Religious free exercise and contemporary American politics : the saga of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 / / Jerold L. Waltman
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Waltman Jerold L. <1945->
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| Titolo: |
Religious free exercise and contemporary American politics : the saga of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 / / Jerold L. Waltman
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Continuum, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (187 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 342.7308/52 |
| Soggetto topico: | Church property - Law and legislation - United States |
| Freedom of religion - United States | |
| Land use - Law and legislation - United States | |
| Prisoners - Legal status, laws, etc - United States | |
| Prisoners - Religious life - United States | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-177) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction -- Chapter 1: Dilemmas of Free Exercise in Contemporary America -- Chapter 2: Free Exercise Jurisprudence Through 1997: Reynolds to Boerne -- Chapter 3: The Fine Tuned Politics of Developing a Response -- Chapter 4: Building a Record to Meet the Demands of Section 5 -- Chapter 5: The Initial Opposition to RLPA -- Chapter 6: From RLPA to RLUIPA: Civil Rights Versus Religious Liberty Takes Center Stage -- Chapter 7: Aftermath -- Chapter 8: Conclusion -- Appendix A. City of Boerne v. Flores (1997) -- Appendix B. The Religious Liberty Protection Act (1999) -- Appendix C. The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (2000) -- Appendix D. Cutter v. Wilkinson (2005) -- Bibliography. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Religious Free Exercise and Contemporary American Politics explains why the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) had to undergo a major metamorphosis in order to win approval. The book uses this episode as a window onto the dynamics of modern constitutional politics, specifically the constitutional politics of free exercise. The book argues that, although free exercise of religion remains an important value in American politics, it has been severely buffeted by both liberal individualism and identity politics. The former equates religious "choice" with all other types |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Religious free exercise and contemporary American politics |
| ISBN: | 1-5013-0061-X |
| 1-282-94800-8 | |
| 9786612948008 | |
| 1-4411-7439-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910785407103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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