{"product_id":"religion-and-the-constitution-aspen-casebook","title":"Religion and the Constitution (Aspen Casebook)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e Religion and the Constitution (Aspen Casebook) (Kindle, 761 pages) – Aspen Opco Llc, 2022. Language: English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e Buy a new version of this textbook and receive access to the Connected eBook on Casebook Connect, including lifetime access to the online ebook with highlight, annotation, and search capabilities. Access also includes an outline tool and other helpful resources. Connected eBooks provide what you need most to be successful in your law school classes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReligion and the Constitution, Fifth Edition, is a casebook unparalleled in how it synthesizes judicial decisions and legal doctrines together with materials from history, the study of religion, and other related disciplines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReligion and the Constitution, Fifth Edition, written by a team of well-known Constitutional Law scholars, thoughtfully examines the relationship between government and religion within the framework of the U.S. Constitution. This proven casebook is suitable for courses or seminars in Religious Liberty, Religion and the Constitution, or Religious Institutions and the Law. The Fifth Edition has been updated with discussions of the Supreme Court’s many recent religious liberty cases, decided against the tumultuous backdrop of pandemic restrictions and intensifying “culture wars.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew to the Fifth Edition: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Recent decisions on COVID-related restrictions of religious worship and the meaning of the requirement that laws burdening religion be “neutral and generally applicable.” \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Recent decisions on the clash between sexual-orientation nondiscrimination laws and religious objectors: Masterpiece Cakeshop and Fulton v. Philadelphia. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Recent decisions forbidding exclusion of religious entities from generally available government funding programs: Trinity Lutheran v. Comer and Espinoza v. Dept. of Revenue. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The recent decision presumptively validating longstanding government displays with religious content, namely American Legion v. American Humanist Assn.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfessors and students will benefit from:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A casebook structured to stress three recurring themes that contextualize current debate regarding matters of church-and-state: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Free exercise of religion in the face of government regulation. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Government financial assistance to religious institutions. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The role of religion in government institutions, such as schools. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Notes and questions that connect older controversies with modern constitutional disputes. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Problems that enable students to understand the legal materials on their own terms and apply them to new issues. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A thorough examination and explanation of the various interrelations between the free exercise and establishment clauses. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Historical and other background materials that are sufficiently scholarly and authoritative that the United States Supreme Court recently cited the book in its decision in Espinoza v. Dep’t of Revenue (2020) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e  ","brand":"Michael W. McConnell, Thomas C. Berg, Christopher C. Lund","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46068882211050,"sku":"9781543804621","price":200.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/5301\/6298\/files\/61hje0IhbzL._SY522.jpg?v=1781188474","url":"https:\/\/textbookme.store\/products\/religion-and-the-constitution-aspen-casebook","provider":"TextbookMe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}