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REVIEW OF LAW & SOCIAL CHANGE

Volume 9, Issue 1


COLLOQUIUM

Alternative Religions:
Government Control and the First Amendment

Preface
Robin L. Spear

Introduction
Dean Norman Redlich

Equal Protection for Unpopular Sects
Leo Pfeffer

The Cult Phenomenon: Fad or Fact?
Marcia R. Rudin

Religious Movements, the State, and the Law: Reconceptualizing "The Cult Problem"
Thomas Robbins

Religious Totalism as Slavery
Richard Delgado

Extemporaneous Remarks
Jeremiah Gutman

The Fact Pattern Behind the Deprogramming Controversy: An Analysis and An Alternative
Dick Anthony

Panel Discussion: Effects of Cult Membership and Activities
David Richards, Moderator

  • Opening Statements
    Marcia R. Rudin
    Richard Delgado
    Thomas Robbins
    Paul Traub
    Leo Pfeffer
    Paul Chevigny
  • Discussion

Panel Discussion: Regulation of Alternative Religions by Law or Private Action: Can and Should We Regulate?
Dean Norman Redlich, Moderator

  • Opening Statements
    Nathan Dershowitz
    Theodore Freedman
    Jonathan Rosner
    Patrick M. Wall
    Jeremiah Gutman
    Dick Anthony
  • Discussion

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