The Free Exercise of Religion in America - Ellis M. West

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The Free Exercise of Religion in America (eBook)

Its Original Constitutional Meaning

Ellis M. West (Autor)

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2019 | 1st ed. 2019
XIV, 317 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-06052-7 (ISBN)

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This book explains the original meaning of the two religion clauses of the First Amendment: 'Congress shall make no law [1] respecting an establishment of religion or [2] prohibiting the free exercise thereof.' As the book shows, both clauses were intended to protect the free exercise of religion or religious freedom. West shows the position taken by early Americans on four issues: (1) the general meaning of the 'free exercise of religion,' including whether it is different from the meaning of 'no establishment of religion'; (2) whether the free exercise of religion may be intentionally and directly limited, and if so, under what circumstances; (3) whether laws regulating temporal matters that also have a religious sanction violate the free exercise of religion; and (4) whether the free exercise of religion gives persons a right to be exempt from obeying valid civil laws that unintentionally and indirectly make it difficult or impossible to practice their religion in some way. A definitive work on the subject and a major contribution to the field of constitutional law and history, this volume is key to a better understanding of the ongoing constitutional adjudication based on the religion clauses of the First Amendment.

Ellis M. West is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the University of Richmond, USA. His scholarship focuses on the religion clauses of the First Amendment, as they were originally understood and have been interpreted by the US Supreme Court.

Ellis M. West is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the University of Richmond, USA. His scholarship focuses on the religion clauses of the First Amendment, as they were originally understood and have been interpreted by the US Supreme Court.

Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Constitutional Rights and Ascertaining their Original Meaning

Chapter 3: Setting the Stage

Chapter 4: The Meaning of Religious Liberty in Virginia

Chapter 5: The Meaning of Religious Liberty in the Other Southern States Chapter 6: The Meaning of Religious Liberty in the Middle States   Chapter 7: The Meaning of Religious Liberty in the New England States

Chapter 8: Initial Conclusion

Chapter 9: The Constitutional Meaning of Religious Freedom: Part One

Chapter 10: The Constitutional Meaning of Religious Freedom: Part Two

Chapter 11: Final Conclusion

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.2.2019
Zusatzinfo	XIV, 317 p.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Verfassungsrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
Schlagworte	American Political Development • Bill of rights • Church and State • Congress • constitutional law • First Amendment • freedom • free exercise • History • politics and religion • Religion and Society • Religious Freedom • religious sanction • rights of conscience • Supreme Court • US politics
ISBN-10	3-030-06052-7 / 3030060527
ISBN-13	978-3-030-06052-7 / 9783030060527

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