Religion on Trial: A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and DocumentsFrom colonial times to the present, an insightful examination of how courts have determined the extent to which religion is accommodated in American public life.
This volume chronicles such groundbreaking cases as the 1991 decision ordering blood transfusions for children of Christian Scientists in Norwood Hospital v. Munoz and the infamous case, Engel v. Vitale, that banned prayer in schools and ignited calls for Chief Justice Earl Warren's impeachment. The work addresses such inflammatory contemporary disputes as prayer in schools, allegiance to the flag, and the display of religious symbols on public property, and the impact they have had on American society.
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... Elisabeth A. Cawthon Native American Sovereignty on Trial, Bryan Wildenthal Pornography on Trial, Thomas Mackey Racial Violence on Trial, Christopher Waldrep Voting Rights on Trial, Charles L. Zelden Waging War on Trial, ...
At the core of each volume in the series is a common proposition: that in certain key areas of American public life, we as a people and a nation are “on trial” as we struggle to cope with the contradictions, conflicts, and disparities ...
In the 1830s, Alexis de Tocqueville noted in his book Democracy in America, “There is hardly a political question in the ... In The Litigious Society, Jethro K. Lieberman notes: “To express amazement at American litigiousness is akin to ...
Although the United States was founded on the principle of freedom of religion, religion has been “on trial” in America almost from the first days of the republic. This is one area of the law where court cases have shaped daily life for ...
the United States was founded on the principle of freedom of religion, religion has been “on trial” in America almost from the first days of the republic. It may seem ironic that the court system should be so involved in the very ...