The Wall of Separation : : The Constitutional Politics of Church and State /

The Wall of Separation : : The Constitutional Politics of Church and State / / Frank Joseph Sorauf.

This is the story of some of the most anguished constitutional controversies of our time, those involving the issue of separation of church and state. Few questions stimulated debate as intense as that over prayer in public schools and public aid to parochial schools. In contrast to previous studies...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
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Sorauf, Frank Joseph,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]
©1976
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 1594
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Physical Description:1 online resource (410 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF TABLES
  • I. The Constitution and the Separation
  • II. The Legal and Religious Context
  • III. The Separationist Groups
  • IV. The Separationists in Litigation
  • V. Goals and Strategies of the Separationist Groups
  • VI. The Plaintiffs
  • VII. The Separationist Attorneys
  • VIII. The Accommodationist Defendants
  • IX. The Judges
  • X. The Adversary Cases: Incidence and Outcome
  • XI. The Friendly Cases
  • XII. The Immediate Impacts
  • XIII. The Impact on Policy
  • XIV. The Changing Shape of Constitutional Litigation
  • XV. Epilogue: 1971 to 1974
  • Appendix I. The Universe of Cases
  • Appendix II. Sources
  • Appendix III. Definitions and Criteria
  • Index

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