J. Patrick Mahon
Contributor
Website : SAGE Publications
Contributor to SAGE Publications's Encyclopedia of Education Law (2008) whose work in that encyclopedia formed the basis of his contributions to Britannica.
Primary Contributions (6)
City of Boerne v. Flores, case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on June 25, 1997, ruled (6–3) that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) of 1993 exceeded the powers of Congress. According to the court, although the act was constitutional concerning federal actions, it could not be applied to…
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Publications (1)
Encyclopedia of Education Law (2 Volume) (June 2008)
CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title for 2009"A welcome addition to any public or academic library, this set would also be of use in a law library where educational law might need to be explored and reviewed at a more basic level than other legal texts."―Sara Rofofsky Marcus, Queensborough Community Coll., Bayside, NY"Smaller educational legal summaries exist, and a couple of texts deal with Supreme Court cases about education, but this set provides a unique combination of general...
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