[Rezension von: Waltman, Jerold L., 1945-, Congress, the Supreme Court, and religious liberty]
In Congress, the Supreme Court, and Religious Liberty: The Case of City of Boerne v. Flores, Jerold Waltman provides a comprehensive history of the dispute and subsequent litigation that ultimately led to the Supreme Court's 1997 decision in City of Boerne v. Flores. Boerne, which announced the...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2015
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A journal of church and state
Year: 2015, Volume: 57, Issue: 1, Pages: 188-190 |
| Review of: | Congress, the Supreme Court, and religious liberty (New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013) (Araiza, William D.)
Congress, the Supreme Court, and Religious Liberty (New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013) (Araiza, William D.) |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religious freedom
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| IxTheo Classification: | KBQ North America SA Church law; state-church law |
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Book review
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| Summary: | In Congress, the Supreme Court, and Religious Liberty: The Case of City of Boerne v. Flores, Jerold Waltman provides a comprehensive history of the dispute and subsequent litigation that ultimately led to the Supreme Court's 1997 decision in City of Boerne v. Flores. Boerne, which announced the requirement that federal legislation enforcing the Fourteenth Amendment be “congruent and proportional” to the constitutional violations it sought to eradicate, was a seminal federalism and separation of powers decision. As with many important constitutional decisions, though, the case began as a purely local dispute. In this case, the dispute pitted the desire of the leadership of St. Peter's Catholic Church in Boerne, Texas, and the Archdiocese of San Antonio, of which St. Peter's was... |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csu124 |