Religion and American Law - An Encyclopedia

List of contents

A Sampling Of The Coverage: Atheism and Agnosticism * Black Churches in the Antebellum South * Barron v. Baltimore * William Brennan * Cantwell v. Connecticut * Catholics * Church Property after the American Revolution * Cleveland v. United States * Cults and the Law * Drugs, Religion, and the Law * Flag Salute Cases * Hawaiian Native Religion and American Law * In God We Trust * Jefferson and Religion * Labor Law and Religion * John Leland * Maryland Toleration Act (1649) * McCollum v. Board of Education * Native American Religion * Pledge of Allegiance * William Rehnquist * Snake-Handling Sects * Sunday Mails * Trial of Anne Hutchinson

Summary

Encompassing cases from the colonial period to the Supreme Court's important decisions in 1997, this pioneering volume is written in a clear, concise style that will be useful to professionals and specialists and accessible to students.

Product details

• Assisted by: Paul Finkelman (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.1999
• EAN: 9780815307501
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-0750-1
• No. of pages: 620
• Weight: 1310 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, LAW / Courts, LAW / Reference, HISTORY / United States / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Reference, RELIGION / Reference, HISTORY / Reference, LAW / Trial Practice, Religion: general, Reference works, Social issues & processes, Regional Studies, United States of America, USA, Regional / International studies, History of the Americas, Social Law, Social and ethical issues, Courts & procedure, Legal systems: courts and procedures, Social law and Medical law