Religion in United States
Religion Definition
(Lat. re, back, ligo, to bind). Real piety in practice, consisting in the performance of all known duties to God and our fellow men. Any system of faith and worship; as the religion of the Turks, of Hindoos, of Christians; true and false religion. 200 111. 572.
Religion in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias
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Religion | Religion in the World Legal Encyclopedia. |
Religion | Religion in the European Legal Encyclopedia. |
Religion | Religion in the Asian Legal Encyclopedia. |
Religion | Religion in the UK Legal Encyclopedia. |
Religion | Religion in the Australian Legal Encyclopedia. |
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Religion | Religion in the Family Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
Religion | Religion in the IP Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
Religion | Religion in the Commercial Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
Religion | Religion in the Criminal Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
Religion | Religion in the Antritrust Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
Religion | Religion in the Bankruptcy Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
Religion | Religion in the Constitutional Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
Religion | Religion in the Tax Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
Religion | Religion in the and Finance and Banking Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
Religion | Religion in the Employment and Labor Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
Religion | Religion in the Personal Injury and Tort Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
Religion | Religion in the Environmental Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
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(Lat. re, back, ligo, to bind). Real piety in practice, consisting in the performance of all known duties to God and our fellow men. Any system of faith and worship; as the religion of the Turks, of Hindoos, of Christians; true and false religion. 200 111. 572.
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Religion and Fraud
United States Constitution
According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled 491 RELIGION AND FRAUDFew responsibilities are more sensitive and difficult to meet than drawing a line between punishable obtaining of property under false pretenses and constitutionally protected free exercise of religion. In the one major case to reach the Supreme Court, United States v. Ballard
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Religion in Public Schools
United States Constitution
According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled “RELIGION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS”: The place of religion in public schools has been the subject of significant controversy in America for well over a century. A number of different issues related to this general subject have come to the fore in recent years. First, the question of publicly
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Religion, Sexual Behaviour and the Law
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New Lights in the U.S. Legal History
Summary
As the Great Awakening spread during the 1730s and 1740s, various religious groups fractured into two camps, sometimes known as the New Lights and Old Lights. The New Lights placed emphasis on a “new birth” conversion experience–gaining God’s saving grace. They also demanded ministers who had clearly experienced conversions themselves. See Old Lights.
Old Lights in the U.S. Legal History
Summary
As the Great Awakening spread during the 1730s and 1740s, various religious groups fractured into two camps, sometimes known as the Old Lights and the New Lights. The Old Lights were not very enthusiastic about the Awakening, particularly in terms of what they viewed as popular excesses in seeking after God’s grace. Old Light ministers emphasized formal schooling in theology as a source of their religious authority, and they emphasized good order in their churches. See New Lights.
Proof of Religion in the Courtroom that Violates the Right to a Fair Trial
This section discusses generally the subject of Proof of Religion in the Courtroom that Violates the Right to a Fair Trial, how to determine the facts essential to Proof of Religion in the Courtroom that Violates the Right to a Fair Trial, and, to some extent, how to prove it in litigation and defense. Related topics are also addressed.