The Free Exercise of Religion in America Its Original Constitutional Meaning /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: West, Ellis M. (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Religion and politics.; United States-Politics and government.; Constitutional law.; Religion and sociology.; Politics and Religion.; US Politics.; Constitutional Law.; Religion and Society.

This book explains the original meaning of the two religion clauses of the First Amendment: "Congress shall make no law [1] respecting an establishment of religion or [2] prohibiting the free exercise thereof." As the book shows, both clauses were intended to protect the free exercise of r...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Constitutional Rights and Ascertaining their Original Meaning
• 3. Setting the Stage
• 4. The Meaning of Religious Liberty in Virginia
• 5. The Meaning of Religious Liberty in the Other Southern States
• 6. The Meaning of Religious Liberty in the Middle States
• 7. The Meaning of Religious Liberty in the New England States
• 8. Initial Conclusion
• 9. The Constitutional Meaning of Religious Freedom: Part One
• 10. The Constitutional Meaning of Religious Freedom: Part Two
• 11. Final Conclusion.