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...
| Published in: | Religion and human rights |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill, Nijhoff
2015
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Religion and human rights
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| 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. |
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| ISSN: | 1871-0328 |
| Contains: | In: Religion and human rights
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18710328-12341278 |