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Sanctuary: Reconciling Immigration Policy With Humanitarianism And The First Amendment, Geralyn Passaro, Janet Phillips Oct 1986

Sanctuary: Reconciling Immigration Policy With Humanitarianism And The First Amendment, Geralyn Passaro, Janet Phillips

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Tort Claims Against Churches And Ecclesiastical Officers: The First Amendment Considerations, Carl H. Esbeck Sep 1986

Tort Claims Against Churches And Ecclesiastical Officers: The First Amendment Considerations, Carl H. Esbeck

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


En El Nombre De Dios--The Sanctuary Movement: Development And Potential For First Amendment Protection, Carl W. Levander Sep 1986

En El Nombre De Dios--The Sanctuary Movement: Development And Potential For First Amendment Protection, Carl W. Levander

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Intentional Infliction Of Emotional Distress By Spiritual Counselors: Can Outrageous Conduct Be "Free Exercise"?, Lee W. Brooks May 1986

Intentional Infliction Of Emotional Distress By Spiritual Counselors: Can Outrageous Conduct Be "Free Exercise"?, Lee W. Brooks

Michigan Law Review

Part I explains the extent to which courts are competent to decide the threshold question of whether particular conduct is religious. Part II describes the balancing test put forward by the Supreme Court for evaluating free exercise claims, and derives criteria relevant to spiritual counseling from cases involving such claims. Part III summarizes the pertinent criteria and reviews the ways they may be employed to systematize the treatment of spiritual counseling cases.


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

The Concept Of Religion In State Constitutions, Kent Greenawalt

Campbell Law Review

The two central questions I address are the following: (1) If my claims about interpreting the federal constitution are sound, are they also intrinsically sound for state constitutions that contain different language? (2) Is it always, or sometimes, essentially self-defeating for state courts to define religion in a way different from what is embodied in federal law?