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Autore |
Meadors David C. <1966-> |
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Titolo |
American public religion in Frankfurter and Scalia's opinions / / David C. Meadors |
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El Paso, Texas : , : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (220 p.) |
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Collana |
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Law and Society : Recent Scholarship |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Church and state - United States |
Religious observances on public property - Law and legislation - United States |
Religious law and legislation - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Meadors demonstrates weaknesses in the originalist methodology for interpreting the religion clauses of the First Amendment. He concludes that even though courts have an important role to play in protecting religious liberty via the First Amendment this protection needs supplementation by robust advocacy among citizens and mediating institutions in the democratic process. His thesis is that Felix Frankfurter and Antonin Scalia found different forms of American public religion constitutional in their religion clause jurisprudences. Both applied originalist methodology in their religion clause o |
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