Tort Claims against Churches and Ecclesiastical Officers: The First Amendment Considerations

Authors

Carl H. Esbeck, University of Missouri School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1986

Abstract

Federal and state courts are increasingly confronted with the unenviable task of giving legal definition to matters affecting relations between religion and government.' Many of the lawsuits pitting church against state are surface manifestations of a more fundamental disintegration of an American public philosophy.

Recommended Citation

Carl H. Esbeck, Tort Claims Against Churches And Ecclesiastical Officers: The First Amendment Considerations, 89 W. Va. L. Rev. 1 (1986)