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082 0 0 _aKM206.G1 .L43 2012
245 0 0 _aLegal responses to religious practices in the United States :
_baccommodation and its limits /
_cedited by Austin Sarat.
264 _aUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
_bCAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
_c2012
300 _axi, 311 p. ;
505 8 _aMachine generated contents note: 1. A history of ambivalence: how religion and U.S. law have developed together Amanda Porterfield; 2. Commentary on religion's accommodation to American law and culture Timothy Hoff; 3. Against neutralism: faith based groups, discrimination, and state subsidy Corey Brettschneider; 4. Commentary on freedom of speech, equal citizenship, and the anti-caste principle: a commentary on regulating hate speech Bryan Fair; 5. Expanding the Bob Jones Compromise Caroline Mala Corbin; 6. Commentary on religious practice and sex discrimination: a case for toleration? Meredith Render; 7. Religious freedom and the nondiscrimination norm Richard W. Garnett; 8. Commentary on religious freedom and the nondiscrimination norm Paul Horwitz; 9. Freedom of religion or freedom of the church? Steven D. Smith; 10. Commentary on government for the time being William Brewbaker.
520 _a"There is an enormous scholarly literature on law's treatment of religion. Most scholars now recognize that although the U.S. Supreme Court has not offered a consistent interpretation of what 'non-establishment' or religious freedom means, as a general matter it can be said that the First Amendment requires that government not give preference to one religion over another or, although this is more controversial, to religion over non-belief. But these rules raise questions that will be addressed in Legal Responses to Religious Practices in the United States: namely, what practices constitute a 'religious activity' such that it cannot be supported or funded by government? And what is a religion, anyway? How should law understand matters of faith and accommodate religious practices?"--
520 _a"There is an enormous scholarly literature on law's treatment of religion. Most scholars now recognize that although the U.S. Supreme Court has not offered a consistent interpretation of what "non-establishment" or religious freedom means, as a general matter it can be said that the First Amendment requires that government not give preference to one religion over another or, although this is more controversial, to religion over non-belief. But these rules raise questions that will be addressed in Legal Responses to Religious Practices in the United States: Namely, what practices constitute a "religious activity" such that it cannot be supported or funded by government? And what is a religion, anyway? How should law understand matters of faith and accommodate religious practices?"--
650 0 _aFreedom of religion
650 7 _aLAW / General.
700 1 _aSarat, Austin.
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