God vs. the gavel : religion and the rule of law /
God versus the gavel
Marci A. Hamilton ; foreword by Edward R. Becker.
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
- xii, 414 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The problem -- Children -- Marriage -- Religious land use and residential neighborhoods -- Schools -- The prisons and the military -- Discrimination -- Boerne v. Flares : the case that fully restored the rule of law -- The decline of the special treatment of religious entities and the rise of the no-harm rule -- The path to the public good.
0521853044 (hardcover)
2005003344
Corporations, Religious--Law and legislation--Criminal provisions.--United States Tort liability of religious corporations--United States. Clergy--Malpractice--United States. Rule of law--United States.