past three decades. It includes extensive coverage of the Court's major decisions concerning prayer in state legislatures, the pledge of allegiance, display of the Ten Commandments in public buildings, religious displays on public property, school prayer, vouchers for religious schools, religion in science class, and much more.Beginning with a carefully prepared historical overview, which places the first amendment in the context of 18th-century debates over religious freedom, Robert Alley offers a fresh analysis of the amendment's origins. He then presents fifty recent and historical cases without editorial comment, permitting readers to arrive at their own individual interpretations. In addition to the text of the majority decision, each case is followed by the vote of the justices as well as selected dissenting opinions.Unlike news accounts and other texts, this unique volume is the only objective presentation of the justices' decisions, in the Court's own words, and it includes the entire canon of subjects that bear the label "church and state."This clearly written, accessible book will be valuable for classroom use, as a library resource, and as an excellent introductory reader for anyone interested in what the Supreme Court has decided on religion in public places and schools.

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  • SprogEngelsk
  • Sidetal545
  • Udgivelsesdato01-10-1999
  • ISBN139781573927031
  • Forlag Prometheus Books
  • Nummer i serien429
  • FormatPaperback
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  • Vægt1292 g
  • Dybde2,7 cm
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    10 cm
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    21,5 cm
    28,1 cm

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