Tort Liability, Spiritual Counseling, and the First Amendment

Date

1990

Citation

Douglas Laycock, Tort Liability, Spiritual Counseling, and the First Amendment, in Tort and Religion, American Bar Association, 23 (1990).

UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

Douglas Laycock

Constitutional Law and Legal History

Center for the First Amendment

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