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Extraterritorial Application And Customary Norm Assessment Of Non-Refoulement: The Legality Of Australia's 'Turn-Back' Policy, James Mansfield Dec 2015

Extraterritorial Application And Customary Norm Assessment Of Non-Refoulement: The Legality Of Australia's 'Turn-Back' Policy, James Mansfield

The University of Notre Dame Australia Law Review

This article considers whether the Commonwealth Government’s border protection policy of turning back asylum seeker boats breaches its international obligation not to refoule refugees, as imposed under the Refugee Convention art 33(1). In addressing this issue the article examines whether art 33(1) applies extraterritorially, and whether a similar obligation has become embedded in customary international law. The conclusions reached are applied to specific situations where Australia has returned refugees.

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Scholarworks Statistics - January Through December 2015, Scholarworks Dec 2015

Scholarworks Statistics - January Through December 2015, Scholarworks

ScholarWorks Reports

During 2015, ScholarWorks recorded a total of 339,066 full-text and additional file downloads and 144,173 page views.

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Pengembangan Bahan Ajar Matematika Dengan Pendekatan Kontekstual Dan Metode Penemuan Terbimbing Untuk Meningkatkan Eq Dan Sq Siswa Smp Akselerasi, Yhasinta Agustyarini, Jailani Jailani Dec 2015

Pengembangan Bahan Ajar Matematika Dengan Pendekatan Kontekstual Dan Metode Penemuan Terbimbing Untuk Meningkatkan Eq Dan Sq Siswa Smp Akselerasi, Yhasinta Agustyarini, Jailani Jailani

Jurnal Riset Pendidikan Matematika

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan langkah-langkah pengembangan bahan ajar matematika dengan pendekatan kontekstual dan metode penemuan terbimbing serta mendeskripsikan kualitas hasil pengembangan bahan ajar tersebut. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian pengembangan dengan tahap utama meliputi: (1) investigasi awal, (2) desain, (3) realisasi, (4) uji coba, evaluasi dan revisi, serta (5) implementasi. Aspek kevalidan bahan ajar dan komponen pendukungnya ditinjau dari penilaian para ahli dan mencapai kriteria valid dengan kategori sangat baik. Aspek kepraktisan mencapai kriteria praktis dengan kategori sangat baik ditinjau dari observasi keterlaksanaan pembelajaran, penilaian oleh guru, dan penilaian oleh peserta didik. Aspek keefektifan telah tercapai ditinjau dari tes ketercapaian …

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Model Evaluasi Internal Kompetensi Guru Bahasa Inggris (Model_Eikgbi) Sma, Sahraini Sahraini, Suwarsih Madya Dec 2015

Model Evaluasi Internal Kompetensi Guru Bahasa Inggris (Model_Eikgbi) Sma, Sahraini Sahraini, Suwarsih Madya

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Studi ini bertujuan untuk: (1) mengembangkan model evaluasi kompetensi guru bahasa Inggris SMA yang dapat digunakan untuk mengidentifikasi kelebihan dan kekurangan guru dalam proses pemelajaran dan (2) mengetahui efektivitas implementasi evaluasi internal kompetensi guru bahasa Inggris SMA. Studi ini menggunakan metode penelitian dan pengembangan yang dikembangkan oleh Borg & Gall (1983, p.775). Subjek penelitian berjumlah 17 guru yang berasal dari 7 SMA di Sulawesi Selatan. Konstruk instrumen terdiri atas instrumen untuk mengevaluasi kompetensi guru bahasa Inggris dalam merencanakan pemelajaran, instrumen untuk mengevaluasi kompetensi guru dalam melaksanaan proses pemelajaran, dan instrumen untuk mengevaluai kompetensi guru dalam mengevaluasi hasil proses pemelajaran. Hasil …

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Evaluasi Penyelenggaraan Latihan Ujian Nasional Bahasa Inggris Sma Swasta Ex-Rsbi, Widya Noviana Noor, Aman Aman Dec 2015

Evaluasi Penyelenggaraan Latihan Ujian Nasional Bahasa Inggris Sma Swasta Ex-Rsbi, Widya Noviana Noor, Aman Aman

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Penelitian ini bertujuan (1) memperoleh informasi input (antecedents) tentang penyelenggaraan latihan UN, (2) mengetahui proses (transactions) penyelenggaraan latihan UN, dan (3) mengetahui hasil (outcomes) penyelenggaraan latihan UN Mata Pelajaran Bahasa Inggris. Model evaluasi yang digunakan model Stake's. Subjek yang digunakan (1) Dinas Pendidikan Kota Yogyakarta; (2) SMA Swasta ex-RSBI kelas XII di kota Yogyakarta. Teknik pengambilan sampel secara simple random sampling. Sumber data adalah Dinas Pendidikan Kota Yogyakarta, kepala sekolah, dan siswa. Hasil penelitian adalah (1) input (antecedents) penyelenggaraan latihan UN sudah baik dilihat dari dimensi persiapan penyelenggaraannya; (2) proses (transaction) …

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National Exam In Indonesia And Its Implications To The Teaching And Learning Of English, Ali Saukah, Agus Eko Cahyono Dec 2015

National Exam In Indonesia And Its Implications To The Teaching And Learning Of English, Ali Saukah, Agus Eko Cahyono

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

The change of the status of the National Exam (NE) from high-stakes testing to low-stakes testing inspired the researchers to explore its effects on the teaching and learning of English. This qualitative exploratory study tried to investigate how English teachers taught their students to prepare NE at senior high schools in two different functions by involving six English teachers from three schools varying in the quality in terms of the schools' demography, academic achievement, and facilities. The study was also strengthened by a set of secondary data from the results of the NE in 2015. The result of study involving …

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A Rare Family: Exploring Genetic Literacy In An Online Support Group, Heather H. Goltz, Sandra Acosta Dec 2015

A Rare Family: Exploring Genetic Literacy In An Online Support Group, Heather H. Goltz, Sandra Acosta

Journal of Family Strengths

Healthy People 2020 and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) define health literacy as the “degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions.” Essential components of health literacy include oral and print literacy, numeracy, and cultural and conceptual knowledge; the latter is influenced by sociodemographic factors and cultural understandings and approaches to concepts such as healthcare. Genetic literacy, a form of health literacy, may be defined as the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to individual understanding of genetic information, and genetic-based health, behavior, technology …

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Back Matters, The Editors Dec 2015

Back Matters, The Editors

REID (Research and Evaluation in Education)

No abstract provided.

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Evaluation Of The Bridging Course Offered At A University To Foreign Students: Batches Of 2012 And 2013, Beatriz Eugenia Orantes Perez, Djemari Mardapi Dec 2015

Evaluation Of The Bridging Course Offered At A University To Foreign Students: Batches Of 2012 And 2013, Beatriz Eugenia Orantes Perez, Djemari Mardapi

REID (Research and Evaluation in Education)

This evaluation was a case study of the bridging language program offered at YSU to KNB students, it evaluated the generations 2012/2013. The focus of this evaluation was to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the bridging program. This was a summative evaluation used the CIPP method. It was a pragmatic parallel mix-method design research. The analysis technique was descriptive for the qualitative data; and it was descriptive statistical for the quantitative data; Triangulation was used. 15 students, 6 teachers, 10 tutors, 3 administrators were involved. In each component of the evaluation strengths and weaknesses were found. The main strengths …

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The Implementation Of E-Learning With Team Builder At Vocational High Schools, Mahmud Al Haq Patwary, Herman Dwi Surjono Dec 2015

The Implementation Of E-Learning With Team Builder At Vocational High Schools, Mahmud Al Haq Patwary, Herman Dwi Surjono

REID (Research and Evaluation in Education)

This research is aimed at: (1) producing an appropriate e-learning for English language studies in vocational high school, (2) evaluating the suitability of the developed e-learning in terms of appropriateness, accuracy and clarity, screen presentation and design, and appropriateness of the team builder module aspect, and (3) evaluating the effectiveness of the e-learning in practical application. This research and development (R&D) study used Alessi and Trollip's model rearranged following ADDIE model, where the development of instruction followed Dick and Carey's model and the need assessment procedures were adapted from Lee & Owens. Overall appropriateness and quality of the e-learning from …

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Back Matters, The Editors Dec 2015

Back Matters, The Editors

REID (Research and Evaluation in Education)

No abstract provided.

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The Impact Of Rurality, Community Attachment, And Community Involvement On Health Among Rural Texans, Jin Young Choi, E. Miranda Reiter, Gene L. Theodori Dec 2015

The Impact Of Rurality, Community Attachment, And Community Involvement On Health Among Rural Texans, Jin Young Choi, E. Miranda Reiter, Gene L. Theodori

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

This study examines the differences in three health status indicators by rurality and the effects of community attachment and involvement on health among rural residents in Texas. We use the 2013 Texas Rural Survey (TRS) data, which include information on a representative sample of 757 rural Texas residents. The results show that the three health status indicators – self-rated general health, functional status of physical health, and functional status of mental health – are predicted by different factors. Overall, residents in small places often reported better health than those in medium-sized and large places. Community attachment and involvement were shown …

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Efektivitas Metode Pembelajaran Quiz Team Pada Matakuliah Logika Komputer Ditinjau Dari Motivasi Belajar Mahasiswa, Nurbani Nurbani, Herminarto Sofyan Dec 2015

Efektivitas Metode Pembelajaran Quiz Team Pada Matakuliah Logika Komputer Ditinjau Dari Motivasi Belajar Mahasiswa, Nurbani Nurbani, Herminarto Sofyan

Jurnal Pendidikan Vokasi

Penelitian bertujuan untuk mengetahui: 1) perbedaan hasil belajar mahasiswa pada matakuliah Logika Komputer antara kelas yang menggunakan metode pembelajaran quiz team dengan kelas yang menggunakan metode konvensional, (2) perbedaan hasil belajar mahasiswa pada matakuliah Logika Komputer antara kelas yang menggunakan metode pembelajaran quiz team dengan kelas yang menggunakan metode konvensional ditinjau dari motivasi belajar, (3) interaksi antara metode pembelajaran dan motivasi belajar dalam pengaruhnya terhadap hasil belajar. Jenis penelitian adalah eksperimen semu (quasi-experimental research). Desain penelitian yang digunakan Nonequivalent Comparison-group Desig. Sampel dalam penelitian ini berjumlah 2 kelas yang dipilih dari 6 kelas secara acak untuk dijadikan kelas kontrol dan …

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The Implementation Of Total Quality Management At Vocational High Schools In Indonesia, Felestin Felestin, Mochamad Bruri Triyono Dec 2015

The Implementation Of Total Quality Management At Vocational High Schools In Indonesia, Felestin Felestin, Mochamad Bruri Triyono

REID (Research and Evaluation in Education)

This study aims to determine the implementation of Total Quality Management (TQM) in public and private vocational high schools in the city of Yogyakarta, as well as to compare the level of implementation between public and private vocational high schools. The TQM aspects observed include infrastructures and facilities, quality of improvement, quality of teachers, quality of examination system and academic background of teachers graduated from vocational high schools. This exploratory study is descriptive in which the result can be used as an input as well as improvements in reflection of the future. These subjects were teachers and students. The primary …

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Estimation Of Ability And Item Parameters In Mathematics Testing By Using The Combination Of 3plm/ Grm And Mcm/ Gpcm Scoring Model, Abadyo Abadyo, Bastari Bastari Dec 2015

Estimation Of Ability And Item Parameters In Mathematics Testing By Using The Combination Of 3plm/ Grm And Mcm/ Gpcm Scoring Model, Abadyo Abadyo, Bastari Bastari

REID (Research and Evaluation in Education)

The main purpose of the study was to investigate the superiority of scoring by utilizing the combination of MCM/GPCM model in comparison to 3PLM/GRM model within a mixed-item format of Mathematics tests. To achieve the purpose, the impact of two scoring models was investigated based on the test length, the sample size, and the M-C item proportion within the mixed-item format test and the investigation was conducted on the aspects of: (1) estimation of ability and item parameters, (2) optimalization of TIF, (3) standard error rates, and (4) model fitness on the data. The investigation made use of simulated data …

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Pengembangan Sistem Tes Diagnostik Kesulitan Belajar Kompetensi Dasar Kejuruan Siswa Smk, Samsul Hadi, K. Ima Ismara, Effendie Tanumihardja Dec 2015

Pengembangan Sistem Tes Diagnostik Kesulitan Belajar Kompetensi Dasar Kejuruan Siswa Smk, Samsul Hadi, K. Ima Ismara, Effendie Tanumihardja

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk: (a) mengembangkan sistem tes diagnostik kesulitan belajar kompetensi dasar kejuruan, dan (b) mengetahui kinerja sistem tes diagnostik kesulitan belajar kompetensi dasar kejuruan siswa SMK yang dikembangkan. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian tahun kedua dari tiga tahun yang direncanakan. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan Research and Development perangkat lunak. Model pengembangan yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah model modifikasi linear sequential yang disebut juga sebagai classic life cycle atau model waterfall yang memiliki 4 langkah. Analisis kebutuhan sistem dan perancangan sistem telah dilakukan pada tahun pertama. Implementasi dan validasi program dilakukan pada tahun kedua. Validasi sistem dilakukan dengan angket …

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Back Matter (Index, Biography, Author Guidelines), The Editors Dec 2015

Back Matter (Index, Biography, Author Guidelines), The Editors

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

No abstract provided.

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Front Matter (Cover, Foreword, Table Of Content), The Editors Dec 2015

Front Matter (Cover, Foreword, Table Of Content), The Editors

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

No abstract provided.

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Winona Currents Annual Report 2015, University Advancement - Winona State University Dec 2015

Winona Currents Annual Report 2015, University Advancement - Winona State University

Winona Currents

This magazine published by Winona State University’s University Advancement was intended to inform WSU Alumni, students, faculty, staff and the greater community about Alumni and the university. Winona Currents Annual Report for 2015.

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Internal Policing Of The Enduring Issue Of Racism In Professional Team Sports, Chris Davies, Neil Dunbar Dec 2015

Internal Policing Of The Enduring Issue Of Racism In Professional Team Sports, Chris Davies, Neil Dunbar

The University of Notre Dame Australia Law Review

The issue of racism is one that is covered by both international treaties and domestic legislation. Most major sports, however, now have internal regulations, usually reflecting the treaties and legislation. Case studies from Australian, English and European sport, in particular, football, basketball, cricket and rugby league, indicate that the internal regulations have been effective in dealing with racism issues in those sports. The issues have involved players, managers, coaches, owners, officials and spectators, with the latter representing the main problem area for sport. The reasons for this are that it can be harder to identify the culprits and there is …

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Final Report: Predicting Effects Of Climate Change On Riparian Obligate Species In The Southwestern United States, Jacek Tomasz Giermakowski, James R. Hatten, Matthew J. Johnson, Jennifer A. Holmes, Erika M. Nowak, Michael Peters Dec 2015

Final Report: Predicting Effects Of Climate Change On Riparian Obligate Species In The Southwestern United States, Jacek Tomasz Giermakowski, James R. Hatten, Matthew J. Johnson, Jennifer A. Holmes, Erika M. Nowak, Michael Peters

Faculty and Staff Publications

The Lower Colorado River and Rio Grande Basins are home to many riparian vertebrate species with different degrees of rarity. In our study, we focused on two species of birds and two species of gartersnakes that are associated with riparian areas: the Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens), the Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia), the Northern Mexican Gartersnake (Thamnophis eques megalops) and the Narrow-headed Gartersnake (T. rufipunctatus). While the extent of distributions of these species is relatively large, they are often patchily distributed in populations that are small; in addition, both gartersnake species are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Aside …

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Research Frontiers In Speleogenesis. Dominant Processes, Hydrogeological Conditions And Resulting Cave Patterns, Philippe Audra, Arthur N. Palmer Dec 2015

Research Frontiers In Speleogenesis. Dominant Processes, Hydrogeological Conditions And Resulting Cave Patterns, Philippe Audra, Arthur N. Palmer

KIP Articles

Speleogenesis is the development of well-organized cave systems by fluids moving through fissures of a soluble rock. Epigenic caves induced by biogenic CO2 soil production are dominant, whereas hypogenic caves resulting from uprising deep flow not directly connected to adjacent recharge areas appear to be more frequent than previously considered. The conceptual models of epigenic cave development moved from early models, through the “four-states model” involving fracture influence to explain deep loops, to the digital models demonstrating the adjustment of the main flow to the water table. The relationships with base level are complex and cave levels must be determined …

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Foreword: “Irish History Is Not A Closed Shop”: A Multidisciplinary Approach To Ireland’S Discourses Of Otherness, Encarnación Hidalgo-Tenorio Dec 2015

Foreword: “Irish History Is Not A Closed Shop”: A Multidisciplinary Approach To Ireland’S Discourses Of Otherness, Encarnación Hidalgo-Tenorio

Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies

No abstract provided.

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The Shadow Of Absurdity And The Challenge Of Easy Cases: Looking Back On The Supreme Court Act Reference, Carissima Mathen Dec 2015

The Shadow Of Absurdity And The Challenge Of Easy Cases: Looking Back On The Supreme Court Act Reference, Carissima Mathen

The Supreme Court Law Review: Osgoode’s Annual Constitutional Cases Conference

In the Supreme Court Act Reference, the Court advised that the appointment of its newest judge, Marc Nadon, was void ab initio. It concluded, as well, that the Court is an entrenched constitutional actor, whose governing statutes may be changed only through formal amendment. By any measure, the Reference was an exceptional constitutional moment. This article reviews what made it so, focussing on the case’s history, procedure, substance and public reception. The article situates the proceeding within a “perfect storm” of law and politics. It describes various dilemmas that the Court had to confront. And it offers three reasons explaining …

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All The World's A Page: Towards A Definition Of 'Writer' In An Age Of Opportunity, Sue Norton Dec 2015

All The World's A Page: Towards A Definition Of 'Writer' In An Age Of Opportunity, Sue Norton

Articles

This article considers the status of the writer at a time when publication is no longer elusive, given the immediacy of online dissemination. For those who identify as writers, it looks at the implications of blogging, social media, entrepreneurial self-publishing, and scholarly open access journals, including so-called ‘predatory’ ones. It argues for a distinction between day-to-day writing and composition, and seeks to establish a category for the writer that takes account of deliberation, craft, and readership. It juxtaposes the creative activity of Jack Kerouac, Virginia Woolf, Truman Capote, and Mother Goose against the linguist John McWhorter’s convincing dismissal of the …

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Literacy: Varied, Dynamic, And Multidimensional, Stephen B. Kucer Dr. Dec 2015

Literacy: Varied, Dynamic, And Multidimensional, Stephen B. Kucer Dr.

Journal of Family Strengths

This article examines the complex nature of literacy through a variety of lenses. The linguistic lens focuses on literacy as a language and multimodal process. The cognitive reveals the mental processes and strategies readers and writers employ to construct meanings through the linguistic and multimodal dimension. Not just a linguistic and cognitive process, the sociocultural lens examines literacy use within social and cultural contexts. Finally, the developmental lens explores the very active nature of literacy learners and their mediators.

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Young Song V. Attorney General United States Dec 2015

Young Song V. Attorney General United States

2015 Decisions

Agency

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The Constitutional Dimensions Of Aboriginal Title, Brian Slattery Dec 2015

The Constitutional Dimensions Of Aboriginal Title, Brian Slattery

The Supreme Court Law Review: Osgoode’s Annual Constitutional Cases Conference

As the Supreme Court reaffirms in Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia (2014), Aboriginal title is a sui generis right which cannot be described in traditional property terms. This article argues that the explanation for this fact is that Aboriginal title is not a concept of private law. It is a concept of public law. It does not deal with the rights of private entities but with the rights and powers of constitutional entities that form part of the Canadian federation. If we look for analogies to Aboriginal title, we find a close parallel in Provincial title – the rights held …

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Aboriginal Title And The Provinces After Tsilhqot’In Nation, Kent Mcneil Dec 2015

Aboriginal Title And The Provinces After Tsilhqot’In Nation, Kent Mcneil

The Supreme Court Law Review: Osgoode’s Annual Constitutional Cases Conference

In Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia, the Supreme Court addressed two main issues: (1) the standard for proving the exclusive occupation upon which Aboriginal title depends; and (2) the application of provincial laws to Aboriginal title lands, both before and after title has been established. In her discussion of the second issue, Chief Justice McLachlin attempted to clarify the law by resolving contradictions arising from prior decisions of the Court, in part by rejecting the application of the doctrine of interjurisdictional immunity in this context. This article analyzes and critiques this aspect of her decision, and suggests alternatives that, it …

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Loyola High School V. Attorney General Of Quebec: On Non-Triviality And The Charter Value Of Religious Freedom, Howard Kislowicz Dec 2015

Loyola High School V. Attorney General Of Quebec: On Non-Triviality And The Charter Value Of Religious Freedom, Howard Kislowicz

The Supreme Court Law Review: Osgoode’s Annual Constitutional Cases Conference

In Loyola High School, et al. v. Attorney General of Quebec, the Supreme Court of Canada held that the government of Quebec could not require a Catholic high school to teach Catholic religion and ethics from a non-Catholic perspective. The government could, however, require the school to teach other religions from a “neutral” perspective. This article takes Loyola as an opportunity to examine two ways that courts have justified limits on religious freedom. First, I interrogate an under-examined aspect of the law of religious freedom: the requirement that claimants prove the interference with their religious freedom is “more than trivial …

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