Author Description
What Are The Rights Of Religious Institutions? Should Those Rights Extend To For-profit Corporations? Houses Of Worship Have Claimed They Should Be Free From Anti-discrimination Laws In Hiring And Firing Ministers And Other Employees. Faith-based Institutions, Including Hospitals And Universities, Have Sought Exemptions From Requirements To Provide Contraception. Now, In A Surprising Development, Large For-profit Corporations Have Succeeded In Asserting Rights To Religious Free Exercise. The Rise Of Corporate Religious Liberty Explores This Corporate Turn In Law And Religion. Drawing On A Broad Range Perspectives, This Book Examines The Idea Of Freedom Of The Church, The Rights Of For-profit Corporations, And The Implications Of The Supreme Court's Landmark Decision In Burwell V. Hobby Lobby For Debates On Anti-discrimination Law, Same-sex Marriage, Health Care, And Religious Freedom.
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THE THESIS
This book investigates the legal and ethical legitimacy of extending religious free exercise rights to for-profit corporations. The authors, a collection of legal scholars and experts, utilize a multi-disciplinary approach to analyze the shift in judicial interpretation regarding religious exemptions. They examine the tension between traditional institutional religious freedom and the emerging claims of corporate entities within the American legal framework.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- Analysis of the Supreme Court decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby
- Examination of anti-discrimination law and its intersection with religious exemptions
- Discussion of the historical concept of freedom of the church
- Legal arguments regarding the rights of for-profit corporations in health care and employment
Scope Limits
- Does not provide a comprehensive history of all religious freedom litigation in the United States
- Focuses primarily on the American legal context rather than international corporate religious law
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Legal scholars and practitioners frequently cite this work as a critical resource for understanding the evolving intersection of corporate personhood and religious liberty. Experts note the text provides a balanced, rigorous examination of the complex constitutional questions raised by recent judicial trends.
Page Count:
296
Publication Date:
2016-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10:
0190262540
ISBN-13:
9780190262549
Religion
Corporate Law
Corporations religious
Freedom of religion
Law
Corporations
Sociology
United States
Constitutional Law
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