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8803 - Law and Religion
Professor: David A. Goldberger
Semester: 2012 Autumn
Second Writing Requirement? No
Seminar? No
Professional Responsibility? No
Prerequisites: None
Means of Assessment: Exam
Course Description
This course examines the relation of government and religion in light of the Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses of the United States Constitution. It explores Supreme Court and lower court cases, as well as applicable statutes, constitutional policies, and judicial philosophies that have given rise to these cases. The course is presented in a fashion that encourages an understanding of all perspectives that have emerged in the course of America's increasing heated debate over the proper role of government with respect to religious belief and exercise. The grade will be determined by an examination given at the end of the course.
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