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The Constitutional Structure Of Disestablishment, Ian C. Bartrum
The Constitutional Structure Of Disestablishment, Ian C. Bartrum
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This article proceeds in the structuralist tradition, which Professor Charles Black describes as "the method of inference from the structure and relationships created by the Constitution." The article takes a structural approach to the Establishment Clause: it reexamines the theoretical foundations of disestablishment, and infers a constitutional structure designed to create a dialectical relationship between political institutions and social institutions. The structural thesis requires that our political institutions safeguard individual liberty of conscience by bracketing all religious questions. The antithesis ensures the existence of free and independent social organizations dedicated to building public virtue. The article then applies the structural …
Review Essay: Religion And Politics 2004-2007, Leslie C. Griffin
Review Essay: Religion And Politics 2004-2007, Leslie C. Griffin
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Political Reason, Leslie C. Griffin