The Establishment Clause: Religion and the First Amendment - Couverture souple

Levy, Leonard W.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0807844667 ISBN 13 : 9780807844663

Editeur : The University of North Carolina Press, 1994

Synopsis

Leonard Levy's classic work examines the circumstances that led to the writing of the establishment clause of the First Amendment: 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion. . . .' He argues that, contrary to popular belief, the framers of the Constitution intended to prohibit government aid to religion even on an impartial basis. He thus refutes the view of 'nonpreferentialists, ' who interpret the clause as allowing such aid provided that the assistance is not restricted to a preferred church.

For this new edition, Levy has added to his original arguments and incorporated much new material, including an analysis of Jefferson's ideas on the relationship between church and state and a discussion of the establishment clause cases brought before the Supreme Court since the book was originally published in 1986.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Leonard W. Levy was Andrew W. Mellon All-Claremont Professor Emeritus of Humanities at the Claremont Graduate School. He is editor of the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution and author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Origins of the Fifth Amendment.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The University of North Carolina Press
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0807844667
• ISBN 13: 9780807844663
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 300
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