Free Exercise of Religion and the United States Constitution
eBook - ePub

Free Exercise of Religion and the United States Constitution

The Supreme Court’s Challenge

  1. 158 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Free Exercise of Religion and the United States Constitution

The Supreme Court’s Challenge

About this book

The United States is extremely diverse religiously and, not infrequently, individuals sincerely contend that they are unable to act in accord with law as a matter of conscience. The First Amendment to the United States Constitution protects the free exercise of religion and the United States Supreme Court has issued many decisions exploring the depth and breadth of those protections. This book addresses the Court's free exercise jurisprudence, discussing what counts as religion and the protections that have been afforded to a variety of religious practices. Regrettably, the Court has not offered a principled and consistent account of which religious practices are protected or even how to decide whether a particular practice is protected, which has resulted in similar cases being treated dissimilarly. Further, the Court's free exercise jurisprudence has been used to provide guidance in interpreting federal statutory protections, which is making matters even more chaotic.

This book attempts to clarify what the Court has said in the hopes that it will contribute to the development of a more consistent and principled jurisprudence that respects the rights of the religious and the non-religious.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2018
Print ISBN
9780815366898
eBook ISBN
9781351258548
Edition
1
Topic
Law
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. 1 Free exercise and the definition of religion
  10. 2 Institutional autonomy and the ministerial exception
  11. 3 Fighting wars and claims of conscience
  12. 4 Early modern free exercise
  13. 5 Free exercise becomes (more) chaotic
  14. 6 The Smith revolution
  15. 7 Corporate conscience
  16. 8 Lower courts and the protection of religion
  17. Bibliography
  18. Index