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First Amendment Religious Liberties : Supreme Court Decisions and Public Opinion, 1947-2013.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Recht und GesellschaftCopyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (236 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781593327828
  • 159332782X
  • 1593327501
  • 9781593327507
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: First Amendment Religious Liberties : Supreme Court Decisions and Public Opinion, 1947-2013.DDC classification:
  • 342.7308/52
LOC classification:
  • KF4865 .C66 2014
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Introduction -- Historical background -- Religion in public school -- Religious expressions and government property -- Public aid for religion -- Free exercise -- Conclusion.
Summary: Cook analyzes the relationship between Supreme Court decisions and public opinion concerning First Amendment religious liberties. Overall, the Court has issued opinions consistent with public opinion in a majority of its decisions dealing with the First Amendment's religion clauses, with a level of congruence of almost seventy percent when a clear public opinion expression is present. She also provides a new perspective for understanding the long and contentious debate about prayer in public school by identifying an area of agreement between the Court and public opinion that has not received m.

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Cook analyzes the relationship between Supreme Court decisions and public opinion concerning First Amendment religious liberties. Overall, the Court has issued opinions consistent with public opinion in a majority of its decisions dealing with the First Amendment's religion clauses, with a level of congruence of almost seventy percent when a clear public opinion expression is present. She also provides a new perspective for understanding the long and contentious debate about prayer in public school by identifying an area of agreement between the Court and public opinion that has not received m.

Introduction -- Historical background -- Religion in public school -- Religious expressions and government property -- Public aid for religion -- Free exercise -- Conclusion.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

English.