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Legislating morality : pluralism and religious identity in lawmaking / Lucinda Peach.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Peach, Lucinda J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Legislation--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
- Legislation.
- Religion and law--United States.
- Religion and law.
- Law and ethics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 218 pages)
- Other Title:
- Pluralism and religious identity in lawmaking
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A recurring issues in American political life is the role that religion plays in public lawmaking. In this book, Lucinda Peach sheds new light on this discussion by proposing a fresh and pragmatic alternative.
- Contents:
- The dilemma of religious lawmaking
- The constitutional dimensions of religious lawmaking
- Religious lawmakers on moral identity and abortion law
- Liberal approaches to religious lawmaking
- Communitarian views of religious lawmaking
- A pragmatist approach to religious lawmaking
- A legal strategy for addressing religious lawmaking.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-211) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-53148-7
- 9786610531486
- 0-19-803286-2
- 1-4237-6212-6
- OCLC:
- 65189234
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