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Social Reproduction And Religious Reproduction: A Democratic-Communitarian Analysis Of The Yoder Problem, Josh Chafetz Oct 2006

Social Reproduction And Religious Reproduction: A Democratic-Communitarian Analysis Of The Yoder Problem, Josh Chafetz

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Public Officials State Of Georgia Division Of Archives And History: Authorize The Display Of Certain Historical Documents As Part Of The Foundation Of American Law And Government; Provide A Context For Historical Documents; Provide For Related Matters; Repeal Conflicting Laws; And For Other Purposes, Erica Boughner Sep 2006

Public Officials State Of Georgia Division Of Archives And History: Authorize The Display Of Certain Historical Documents As Part Of The Foundation Of American Law And Government; Provide A Context For Historical Documents; Provide For Related Matters; Repeal Conflicting Laws; And For Other Purposes, Erica Boughner

Georgia State University Law Review

The Act authorizes local municipalities and political subdivisions to post documents considered to be relative to the foundations of American law and government. The authorized documents include the Mayflower Compact, the Ten Commandments as extracted from Exodus Chapter 20, the Declaration of Independence, the Magna Carta, The Star Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key, the national motto, the Preamble to the Georgia Constitution, the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution, and the description on the image of Lady Justice. The Foundations of American Law and Government display is to include these nine documents together with a context for …


Church And State In The United States: Competing Conceptions And Historic Changes, Douglas Laycock Jul 2006

Church And State In The United States: Competing Conceptions And Historic Changes, Douglas Laycock

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

This article, originally written for a French audience, attempts to explain the American law of church and state from the ground up, assuming no background information. Basic legal provisions are explained. The relevant American history is periodized in three alignments of religious conflict: Protestant-Protestant, Protestant-Catholic, and religious-secular. Some frequently heard concepts are explained, distinguished, and related to each other-separation, voluntarism, equality, formal and substantive neutrality, liberty, toleration, and state action. Finally, the principal disputes over religious liberty are assessed in three broad areas-funding of religiously affiliated activities, religious speech (with and without government sponsorship), and regulation of religious practice. These …


Cutter And The Preferred Position Of The Free Exercise Clause, Steven Goldberg Apr 2006

Cutter And The Preferred Position Of The Free Exercise Clause, Steven Goldberg

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Private Choices, Public Consequences: Public Education Reform And Feminist Legal Theory, Verna L. Williams Apr 2006

Private Choices, Public Consequences: Public Education Reform And Feminist Legal Theory, Verna L. Williams

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.