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First amendment religious liberties : Supreme Court decisions and public opinion, 1947-2013 / Tracy L. Cook.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cook, Tracy L., 1971- author.
- Series:
- Law and society (New York, N.Y.)
- Law and Society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Church and state--United States--Cases.
- Church and state.
- Freedom of religion--United States--Cases.
- Freedom of religion.
- Church and state--United States--Public opinion.
- Freedom of religion--United States--Public opinion.
- United States. Supreme Court--Public opinion.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (236 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- El Paso, Texas : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Historical background
- Religion in public school
- Religious expressions and government property
- Public aid for religion
- Free exercise
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781593327828
- 159332782X
- OCLC:
- 885123658
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