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Church, State, and Original Intent

Donald L. Drakeman

出版	Cambridge University Press, 2010
主題	Law / GeneralLaw / ConstitutionalLaw / Legal HistoryPolitical Science / GeneralPolitical Science / ConstitutionsPolitical Science / American Government / GeneralPolitical Science / Religion, Politics & StateReligion / Religion, Politics & State
ISBN	05211191899780521119184
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ksrHB-zlZ-QC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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This provocative book shows how the United States Supreme Court has used constitutional history in church-state cases. Donald L. Drakeman describes the ways in which the justices have portrayed the Framers' actions in a light favoring their own views about how church and state should be separated. He then marshals the historical evidence, leading to a surprising conclusion about the original meaning of the First Amendment's establishment clause: the framers originally intended the establishment clause only as a prohibition against a single national church. In showing how conventional interpretations have gone astray, he casts light on the close relationship between religion and government in America and brings to life a fascinating parade of church-state constitutional controversies from the Founding Era to the present.