Religious Neutrality and the Government’s Freedom of Speech in the Jurisprudence of the us Supreme Court

The issue of the use of religious symbols by the State, the Government, the Municipalities and Courts has emerged as a practical constitutional problem during the last quarter of a century. Contradictory examples of us Supreme Court jurisprudence prove that this issue is among the constitutional ‘ha...

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Main Author: Koltay, András 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill, Nijhoff 2015
In: Religion and human rights
Year: 2015, Volume: 10, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-23
Further subjects:B Freedom Of Religion religious symbols government speech freedom of speech
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Summary:The issue of the use of religious symbols by the State, the Government, the Municipalities and Courts has emerged as a practical constitutional problem during the last quarter of a century. Contradictory examples of us Supreme Court jurisprudence prove that this issue is among the constitutional ‘hard cases’. The relatively recent appearance of the problem clearly indicates the ways in which American social conditions have changed and the transformation of us society’s attitude to religion.
ISSN:1871-0328
Contains:In: Religion and human rights
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18710328-12341278