FREEDOM FROM FEDERAL ESTABLISHMENT; FORMATION AND EARLY HISTORY OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT RELIGION CLAUSES.

Antieau, Chester James; Arthur T. Downey; Edward C. Roberts; with the aid of Phillip M. Carroll and with the professional advice and assistance of Thomas H. O'Connor and Richard L. Derry. Georgetown University Law Center Institute for Church-State Law.

Published by Milwaukee, WI: Bruce Publishing Company, 1964.

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Presumed first edition (no direct statement provided). xvi, 272 pages. Hardcover: H 24cxm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket rubbed with tears and shallow chipping along edges, soiling and strong toning to white rear panel, slender toning along flap edges, residual paper from removed small oval sticker at front panel's top right; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Green cloth with bright silver stamping to spine. Foxing to edges; toning to endpapers; small ink notation at front free endpaper's top right corner; interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. A very good- copy in only a good dust jacket. With Preface, Acknowledgements, Introduction, Conclusion, Notes, Bibliography, and Index. Features nine chapters titled as: "Establishment in Colonial America;" "The Struggle in the States for Equal Religious Liberty and Freedom From Established Churches - the Period From independence Until Ratification of the Bill of Rights;" "Areas of Church-State Accommodation in America During the Period From Independence Until the Bill of Rights;" "The Struggle for Equality of Political Opportunity - Efforts in the Original Constitution to Deter a National Establishment by Banning Religious Test Oaths;" "The Desire of the People for Religion Amendments to the United States Constitution - Proposals by the State Conventions That Ratified the Constitution;" "The Meaning of the First Amendment Establishment of Religion Clause, According to Statements of Senators and Representatives in the First Congress;" "Ratification of the First Amendment by the States - What the People Thought They Added to the Constitution by the Establishment Clause;" "The Practices of the Times as Casting Light Upon the Meaning of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment;" and "Use of Church-State Relations Expressed Outside the Congress by Members of the First Congress and Other Prominent Men of the Times.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: FREEDOM FROM FEDERAL ESTABLISHMENT; FORMATION AND EARLY HISTORY OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT RELIGION CLAUSES.
• Publisher: Milwaukee, WI: Bruce Publishing Company, 1964.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
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