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Five Views Of Church-State Relations In Contemporary American Thought, Carl H. Esbeck
Five Views Of Church-State Relations In Contemporary American Thought, Carl H. Esbeck
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Views concerning the appropriate relationship between church and state are rapidly becoming almost as numerous as America's religious sects. The Constitution's treatment of religious liberty, thought by many to be a matter long settled, has now erupted into a many-sided debate. Not only lawyers, judges and legal commentators are involved; historians and sociologists, theologians and ecclesiastics, political theorists and statesmen also participate in the debate. It is part of a much larger struggle over a redefinition, or for some a reclamation, of the role of religion in American public life. At times this debate focuses on discrete environments, such as …
Debating Conviction Against Conviction — Constitutional Considerations On The Sanctuary Movement, Ruti G. Teitel
Debating Conviction Against Conviction — Constitutional Considerations On The Sanctuary Movement, Ruti G. Teitel
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Tort Claims Against Churches And Ecclesiastical Officers: The First Amendment Considerations, Carl H. Esbeck
Tort Claims Against Churches And Ecclesiastical Officers: The First Amendment Considerations, Carl H. Esbeck
Faculty Publications
Federal and state courts are increasingly confronted with the unenviable task of giving legal definition to matters affecting relations between religion and government.' Many of the lawsuits pitting church against state are surface manifestations of a more fundamental disintegration of an American public philosophy.
The Supreme Court’S 1984–85 Church-State Decisions: Judicial Paths Of Least Resistance, Ruti G. Teitel
The Supreme Court’S 1984–85 Church-State Decisions: Judicial Paths Of Least Resistance, Ruti G. Teitel
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