Robert Daniel Rubin

Judicial Review and American Conservatism

Christianity, Public Education, and the Federal Courts in the Reagan Era

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Produktbeschreibung

Focusing on a conflict in Alabama during the 1980s, Robert Daniel Rubin considers how conservative evangelicals forged a political identity. To protect Christianity's role in public education, they both resisted and solicited the federal courts. This book will be of interest to historians, political scientists, and constitutional lawyers.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 183mm x 236mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 660g
• ISBN-13: 9781107060555
• ISBN-10: 1107060559
• Artikelnr.: 47722741

Autorenporträt

Robert Daniel Rubin is an independent scholar.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Conservatism and the Constitution
1. Massive resistance
2. The moral majority of Alabamians
3. Justice made political
4. Accommodation
5. Showdown
6. The trouble with secularism
7. Religion by any other name
Conclusion. The Constitution and the people.