Concept information
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social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court cases
Preferred term
Lemon v. Kurtzman
Definition
- Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971), or “Lemon I,” is best known for its three-part test, which the Supreme Court created to be used in evaluating whether government action violates the Establishment Clause; this provision prohibits the government from making laws “respecting an establishment of religion.” The three parts of the “Lemon test” are that (1) a statute or program must have a secular legislative purpose, (2) its principal or primary effect must be one that neither advances nor inhibits religion, and (3) it must not foster an excessive government entanglement with religion (Lemon, pp. 612–613). [Source: Encyclopedia of Education Law; Lemon v. Kurtzman]
Broader concept
Belongs to group
Date
- 1971
- 1973
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Lemon_v._Kurtzman
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