The Religious Student in Public Education: Resolving a Constitutional Dilemma.

Toms, Robert L.; Whitehead, John W.

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ERIC Number: EJ196139

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Publication Date: 1978

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The Religious Student in Public Education: Resolving a Constitutional Dilemma.

Toms, Robert L.; Whitehead, John W.

Emory Law Journal, v27 n1 p3-44 Win 1978

Author contends that student religious clubs have a constitutional right to exist in the public schools, because such meetings are within the scope of the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution. Landmark Supreme Court church-state decisions are cited. Available from Emory University School of Law, 1722 North Decatur Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30322; single copy $3.00. (PKP)

Descriptors: Compulsory Education, Constitutional Law, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Education, Religious Organizations, State Church Separation, Student Rights, Supreme Court Litigation

Publication Type: Journal Articles

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Language: English

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