Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Protecting Religious Freedom After Boerne V. Flores
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Protecting Religious Freedom After Boerne V. Flores
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Congress' Constitutional Role in Protecting Religious Liberty
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Enforcing Religious Freedom in Prison
Author: United States Commission on Civil Rights
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Freedom of religion
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
From Executive summary: This report focuses on the government's efforts to enforce federal civil rights laws prohibiting religious discrimination in the administration and management of federal and state prisons. Prisoners in federal and state institutions retain certain religious exercise rights under the Constitution and statutes including the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUPIPA), the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), and the Civil rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA). Many states have similar provisions in their state constitutions and in state law modeled on RFRA. These rights must be balanced with the legitimate concerns of prisons officials, including cost, staffing, and most importantly, prison safety and security. Reconciling these rights and concerns can be a significant challenge for penal institutions, as well as courts.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Freedom of religion
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
From Executive summary: This report focuses on the government's efforts to enforce federal civil rights laws prohibiting religious discrimination in the administration and management of federal and state prisons. Prisoners in federal and state institutions retain certain religious exercise rights under the Constitution and statutes including the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUPIPA), the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), and the Civil rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA). Many states have similar provisions in their state constitutions and in state law modeled on RFRA. These rights must be balanced with the legitimate concerns of prisons officials, including cost, staffing, and most importantly, prison safety and security. Reconciling these rights and concerns can be a significant challenge for penal institutions, as well as courts.
Keeping Faith with the Constitution
Author: Goodwin Liu
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199752834
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Chief Justice John Marshall argued that a constitution "requires that only its great outlines should be marked [and] its important objects designated." Ours is "intended to endure for ages to come, and consequently, to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs." In recent years, Marshall's great truths have been challenged by proponents of originalism and strict construction. Such legal thinkers as Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia argue that the Constitution must be construed and applied as it was when the Framers wrote it. In Keeping Faith with the Constitution, three legal authorities make the case for Marshall's vision. They describe their approach as "constitutional fidelity"--not to how the Framers would have applied the Constitution, but to the text and principles of the Constitution itself. The original understanding of the text is one source of interpretation, but not the only one; to preserve the meaning and authority of the document, to keep it vital, applications of the Constitution must be shaped by precedent, historical experience, practical consequence, and societal change. The authors range across the history of constitutional interpretation to show how this approach has been the source of our greatest advances, from Brown v. Board of Education to the New Deal, from the Miranda decision to the expansion of women's rights. They delve into the complexities of voting rights, the malapportionment of legislative districts, speech freedoms, civil liberties and the War on Terror, and the evolution of checks and balances. The Constitution's framers could never have imagined DNA, global warming, or even women's equality. Yet these and many more realities shape our lives and outlook. Our Constitution will remain vital into our changing future, the authors write, if judges remain true to this rich tradition of adaptation and fidelity.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199752834
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Chief Justice John Marshall argued that a constitution "requires that only its great outlines should be marked [and] its important objects designated." Ours is "intended to endure for ages to come, and consequently, to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs." In recent years, Marshall's great truths have been challenged by proponents of originalism and strict construction. Such legal thinkers as Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia argue that the Constitution must be construed and applied as it was when the Framers wrote it. In Keeping Faith with the Constitution, three legal authorities make the case for Marshall's vision. They describe their approach as "constitutional fidelity"--not to how the Framers would have applied the Constitution, but to the text and principles of the Constitution itself. The original understanding of the text is one source of interpretation, but not the only one; to preserve the meaning and authority of the document, to keep it vital, applications of the Constitution must be shaped by precedent, historical experience, practical consequence, and societal change. The authors range across the history of constitutional interpretation to show how this approach has been the source of our greatest advances, from Brown v. Board of Education to the New Deal, from the Miranda decision to the expansion of women's rights. They delve into the complexities of voting rights, the malapportionment of legislative districts, speech freedoms, civil liberties and the War on Terror, and the evolution of checks and balances. The Constitution's framers could never have imagined DNA, global warming, or even women's equality. Yet these and many more realities shape our lives and outlook. Our Constitution will remain vital into our changing future, the authors write, if judges remain true to this rich tradition of adaptation and fidelity.
Religious Liberty Protection Act of 1998
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Protecting Religious Freedom After Boerne V. Flores
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil rights
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil rights
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Federal Constitutions and International Relations
Author: John Trone
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780702232411
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
A comprehensive analysis of one of the most politically controversial issues in Australian law - the implementation of treaties by the federal government. Unique in Australian books on legal issues, this rigorous analysis of constitutional law examines relevant cases and legislation from Australia, Canada, the USA, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Malaysia, and India. Including a comprehensive list of cases and a full index, this book will be of exceptional interest to practitioners, teachers and students of constitutional and international law.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780702232411
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
A comprehensive analysis of one of the most politically controversial issues in Australian law - the implementation of treaties by the federal government. Unique in Australian books on legal issues, this rigorous analysis of constitutional law examines relevant cases and legislation from Australia, Canada, the USA, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Malaysia, and India. Including a comprehensive list of cases and a full index, this book will be of exceptional interest to practitioners, teachers and students of constitutional and international law.
Religious Liberty Protection Act of 1999
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
CIS Annual
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description