Document Type
Book Review
Publication Date
1949
Publication Information
35 Va. L. Rev. 804 (1949)
Abstract
Judicial Doctrines of Religious Rights in America, By William George Torpey. — This one volume compendium of court decisions in matters relating to religious belief will be a valuable asset to any library. The fact that the author is not a lawyer does not decrease its value to members of the legal profession, but it does emphasize the possibility and desirability for the extension of wide and exact knowledge on this important subject to all intelligent people. Dr. Torpey's treatment is objective. His purpose, as he states it, is "to examine concrete situations in which the question of religious liberty has been posed for judicial determination and to delineate a significant series of legal principles which have arisen therefrom." This examination is extended through subjects ranging from the power of our state and federal governments to limit certain religious practices in the interest of peace and order, to the right of a testator to leave his property in trust for religious purposes. The acute question of releasing public school students during school hours to permit them to attend religious instruction is traced up to and including the most recent decision of the United States Supreme Court on the subject.
Recommended Citation
Clarence E. Manion,
Review of Judicial Doctrines of Religious Rights in America by William George Torpey,
35 Va. L. Rev. 804 (1949).
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