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Law And Environment In Modern America And Among The Hopi Indians: Comparison Of Values, John W. Ragsdale Jr Jan 1986

Law And Environment In Modern America And Among The Hopi Indians: Comparison Of Values, John W. Ragsdale Jr

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Religious Freedom During The 1985–1986 Supreme Court Term: Adrift On Troubled Waters, Robert A. Destro Jan 1986

Religious Freedom During The 1985–1986 Supreme Court Term: Adrift On Troubled Waters, Robert A. Destro

Scholarly Articles

The 1985-86 Term of the Supreme Court was characterized by continuing deep divisions within the Court regarding the nature of religious freedom, the role of religion in society, and the constitutional approach which should be adopted for cases raising religious freedom issues. In all, the Court decided five major religious freedom cases with full opinions, granted review in two cases, and denied review in at least thirty-three others. In addition, three other cases decided on the merits which did not specifically involve religious freedom did include discussion of important questions concerning the relationship of law and religion. In the summary …


The Concept Of Religion In State Constitutions, Kent Greenawalt Jan 1986

The Concept Of Religion In State Constitutions, Kent Greenawalt

Faculty Scholarship

A year and a half ago an article of mine was published on religion as a concept in constitutional law. The article concerned how courts should approach decisions about whether a belief, practice, organization, or classification is religious. The article did not address, except in passing, what the constitutional standards under the free exercise and establishment clauses should be if something that is religious is aided or inhibited in some way. Since in most cases arising under the religion clauses, the presence of something religious is not itself disputed, my article concerned only a small slice of religion cases.

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A Comment On Religious Convictions And Lawmaking, John H. Garvey Jan 1986

A Comment On Religious Convictions And Lawmaking, John H. Garvey

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Free Exercise And The Values Of Religious Liberty, John H. Garvey Jan 1986

Free Exercise And The Values Of Religious Liberty, John H. Garvey

Scholarly Articles

One thing that has always bothered me about free exercise jurisprudence is that it rests on values we have seldom tried to state, much less justify. In a way this is not surprising. We have only recently abandoned the assumption, which may never have been true, that Americans share a common understanding of language about God and transcendent values. That understanding made it unnecessary to define for nonspeakers a meaning that even believers have trouble putting into words. But today we are probably not "a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being-at least not if "religious" is supposed to …


Debating Conviction Against Conviction — Constitutional Considerations On The Sanctuary Movement, Ruti G. Teitel Jan 1986

Debating Conviction Against Conviction — Constitutional Considerations On The Sanctuary Movement, Ruti G. Teitel

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