Religious Property Disputes and the Law : House of God, Laws of Man.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- About the Author -- Contents -- Reviews -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Religious Property Disputes -- Chapter 1: Religious Property Disputes between Local Churches and Denominations -- I. The Establishment Clause and Religious Property Disputes -- A. The Supreme Court's First Religious Property Dispute: Methodist and Slavery (1854) -- B. The Supreme Court Adopts "Deference" in Religious Property Disputes (1871) -- C. The Supreme Court Introduces "Neutral Principles" (1969) -- D. The Supreme Court Adopts "Neutral Principles" for All Religious Property Disputes (1979) -- II. The State Law Used for Neutral Principles -- A. State Trust Law -- B. State Corporate Law -- III. The Application of Neutral Principles to Religious Property Cases -- A. Strict Neutral Principles States -- B. Hybrid Neutral Principles States -- Chapter 2: Property Disputes within an Independent Religious Organization -- I. The Supreme Court's Guidance on Intra-Church Disputes -- Part II: Religious Land Use and Zoning Law -- Chapter 3: Religious Land Use and Zoning: Statutory Claims -- I. RLUIPA: The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act -- A. Historical Background -- B. The Legal Claims That Can Be Brought under RLUIPA -- C. Damages and Equitable Relief -- D. Recovery of Attorney Fees and Cost in Religious Land Use Cases -- II. State Religious Freedom Act Claims -- III. Fair Housing Act Claims -- Chapter 4: Religious Land Use and Zoning: Constitutional Claims -- I. The Free Exercise Clause -- A. Hybrid Free Exercise Claims -- II. Free Speech Claims -- III. Free Association/Assembly Claims -- IV. Redress of Grievance Clause -- Retaliation -- V. Equal Protection Claims -- VI. Due Process Claims -- VII. State Constitutional Claims -- VIII. Religious Uses Add Value to a Community.

IX. Justiciability and Religious Land Use -- A. Standing -- B. Ripeness -- C. Exhaustion of Remedies -- D. Mootness -- E. Abstention -- Conclusion -- Index.

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