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Religious free exercise and contemporary American politics : the saga of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 / Jerold L. Waltman.

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Religious Free Exercise and Contemporary American Politics explains why the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) had to undergo a major metamorphosis in order to win approval. The book uses this episode as a window onto the dynamics of modern constitutional politics, specifi...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Waltman, Jerold L., 1945-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Continuum, 2011.
Subjects:
United States. > Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000.
Freedom of religion > United States.
Prisoners > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Prisoners > Religious life > United States.
Land use > Law and legislation > United States.
Church property > Law and legislation > United States.
Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (United States)
Church property > Law and legislation.
Freedom of religion.
Land use > Law and legislation.
Prisoners > Legal status, laws, etc.
Prisoners > Religious life.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Dilemmas of free exercise in contemporary America
  • Free exercise jurisprudence through 1997: Reynolds to Boerne
  • The fine tuned politics of developing a response
  • Building a record to meet the demands of section 5
  • The initial opposition to RLPA
  • From RLPA to RLUIPA: civil rights versus religious liberty takes center stage
  • Aftermath
  • Conclusion.

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