Church, state, and original intent
This provocative book shows how the United States Supreme Court has used constitutional history in church-state cases. Donald L. Drakeman describes the ways in which the justices have portrayed the framers' actions in a light favoring their own views about how church and state should be separat...
| Subtitles: | Church, State, & Original Intent |
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2010
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| In: | Year: 2010 |
| Reviews: | Church, State, and Original Intent (2010) (Hitchcock, James)
Church, State, and Original Intent by Donald L. Drakeman, Cambridge University Press, 2010 (ISBN 978-0-521-13452-1), x + 371 pp., pb 29.99 (2013) (Lim, Timothy Teck Ngern) |
| Further subjects: | B
Church and state ; United States
B Constitutional law ; United States B United States ; Constitution ; 1st Amendment B United States Constitution 1st Amendment B Church and state (United States) B Constitutional history ; United States B Constitutional history (United States) B Constitutional Law (United States) |
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| Parallel Edition: | Print version: 9780521119184 |
| Summary: | This provocative book shows how the United States Supreme Court has used constitutional history in church-state cases. Donald L. Drakeman describes the ways in which the justices have portrayed the framers' actions in a light favoring their own views about how church and state should be separated. He then marshals the historical evidence, leading to a surprising conclusion about the original meaning of the First Amendment's establishment clause: the framers originally intended the establishment clause only as a prohibition against a single national church. In showing how conventional interpretations have gone astray, he casts light on the close relationship between religion and government in America and brings to life a fascinating parade of church-state constitutional controversies from the founding era to the present Reynolds : the historical construction of constitutional reality -- Everson : a case of premeditated law office history -- The battle for the historical high ground -- Original meanings : where is the historical high ground? -- Incorporating originalism |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| ISBN: | 0511803591 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511803598 |