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Delivering The Goods: Herein Of Mead, Delegations, And Authority, Patrick Mckinley Brennan Mar 2009

Delivering The Goods: Herein Of Mead, Delegations, And Authority, Patrick Mckinley Brennan

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This paper argues, first, that the natural law position, according to which it is the function of human law and political authorities to instantiate certain individual goods and the common good of the political community, does not entail judges' having the power or authority to speak the natural law directly. It goes on to argue, second, that lawmaking power/authority must be delegated by the people or their representatives. It then argues, third, that success in making law depends not just on the exercise of delegated power/authority, but also on the exercise of care and deliberation or, in the article's terms, …


Differentiating Church And State (Without Losing The Church), Patrick Mckinley Brennan May 2008

Differentiating Church And State (Without Losing The Church), Patrick Mckinley Brennan

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There is an ongoing debate about whether the U.S. Constitution includes -- or should be interpreted to include -- a principle of "church autonomy." Catholic doctrine and political theology, by contrast, clearly articulated a principle of "libertas ecclesiae," liberty of the church, when during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the Church differentiated herself from the state. This article explores the meaning and origin of the doctrine of the libertas ecclesiae and the proper relationship among churches, civil society, and government. In doing so, it highlights the points at which church and state should cooperate and the points at which …


Religious Group Autonomy: Further Reflections About What Is At Stake, Kathleen A. Brady Jul 2006

Religious Group Autonomy: Further Reflections About What Is At Stake, Kathleen A. Brady

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This article addresses the protections afforded by the First Amendment when government regulation interferes with the internal activities or affairs of religious groups. In previous pieces, I have argued that the First Amendment should be construed to provide religious groups a broad right of autonomy over all aspects of internal group operations, those that are clearly religious in nature as well as activities that seem essentially secular. In my view, such autonomy is necessary to preserve the ability of religious groups to generate, live out and communicate their own visions for social life, including ideas that can push the norms …


Constitutional Law - Pennsylvania Constitution - Equal Protection - Pennsylvania's Sunday Trading Laws Violate The Equal Protection Provision Of Pennsylvania's Constitution, Stanley A. Smith Jan 1979

Constitutional Law - Pennsylvania Constitution - Equal Protection - Pennsylvania's Sunday Trading Laws Violate The Equal Protection Provision Of Pennsylvania's Constitution, Stanley A. Smith

Villanova Law Review

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Bringing Christian Schools Within The Scope Of The Unemployment Compensation Laws: Statutory And Free Exercise Issues, R. Leonard Davis Iii Jan 1979

Bringing Christian Schools Within The Scope Of The Unemployment Compensation Laws: Statutory And Free Exercise Issues, R. Leonard Davis Iii

Villanova Law Review

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The Irrelevance Of The Constitution: The Religion Clauses Of The First Amendment And The Supreme Court, Philip B. Kurland Jan 1978

The Irrelevance Of The Constitution: The Religion Clauses Of The First Amendment And The Supreme Court, Philip B. Kurland

Villanova Law Review

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Primary And Secondary Characteristics In Discrimination Cases, Richard Marshall Abrams Jan 1977

Primary And Secondary Characteristics In Discrimination Cases, Richard Marshall Abrams

Villanova Law Review

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Constiutional Law - Balancing Test Employed To Resolve Conflict Between State Statute And Resulting Burden On Free Exercise Of Religion - State Interest In Compelling Compulsory High School Attendance Outweighed By Resulting Burden On Free Exercise Of Amish Religion, Michael G. Trachtman Jan 1973

Constiutional Law - Balancing Test Employed To Resolve Conflict Between State Statute And Resulting Burden On Free Exercise Of Religion - State Interest In Compelling Compulsory High School Attendance Outweighed By Resulting Burden On Free Exercise Of Amish Religion, Michael G. Trachtman

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


The First Amendment And Education - A Plea For Peaceful Coexistence, Dan L. Johnston Jan 1972

The First Amendment And Education - A Plea For Peaceful Coexistence, Dan L. Johnston

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Dilemma Of The Professoriate, Matthew W. Finkin Jan 1972

The Dilemma Of The Professoriate, Matthew W. Finkin

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Difficult Quest For A Truly Humane Abortion Law, Donald A. Giannella Jan 1968

The Difficult Quest For A Truly Humane Abortion Law, Donald A. Giannella

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.