Religious Liberties for Corporations?

Hobby Lobby, the Affordable Care Act, and the Constitution
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-349-50353-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 80 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm

An expanded version of a series of debates between the authors, this book examines the nature of corporate rights, especially with respect to religious liberty, in the context of the controversial Hobby Lobby case from the Supreme Court's 2013-14 term.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gans, D.

Shapiro, I.

Norrman, Ralf

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Rechtswissenschaften Allgemeines Verfahrens-, Zivilprozess- und Insolvenzrecht Insolvenzrecht, Konkurs, Unternehmenssanierung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction 1. What Rights Do Corporations Have? 2. Corporate Personhood and Religious Liberty 3. The Broader Implications of Hobby Lobby: Is There a Slippery Slope? 4. The Ruling: What Does It All Mean? Conclusion Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

David H. Gans is Director of the Human Rights, Civil Rights, and Citizenship Program at the Constitutional Accountability Center. David is an experienced constitutional litigator, who regularly participates in Supreme Court litigation, and an accomplished scholar, who has published widely on the Constitution's text and history.

Ilya Shapiro is Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute and Editor-in-Chief of the Cato Supreme Court Review. Ilya has filed more than 100 'friend of the court' briefs at the Supreme Court.