American public religion in Frankfurter and Scalia's opinions / David C. Meadors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meadors, David C., 1966- author.

Series:

Law and Society

Law and Society : Recent Scholarship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church and state--United States--Cases.

Church and state.

Religious observances on public property--Law and legislation--United States--Cases.

Religious observances on public property.

Religious law and legislation--United States--Cases.

Religious law and legislation.

Scalia, Antonin, 1936-2016--Views of Church and state.

Scalia, Antonin.

Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965--Views on Church and state.

Frankfurter, Felix.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

El Paso, Texas : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

American public religion in the opinions of Felix Frankfurter and Antonin Scalia

American public religion and ceremonial deism

Felix Frankfurter and American public religion

American public religion : Frankfurter's no establishment cases

American public religion and Antonin Scalia

Scalia's no establishment opinions

Frankfurter, Scalia and public religion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781593327910

1593327919

OCLC:

892910424