John Witte Jr., Joel A. Nichols, and Richard W. Garnett
- Published in print:
- 2022
- Published Online:
- May 2022
- ISBN:
- 9780197587614
- eISBN:
- 9780197654378
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780197587614.003.0012
- Subject:
- Religion, Religious Studies
This chapter reviews the Supreme Court’s Establishment Clause cases involving religious ceremonies, arguments, expression, and symbols in public life and in the public square. It reviews the cases on ...
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This chapter reviews the Supreme Court’s Establishment Clause cases involving religious ceremonies, arguments, expression, and symbols in public life and in the public square. It reviews the cases on legislative prayer and the public employment of legislative chaplains. It next surveys cases involving displays of religious symbols, such as a creche, cross, menorah, or the Ten Commandments, on public property. The chapter shows the role that history and tradition play in evaluating, and protecting, certain practices even if they involve religious symbols. The chapter concludes by providing a crisp assessment of patterns and principles to assist in making sense of religious symbols cases, which have at times seemed conflicting. Finally, the chapter provides a summary and conclusions on the Court’s establishment clause cases and thus ties together the previous two chapters (Chapters 9 and 10 with this one.Less
This chapter reviews the Supreme Court’s Establishment Clause cases involving religious ceremonies, arguments, expression, and symbols in public life and in the public square. It reviews the cases on legislative prayer and the public employment of legislative chaplains. It next surveys cases involving displays of religious symbols, such as a creche, cross, menorah, or the Ten Commandments, on public property. The chapter shows the role that history and tradition play in evaluating, and protecting, certain practices even if they involve religious symbols. The chapter concludes by providing a crisp assessment of patterns and principles to assist in making sense of religious symbols cases, which have at times seemed conflicting. Finally, the chapter provides a summary and conclusions on the Court’s establishment clause cases and thus ties together the previous two chapters (Chapters 9 and 10 with this one.
Geert-Jan Alexander Knoops
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- November 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780190923846
- eISBN:
- 9780190923860
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190923846.003.0020
- Subject:
- Law, Public International Law
The year 2016 preludes the start of three trials at the International Criminal Court (ICC). The trials of Mr. Ongwen, Mr. Al Mahdi and the trial of Mr. Gbagbo and Mr. Blé Goudé started in the same ...
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The year 2016 preludes the start of three trials at the International Criminal Court (ICC). The trials of Mr. Ongwen, Mr. Al Mahdi and the trial of Mr. Gbagbo and Mr. Blé Goudé started in the same year while several trials drew to a close. Both Mr. Bemba and Mr. Al Mahdi were convicted for crimes committed in the Central African Republic and Mali, respectively. In a separate trial Mr. Bemba and his co-defendants were convicted of witness tampering. While some of the developments at the Court are promising, a closer look at both the legal and political developments warrants some caution. Some states remained uncooperative with the ICC, to the extent that three member states have left the ICC.Less
The year 2016 preludes the start of three trials at the International Criminal Court (ICC). The trials of Mr. Ongwen, Mr. Al Mahdi and the trial of Mr. Gbagbo and Mr. Blé Goudé started in the same year while several trials drew to a close. Both Mr. Bemba and Mr. Al Mahdi were convicted for crimes committed in the Central African Republic and Mali, respectively. In a separate trial Mr. Bemba and his co-defendants were convicted of witness tampering. While some of the developments at the Court are promising, a closer look at both the legal and political developments warrants some caution. Some states remained uncooperative with the ICC, to the extent that three member states have left the ICC.
