This is the story of some of the most anguished constitutional controversies of our time, those involving the issue of separation of church and state. Few questions stimulated debate as intense as that over prayer in public schools and public aid to parochial schools. In contrast to previous studies, which have focused on the substance of the issues, Frank J. Sorauf's book concentrates on the judicial process in its social and political context.
The author discusses all sixty-seven cases in this area of litigation decided by high American appellate courts from 1951 to 1971. He has interviewed the plaintiffs, attorneys, and members of the groups bringing suit, and describes their strategies and goals, their successes and failures. The community context in which the cases developed, as well as the judges and the courts deciding them, is described and analyzed.
Originally published in 1976.
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Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Scholarly study of battles over the 'establishment clause' of the First Amendment from 1951 to 1971. A dedication copy: INSCRIBED on the first page by the author to one of the dedicatees, a former teacher, whose signature and date are also on the first page. Hardcover, full black cloth, silver spine titling. Jacket absent. Light general wear, minor creasing to a few pages. Text clean; xiii, blank, 394 pages; index, appendices. Size: Large Octavo. Inscribed by the Author. Seller Inventory # u1701
Book Description Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good (+). First Edition. 394 pp. Treats all sixty-seven constitutional cases concerning church-state relations decided by high American appellate courts from 1951 to 1971. He draws on original interviews with the plaintiffs, attorneys and members of the groups bringing suit and describes their strategies, goals, successes and failures. DJ rubbed. Text clean. Seller Inventory # 007960