Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Corinna Lain, Secrets of the Killing State: the Untold Story of Lethal Injection (Epilogue), (September 01, 2024).
• Max Kuhelj Bugaric, Raphael Fulgosius on Just War: Papal Adjudication of Conflicts and War as Judgment, (April 28, 2025).
• Joshua E. Weishart, NEPC Review: The Persistence of Religious Discrimination in Publicly Funded Pre-K Programs (Manhattan Institute, January 2025),  (May 01, 2025).
• Marcellius Hamilton, The Appeal of Islam Among African Americans: A Missiological and Historical Evaluation of Christian-Muslim Engagement in Urban Contexts, (April 01, 2025).
• Dmitrii Gorstka, Building an Interfaith Dialogue Preventing Conflicts on Religious Grounds in the State (on the Example of the Interaction of the Russian Orthodox Church with the Muslim Community in the Russian Federation), (August 14, 2024).
• Anushka Anu, Bhavneet & Tanvi, A Study to Examine the Resident’s Attitude Towards Life with the Respect to Proximity to Religious Place- Ayodhya, (April 20, 2025).
• Dmitrii Gorstka, The Status of Orthodoxy in the Special Administrative Regions of China (Hong Kong and Macau) and Taiwan Province: A Historical and Legal Perspective, (January 01, 2025).
• Chad G. Marzen & William Woodyard, St. Pope John Paul II in American Jurisprudence, (June 06, 2025).
• Sixbert Sangwa, Regulating the Sacred? A Critical Examination of Faith-Based Organization Registration in Rwanda: Between Religious Freedom and State Control, (June 07, 2025).
• Viva Hammer, Why Do Orthodox Families Have So Many Children?, (Jewish Independent, Oct. 2023).
• Liaqat Ali Khoso, Aqilah ‫عاقلہ‬ In Islam (payment of Diyat system) (April 08, 2025).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Xiao Wang, Sacred Thoughts, Secular Harms, (125 Colum. L. Rev. F. 133 (2025)).
• Amy J. Sepinwall, Uncompelling: The Specious Case Against Compelled Speech, (June 01, 2025).
• Michael Conklin, God on Trial: Applying Modern Legal Standards to Assess Arguments for and Against the Existence of God, (June 01, 2025).
• Isaac Barnes May, Sabbath Accommodations as a Civil Right: Jewish History, Title VII, and the Path to Groff v. DeJoy, (FIU Law Review, volume 19, issue 3, 2025).
• Aviva Orenstein, The Religion of Evidence, (25 J.L. Soc'y 181 (2025)).
• Rona Kaufman Kitchen, Never Again: Zionism and the Jewess, (FIU Law Review, volume 19, issue 3, 2025).
• Michael Foran, Sex, Gender Recognition, and Equality Law: For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16, (June 04, 2025).
• Kenneth Grad, Should Hate Speech be Criminalized? Lessons from the Canadian Experience in R v. Zundel and R v. Keegstra, (FIU Law Review, volume 19, issue 3, 2025).
• David Eliot Bernstein & David L. Bernstein, Supporting Free Speech and Countering Antisemitism on American College Campuses, (Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy Per Curiam, Forthcoming).
• Mohammad Fadel, Doctrinal Change in Mālikī Law: the Case of Judicial Divorce On Account of Harm (ḍarar), (Forthcoming, Journal of Comparative Legal History).
• Nathan Cortez & Joanna L. Grossman, Who Regulates Abortion Now?, (110 Iowa L. Rev. 1579 (2025)).
• Erin Morrow Hawley, A Mandate to Discriminate? Why the Establishment Clause Does Not Justify the Exclusion of Religious Charter Schools, (May 01, 2025).
• S. Ernie Walton & Mark David Hall, Pierce at 100, (May 30, 2025).

From SmartCILP:

• Ian Huyett, What Does "Sectarian" Mean?: The Evolution of an Epithet, 54 Cumberland Law Review 369-390 (2024).
• Ismael Musah Montana, Ahmad Bey's 1846 Istifta: Its Dual Legislative Framework and Religio–Political Context, 42 Law & History Review 31-48 (2024).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Godfrey Lukindo Alternative Dispute Resolution ADR), (May 16, 2025).
• Denis Wieboldt, Our Natural Law Moment(s), (Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy (forthcoming)).
• Vincent Phillip Muñoz, Michael W. McConnell & Andrew M. Koppelman, Religious Exemptions? What the Free Exercise Clause Means, (April 28, 2025).
• Tobias Lock, Article 10 CFR (Second Edition of the Oxford Commentary, 2024), (March 02, 2024).
• Joshua J. Craddock,, Personhood After Dobbs , (74 Cath. U. L. Rev. 536 (2025)).
• Marc Greendorfer & Vanessa Hites, When Words Wound: Pure Speech Meets Federal Antidiscrimination Law, (May 22, 2025).
• Katie R. Eyer, Transgender Equality: An Inflection Point for Equal Protection?, (University of Cincinnati Law Review, Vol. 93, Iss. 4 [2025], Art. 1).
• Dale Carpenter, The Volokh Briefs: Drawing the Line Against Compelled Speech in Public Accommodations, (39 Const. Comm. 143 (2024)).
• Hesam Nourooz Pour, Transitional Justice and Online Social Platforms: Facebook and the Rohingya Genocide, (June 10, 2024).
• Katharine Young, Human Rights in the Constitutional Era of Dobbs, (Columbia Human Rights Law Review, Volume 56, 2025).
• Sophia Chima, Religious Tourism as a Means of Fostering Religious Tolerance: A Pathway to Global Understanding and Peace (March 14, 2025).

From SSRN (Islamic Law):

• Mohammad Ibrahim, Book review: Dawood Ahmed and Muhammad Zubair Abbasi, Democracy Under God: Constitutions, Islam and Human Rights in the Muslim World (Cambridge University Press, 2023), (Comparative Constitutional Studies (forthcoming)).
• Saud M. Alholiby Albin Zaid, Mubarak M. Alkhaldi & Mohammad A. Alghamdi, The Zakatability of AI: A Dual Analysis from Sharia and Saudi Law, (Journal of Posthumanism, volume 5, issue 5, 2025).
• Nadia Ahmad, The Imperceptibility of Muslim Identity, (28 CUNY Law Review 169 (2025)).
• Anuqa Munir & Abdullah Bhatti, Fosterage Marriage in Islam: Legal Perspectives on Prohibition, Establishment, Proof, and the Status of Children, (December 01, 2024).
• Badreddine Badreddine, Fatma Lalaymia Berrahlia & M. Kabir Hassan, Waqf Governance in Algeria: Current Status and Future Prospects, (April 16, 2024).

From SSRN (Hindu Law):

• Sanjay Koul, Karma and Rebirth -How Actions Shape Destiny and the Cycle of Samsara, (May 19, 2025).
• Sanjay Koul, The Varna-Ashrama Dharma System: Misconceptions, Relevance and Evolution, (May 20, 2025).

From SmartCILP:

• Michael A. Helfand, Contractual Commitments and the Right to Change Religions, 103 North Carolina Law Review 1-68 (2024).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Ioanna Tourkochoriti, LGBTQ Wedding Party: Conscientious Objections to the Enforcement of Anti-Discrimination Law, (60 Tulsa Law Review 421-485 (2025)).
• Victoria Litman, Psychedelic Policy, Religious Freedom, and Public Safety: An Overview, (August 07, 2023).
• Barak D. Richman, On Rabbis and Mentors, (GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper Forthcoming).
• Reva B. Siegel, Foreword: Democratizing Constitutional Memory,  (Forthcoming 123 Mich. L. Rev. (2025)).
• Catherine E. Smith, et. al., Brief of Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents: Mahmoud v. Taylor, (April 17, 2025).
• Amy J. Sepinwall, The Conduct-Status Connection and Expressive Wedding Vendor Cases, (Wayne Law Review, forthcoming).
• Ainslee Johnson-Brown, On The Constitutional Requirement For Adequate Prenatal Care Post-Dobbs, (15 ConLawNOW 195 (2024)).

From SSRN (Non-U.S. Law):

• Michael P. Foran, It's Not What You Said, It's The Way That You Said It: Manifesting Protected Beliefs in the Workplace Following Higgs v Farmor's School, (Industrial Law Journal (2025) (forthcoming)).
• Jeffrey A. Brauch, Freedom of Religion under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, (Forthcoming in Volume 28 Issue 2 of the Gonzaga Journal of International Law).
• Chagai Schlesinger, Weber in Jerusalem: The Rabbinical Debate over the Establishment of the Rabbinical Court of Appeals, 1918-1921, (October 24, 2024).
• Chagai Schlesinger, Religious Legal Pluralism in the Shadow of the Centralistic State, (Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 2025).
• Xing Wang, Jennifer Griffiths, Adam Gibson & Pakhee Kumar, Disaster Management Practices in Churches in London, UK, (2025).
• Godfrey Lukindo J, Critical Examination Of The Execution Of Death Penalty In The East Africa: A Case Study Of The Law And Practice In Tanzania And Uganda, (June 20, 2022).
• Inebu C. Agbo-Ejeh, Regulating 'God's Business': A Legal Analysis of Part F of The Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020, (June 14, 2023).

From SSRN (Islamic Law):

• Masood Ahmed, Zakah in Non-Islamic Countries: Addressing Economic Struggles and Religious Commitments of Muslims (September 09, 2024).
• Tanzeela Shafique, International Best Practices in Policy Formation for Sharīʿah Governance, (May 13, 2025).
• Ghazal Hisham Daadoush, The Intersection Of The Cisg (Convention On Contracts For The International Sale Of Goods) And Islamic Law (Saudi Arabia), (January 22, 2025).
• Badreddine, The UNIDROIT Principles and the SSs: Any Room For Cooperation?, (May 15, 2024).

From SmartCILP:

• Neil H. Buchanan, Feminism, Theocracy, and Righteous Anger: Sherry Colb Unbound, 109 Cornell Law Review 1765-1778 (2025).
• Catherine L. Fisk, Jewish Lawyers and the Labor Movement, 93 Fordham Law Review 1159-1176 (2025).
• Ria Ivandic, Tom Richmaier & Stephen Machin, International Terror Attacks and Local Out-Group Hate Crimes, 67 Journal of Law & Economics 589-610 (2024).
• Wejdan Hleihel, Ido Shahar & Karin Carmit Yefet, Transforming "Transformative Accommodation": Palestinian–Muslim Women's Maintenance Suits as a Case Study, 49 Law & Social Inquiry 2102-2127 (2024).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Jack Landman Goldsmith, Citizen of Heaven and Harvard: A Remembrance of Bill Stuntz, (April 02, 2025).
• Nicholas Reaves, Groff v. DeJoy: Hardison is Dead, Long Live Hardison!,  (Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy No. 39 (Fall 2023)).
• Nicholas Reaves, Keeping the Faith: How Recent RLUIPA Decisions are Reshaping Religious Freedom for Incarcerated Individuals, (Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy No. 33 (Fall 2024)).
• Patrick McKinley Brennan, A Constitution for Equals? Building Better Than Students for Fair Admissions, (April 28, 2025).
• Nelson Tebbe & Lawrence G. Sager, Salvaging Tandon, (May 06, 2025).
• Derek Ross, The Meaning of the Right of Equal Access to Public Service. ((2024), 2 Supreme Court Law Review (3d) 81 - 115).
• Matthew I. Hall, Stand-In Standing, (Florida Law Review __ (2025) (forthcoming)).
• Hanoch Dagan & Avihay Dorfman, The Powers of Discrimination, (UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper Forthcoming).
• Nina Varsava, How is Law a Moral Practice?, (Forthcoming in the Journal of Moral Philosophy).
• Antony Kolenc, Veritatis Splendor and State Accommodation of Religious Freedom, (March 01, 2023).
• Navdeep Kaur, "Hate Speech: The Pernicious Language That Divides Society", (April 22, 2025).

From SSRN (Abortion Rights):

• Susan Keller, FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine: Denying Standing for Anti-Abortion Doctor Groups While Expanding Conscience Protections, (SCOTUS 2024, pp. 39-47).
• Gerald S. Dickinson, Abortion Rights from the Bottom-Up, (2026 Utah L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2026)).
• David R. Upham, Prenatal Personhood, State Duties, and Congress’s Abortion Power Under the Fourteenth Amendment, (74 Cath. U. L. Rev. 427 (2025)).

From SSRN (Religious Doctrine):

• Pradeep Kumar Deepak, The Historical Significance of the Tribal Religious Cults of Tripura: An Overview, (Proceedings of North East India History Association,41st Session,2022, Pp. 314-322).
• Shima Baradaran Baughman, Systemic Absolution, (April 21, 2025).
• Telia Mary U. Williams, Sola Scriptura and the Magisterium: Reconciling Two Biblical Analogues of Constitutional Interpretation Through a Judicial Hermeneutic of Storytelling, 17 U. St. Thomas J.L. & Pub. Pol'y. 431 (2023).
• Sanjay Koul, The Concept of Dharma in Sanatana Dharma -Beyond Religion: Cosmic Order, Duty, and Ethics, (May 04, 2025).
• Ayaga Max Liambilah, The Legacy and Memory of Pope Francis: A Humanity-Centered Papacy , (May 03, 2025).

From SSRN (Islamic Law):

• Sayed Gewid, To What Extent Is the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) Compatible with Sharia Law Principles?, (September 15, 2023).
• Mohamed Youssef, Islamic Finance and Social Justice: A Policy Framework for Egypt's Economic Transformation, (May 05, 2025).
• Dr. Tauseef Ahmad, Waqf Amendment Act 2025 and its Impact on Muslim Endowments in India, (April 13, 2025).
• Jabeur Fathally,  Muslim Influence and the Lesser-Known Story of Contemporary International Humanitarian Law, (July 07, 2024).
• Md. Riazul Haque, Islamic Banking in Bangladesh: Trends and Insights, (February 11, 2025).
• Mumtaz Shah, Froth on the Floodwater: Hadith of Islamic Civilization Decline, (April 08, 2025).
• Zainuddin, Aan Aswari, Rizki Ramadani & Andika Buana, Polarisation of Islamic Scholars on the Legality of Cryptocurrency Usage as Currency, (Arena Hukum, Volume 17, No. 2, Pp. 448-464 (2024).

From SmartCILP:

• Mohamed Elewa Badar, Legal Pluralism, Cultural Defenses, and the Islamic Legal Tradition (Shari'a): Towards a Truly International Criminal Court, 59 Texas International Law Journal 245-290 (2024).
• Noah R. Feldman, Professor Ronna Grady Schneider Lecture on Constitutional Issues and Education Law. Religion in Public Schools: Constitutional Revolution in Action, 93 University of Cincinnati Law Review 299-314 (2024).
• Amelia J. Uelmen, Religious Lawyering in a Polarized Society, 102 University of Detroit Mercy Law Review 99-134 (2024).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Audra Savage, Slavery and the Forgotten History of Religious Liberty, (Forthcoming 2025-26 BYU Law Review)).
• Zachary Kayal, Church Autonomy and Collateral-Order Appeals, (125 Columbia Law Review Forum 50 (2025)).
• Walter E. Burke, The Establishment Clause and Progressive Ideology: Balancing Policy Goals and Constitutional Safeguards, (February 01, 2025).
• Brian Curtis, A Challenge To The Unavailability Of Damages Under RLUIPA, (Forthcoming in Volume 111 of the Virginia Law Review (2025)).
• Julia Fay, "Religious" Secularism and Legitimacy in American Democracy, (Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems, Vol. 57.2, pp. 215-262 (2024)).
• Mary Graw Leary, Screaming Into The System: The Symbiotic Relationship Between Flannery O’Connor, Violence, And The Criminal Law, (April 08, 2025).
• Tracy L. Turner, Project 2025 and Due Process After Dobbs, (April 08, 2025).
• Jonathan L. Marshfield, Bringing Context To Legal Battles Over Trans Rights – A Reply To Professor Yeargain, (85 Ohio St. L.J. Online 1 (2024)).
• Bakht Munir, et. al., Exposing Islamophobia in Machine Learning: A Critical Analysis of the Existing Theories and Biases, (Center for Management Science Research, Vol. 3, Issue 3, 2025, Pp. 1-9).

From SmartCILP:

• M. Hamed Isar, Balancing Tradition and Inclusion: Framework Principles for an Afghan Accord, 33 William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal 97-168 (2024).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Michael Conklin, Religious Law Schools, Rankings, and Bias: Measuring the Rankings Penalty at Religious Law Schools, (Florida Journal of Law and Public Policy (forthcoming, 2025)).
• Jeremy Ross, An Empirical Analysis of Tandon and Fulton, (February 20, 2025).
• Steven J. Heyman, Religious Liberty and the Constitution, (Chicago-Kent Law Review, Volume 100, No. 2 (forthcoming 2025)).
• Alan Edward Brownstein, Attempting to Protect the Liberty and Equality of Minority Faiths and Nonreligious Individuals When the Supreme Court Will Not Do So, (Forthcoming, 2025, Chicago-Kent Law Review, in Symposium: "In Search of Common Ground: Religion and Secularism in a Liberal Democratic Society").
• Dina Zingaro, "In the Image of God": Rereading Genesis 1-3 for LGBTQ+ Rights, (March 01, 2025).
• Amelia Miazad, Faith Investors, (November 01, 2024).
• Mark Movsesian, Status, Conduct, Belief, and Message, (Chicago-Kent Law Review (forthcoming 2025)).
• Abbe R. Gluck, The Mifepristone Case and the Legitimacy of the FDA, (Yale Law School, Public Law Research Paper (2023).

From SSRN (Non-U.S. Law):

• Dörthe Engelcke, Dominik Krell & Nadjma Yassari, Underage Marriage: Legal and Social Practice in Muslim Jurisdictions, (Arab Law Quarterly, Advance Articles, 2025).
• Darshan Datar, The Voice and Religious Freedom, (Australian Journal of Law and Religion. Volume 3, No. 1. Pp. 96-100 (2023)).
• Dashan Datar, Judicial Concept of Religion in India: An Analysis of the Relationship Between Religion and Culture in Indian Supreme Court Jurisprudence, (May 01, 2024).

From SmartCILP:

• Leah Calabro, A Decade of Impunity: Finding Justice for the Yazidi Women Victims of the Islamic State, 48 Fordham International Law Journal 1-52 (2024).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• R. Shawn Gunnarson, James Cleith Phillips & Christopher Bates, Religions Employment and the Tensions Between Liberty and Equality, (Brigham Young University (accepted forthcoming)).
•  Joel Alicea, Constitutional Theory at a Catholic University, (75 Cath. U. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2025)).
• Edward L. Rubin, The Biblical Concept of Mercy as a Pragmatic Decision Protocol, (Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 25-07 (2025).
• Irene-Marie Esser, Iain MacNeil & Catriona Cannon, The Legal Dimension of 'Corporate Purpose': A Study of Companies with a Religious Influence, (forthcoming: European Business Law Review).
• L. Ali Khan, The Ministry of Jesus: A Comparative Study of the Qur'an and New Testament, (March 30, 2025).
• Jay Wexler, The Endorsement Test’s Early Years, 1983-1985: Notes from the O’Connor Files, (Boston Univ. School of Law Research Paper No. 25-7 (2025)).
• Jill Wieber Lens, Stillbirth & the Law (Book Introduction), (March 25, 2025).
• B. Sullivan, The Myth of Legal Neutrality and Its Role in Undermining Abortion Rights in The United States, (McGill Undergraduate Law Review No. 10 (2025)).
• Mark David Hall, Ten Commandments in the Public Square and Public Schools, (William and Mary Bill of Rights Journal (forthcoming)).

From SSRN (Non-U.S. Law):

• Thomas Latendresse, Evaluating the Constitutionality of Bill 21 Amid Restricted Judicial Review, (McGill Undergraduate Law Review No. 10 (2025)).
• L. Ali Khan, Rigveda as a Proto-Islamic Scripture of the Indus Valley, (March 26, 2025). 
• Soliu Dagbo Abdulllahi, An Overview of Legal and Regulatory Framework for Islamic Finance in Nigeria, (March 18, 2025).
• Ashlynn Kendzior,  Remaining Barriers to Abortion Access in Post-Repeal Ireland, (15 Creighton Int'l. & Compar, L. J. (forthcoming 2025).

From SmartCILP:

• Nicole V. Godfrey, Group Prayer in Federal Prison, 103 Nebraska Law Review 19-44 (2024).
• Michael Allan Wolf, "Zoning" Matters: RLUIPA and the New Normal of Religious Discrimination, 61 San Diego Law Review 343-406 (2024).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Nathan B. Oman, That Principle of Freedom…Belongs to All Mankind: The United States Constitution and Religious Freedom in the Latter-day Saint Tradition, (February 13, 2025).
• Laura Portuondo, The Myth of Equal Protection, (16 U.C. Irvine L. Rev. (forthcoming 2026)).
• Alex Deagon, & Francis Beckwith, Religious Freedom and Abortion: Why State-Imposed Abortion Restrictions Do Not Breach The First Amendment, (Baylor Law Review 76 (Fall 2024): 511-574).
• Nicholas Reaves & Matthew Krauter, Religious Liberty Pragmatism, (24 Federalist Society Review 331 (2023)).
• Johnny Rex Buckles, A Defense of the Unborn Person, (28 Tex. Rev. L. & Pol. 629 (2024)).
• Ortal Isaac, Lifesaving Care, Denied: Torts as a Tool in a Post-Dobbs World?, (March 01, 2025).
• Mansi Jain Comparative Analysis Of Judicial Review: Assessing The Influence On Same-Sex Marriage Rights In The United States And Germany, (January 03, 2024).
• Gail L. Heriot, Statement of Commissioner Gail Heriot in Enforcing Religious Freedoms in Prison 2017-2023—a Report of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, (San Diego Legal Studies Paper (forthcoming)).
• Michael L. Smith, State Constitutional Due Process Protections After Dobbs, (16 Faulkner L. Rev. (Forthcoming 2025)).

From SSRN (Non-U.S. Law):

• Abraham Maslow Azanya, Free Education as the Catalyst for National Transformation: The Case of Ghana's Free Senior High School Policy and Its Long-Term Impact, (March 01, 2025).
• Sanjay Koul has posted several short articles: Spirituality at the Workplace: A Pathway to Fulfillment, Productivity, and Growth, (March 15, 2025); Shirdi Sai Baba: The Saint Who Bridged Religions and Hearts, (March 15, 2025); The Cosmic Blueprint: Creation, Karma, and the Eternal Soul in Sanatana Dharma (January 30, 2025); Spirituality: A Journey to Self-Realization and Universal Connection, (March 02, 2025); A Comparative Analysis of the Four Vedas: Rigveda, Samaveda, Yajurveda, and Atharvaveda (October 18, 2024).

From SmartCILP:

• Stephen M. Feldman, Who Belongs?: "We the People" in the Twenty-First Century, 52 Fordham Urban Law Journal 1-44 (2024).
• Anya Bernstein, Book Review. The Battle for Sabarimala: Religion, Law, and Gender in Contemporary India, by Deepa Das Acevedo, 58 Law & Society Review 541-542 (2024).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Steven Douglas Smith, God and Caesar: Religious Freedom and the Two Jurisdictions, (San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 25-014 (2025).
• Samiul Hasan, Deliberative Legislation for the Muslim Majority Countries: The Principles, (January 31, 2025).
• Katherine McKerall, Free Speech, Fighting Faiths, and Nones: Blasphemy and Offensive Speech in the United States, (Liberty & Law Center Research Paper (2025)).
• Russell Powell, Religious Originalism, (69 Wayne L. Rev. 311 (2024)).
• Melissa Moschella, Strict Scrutiny as the Appropriate Standard of Review for Parental Rights Cases: A Historical Argument, (March 31, 2024).
• Justin Robert Blount & Michael Conklin, Bostock and the Textualist Illusion: A Holistic Solution to the Court's Patchwork Approach, (forthcoming, Houston Business and Tax Law Review (2025)).
• Kyle Velte, Identity and Procedural Subordination in LGBTQ Religious Exemption Cases, (March 13, 2025).
• Badreddine Berrahlia, Islamic Finance Dispute Resolutions in the English Courts: Past Experience and an Outlook for the Future, (October 10, 2023).
• S. Ernie Walton, Parental Preclusion Policies: Do Parents Have Standing to Challenge Them Before Enforcement?, (January 24, 2025).
• E. Travis Ramey, Wrongful Birth After Dobbs and the Limits of Tort Law in Areas of Dissensus, (103 Neb. L. Rev. 101 (2025)).
• Conor Casey, The Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice Option: A Classical Natural Law Method for Interpreting the European Convention on Human Rights, (November 01, 2024).

From SmartCILP and elsewhere:

• Faress Arafat, My Nurse Brother's Diaries—Echoes of Despair: A Chronicle from the Ashes of War, 71 UCLA Law Review 1218-1247 (2024).
• David B. Cruz, Reestablishment of Religion and LGBTQ Rights, 72 UCLA Law Review In Discourse 394 (2024).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Chad Flanders, Is Yoder v. Wisconsin Limited to Its Facts?, (Saint Louis U. Legal Studies Research Paper Series 2025-05).
• Josh McDaniel, Religious Minorities and Secular Rights, ((March 15, 2025). Liberty & Law Center Research Paper).
• Ahmer Bilal Soofi, The Quran's Covenantal Structure and Letters of the Prophet – Non-Use of Force in International Relations, (November 28, 2024).
• Carlos A. Ball, Supreme Court LGBTQ Orthodoxy, (forthcoming vol. 90 Missouri Law Review (2025)).
• Julia Cage & Malka Guillot, Is Charitable Giving Political? Evidence from Wealth and Income Tax Returns, ((March 01, 2025), CESifo Working Paper No. 11731).
• Michelle M. Wu, Exposing the Unconscious Bias in Abortion Laws Through Comparison with Routine Removal, (January 10, 2025).
• Nancy J. Knauer, LGBTQ Rights in an Age of Democratic Uncertainty: How to Counter the Politics of Eradication, (February 26, 2025).

From SmartCILP:

• Josh A. Roth, No Escape: How the Library of Congress Weaponized Internal Relocation Against Persecuted Sikhs and How to Fight Back, 31 Asian American Law Journal 83-103 (2024).
• Nathan J. Ristuccia, Christianity and Originalism: The Machen Brothers and the Question of Legal Fundamentalism, 36 Regent University Law Review 251-292 (2024).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Sascha O. Becker, Amma Panin, Steven Pfaff & Jared Rubin, Religion and Economic Development: Past, Present, and Future, (CESifo Working Paper No. 11724 (2025)).
• Steven Douglas Smith, The Once and Future Freedom of the Church: Three Stories, (San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 25-008 (2025).
• Nausica Palazzo, The Religion of Illiberals and the Anti-Gender Backlash, (Law & Ethics of Human Rights, 18 (2):107-137 (2024)).
• Elizabeth Sepper, James David Nelson & Charlotte Garden, Expressive Association at Work, (124 Michigan Law Review__ (forthcoming 2026)).
• Dylan Morrissey, How Bruen and Dobbs Resolved Opposing Historical Traditions Through Hidden Equal Protection Analysis, (Forthcoming, Columbia Law Review Forum, Vol. 125, May 2025).
• Teresa Stanton Collett, Partial Personhood for the Unborn, (January 28, 2025).

From SmartCILP:

• Journal of Law & Religion, Vol. 39, Issue 2 (May 2024).
• Vrinda Narain, What's Love Got to Do with It? Anti-Love Jihad Laws and the Othering of Muslims in India, 30 UCLA Journal of Gender & Law 167-202 (2023).
• Maggie Crain, Fear and Loathing in Animus: Moral Panic, the Contextualizing Tool for Challenging Gender-Affirming Care Bans, 39 Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender, & Society 21-54 (2024).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Melvin Otey, Toward a Broader Theocentric Environmentalism, (December 01, 2024).
• Robert C. Blitt, From Zero to Holy War: The International Community's Ongoing Silence in the Face of the Russian Orthodox Church's Escalating Support for War Against Ukraine, (February 03, 2025).
• Kerrel Murray, Discriminatory Effect(s), (78 Fla. L. Rev. ___ (forthcoming 2026)).
• Helen Alvare, 46th Annual Donald A. Giannella Memorial Lecture: Religious Liberty and Nondiscrimination Law, (Villanova Law Review, Vol. 69, No. 5, pp. 881–920 (2024)).
• Zalman Rothschild, The Right to Exit Religion, (Georgetown Law Journal, forthcoming).
• James Gerard Dwyer, Mired in Meyer's Mischief A Century After Fabrication of Constitutional Parents' Rights, (26 Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues 107 (2025)).
• S. Ernie Walton, Brief of Amicus Curiae Professor S. Ernie Walton in Support of Petitioners in Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond, (March 03, 2025).
• David Eliot Bernstein, The Supreme Court’s Mysterious 1920s Due Process Education Trilogy, (The Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues, Vol. 26, pp. 41–54 (2025)).
• Kumar Bal Govind Singh, Hate Speech, (January 12, 2025).

From SSRN (Non-U.S. Law):

• Stephen James Bogle, Spiritual Duties and Legal Debts in Seventeenth Century Scotland: A Preliminary Study, (January 25, 2025).
• Hesham Abdelgawad, The Impact of Islamic Law on Cryptocurrency Regulation in Egypt, (MJTILP, Vol 20, Issue 3, 2024).
• Roni M. Rosenberg, Moral and Practical Considerations in the Debate on Physician-Assisted Suicide: The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in England, (January 09, 2025).

From SSRN (Hindu law and rituals):

• Sanjay Koul this week posted 17 recent papers on Hindu law, beliefs and rituals: Liberation and Divine Union: A Study of Moksha in Hindu; The Foundations of Hindu Thought: An Examination of Key Scriptures Across Philosophy, Ethics, and Devotion; Fire Ritual in Sanatana Dharma; Meditation in Sanatana Dharma: An Exploration of Ancient Practices and Philosophical Insights; Exploring Kashmir Shaivism: Philosophy, Practices, and Contemporary Relevance; The Gurukul System Evolution, Impact, and Resurgence of India's Ancient Holistic Education Model; Sacred Texts and Spiritual Pathways: A Comprehensive Analysis of Shaiva, Vaishnava, and Shakta Agamas in Hindu Tradition; The Creation of the Universe and Core Principles of Sanatana Dharma: A Comprehensive Exploration of Hindu Philosophical Foundations; The Rig Veda: A Gateway to Understanding Ancient Indian Spirituality; The Atharvaveda: The Veda of Knowledge and Magic; Exploring the Puranas The Cultural and Spiritual Tapestry of Hinduism; The Upanishads: Foundations of Indian Thought and Their Global Philosophical Impact; The Yajurveda: The Veda of Ritual and Sacrifice; The Samaveda: A Melodic Expression of Ancient Indian Spirituality; The Vedas: Foundations of Ancient Knowledge and Philosophy in Hinduism; Namaste and Namaskar: The Spiritual and Cultural Essence of India's Sacred Greetings

From SmartCILP:

• Vincent J. Samar, Conceptual Schemes/Frameworks and Their Relation to Law: A New Argument for Separation of Church and State, 30 Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights and Social Justice 379-424 (2024).
• Weldon P. Sloan & Joseph M. Capobianco, Faith, Federal Courts, and Free Speech: Do Federal Courts Protect Religious Speech More than Non-Religious Speech?, 22 First Amendment Law Review 147-188 (2024).

Recent Articles of Interest

NOTE to Readers: An unusually large number of articles of interest were posted online during the past week--

From SSRN:

• Matthew K. Minerd, The Influence of John of St. Thomas Upon the Thought of Jacques Maritain, (Studia Poinsotiana, No. 2. (2024)).
• Yuanlou Lin, Though Shut in Caves and Sealed in Jars, Qumran Scrolls Were Not Hidden to Not Be Found by Us, (February 27, 2025).
• Stephanie H. Barclay & Matthew Krauter, The Untold Story of the Proto-Smith Era: Justice O'Connor's Papers and the Court's Free Exercise Revolution, (174 U. Penn. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2025)).
• Samuel J. Levine, Foreword "The Conference of Religiously Affiliated Law Schools", (Touro Law Review: Vol. 38: No. 4, Article 3 (2023).
• Samuel J. Levine, Interpreting Religious Doctrine: The Third Rail that Wags the Dog in Religion Clause Jurisprudence, (81 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 1477, Fall 2024).
• Jennifer Lee Koh, Christian Lawyers in the Public Interest and Outside the Political Right, (BYU Law Review (forthcoming 2026)).
• Benjamin M. Leff, Getting Donor-Advised Funds Regulation Right: Closing the Public-Support Test Loophole, (February 21, 2025).
• Rosemary Teele Langford & Malcolm Anderson, Religious Charities in Australia: Implications for Governance Under Traditional Values and Outlooks, (March 25, 2024).
• Michael Bindas, Meyer, Pierce, and Everything After, (26 J. Contemp. Legal Issues 281 (2025) (forthcoming)).
• Aaron Tang & Ethan Hutt, "Original History" and the Free Exercise Case for Religious Charter Schools, (January 24, 2025).
• Naomi R. Cahn, Maxine Eichner & Mary E. Ziegler, "For Their Benefit": The Lost History of Parental Consent and Minors' Rights, (114 Calif. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2026)).
• Henry F. Fradella, How State Courts Apply Lawrence v. Texas in Civil Contexts: A Mixed-Methods Content Analysis of Two Decades of Cases, 32 Tulane Jour. of Law & Sexuality 1 (2023).

From SSRN (Marriage):

• Lee Anne Fennell, Owning Marriage in Robinson's Gilead Novels, (Connubial Fictions: The Evolution of American Marriage in Law and Literature (Richard H. McAdams, Jonathan S. Masur, and Martha C. Nussbaum eds.) (forthcoming Oxford UP)).
• Damir Banović, Normalizing Queer and the Loss of Critical Potential? Same-Sex Marriage: to Equality or Liberation?, (Fabio Macioce, Dragica Vujadinović and Zara Saeidzadeh (eds.) "Feminist Legal and Political Practices - The Contemporary Interplay of Gender, Intersectionality and Diversity", Springer Nature (forthcoming in 2025)).
• Anthony C. Infanti, Ten Years After Windsor and Obergefell: The Tax Inequalities of Marriage Equality, (Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review (forthcoming)).

From SSRN (Abortion and Reproductive Rights):

• David S. Cohen & Carole Joffe, After Dobbs: How the Supreme Court Ended Roe but Not Abortion (Book Introduction and Epilogue), (January 25, 2025).
• Mridula Raman, Prosecutorial Discretion and the Crime of Abortion, (Yale Law and Policy Review Vol. 43, pp. 171-250 (2024)).
• Evan D. Bernick, Cthulhu and the Constitution, (February 22, 2025).
• Makayla Haussler, Confronting State-Sanctioned Reproductive Abuse: Reproductive Justice, Domestic Violence, and the Promise of State Constitutional Rights to Safety Post-Dobbs, (January 15, 2025).
• David S. Cohen & Rachel Rebouche, Repealing Comstock, (104 Boston University Law Review Online 267 (2024)).
• Scott DeVito, Dobbs Is, Historically, Right, (January 01, 2025).
• Brendan Mohan, Dobbs v. Employee Benefits: Major Questions Left After the Landmark Decision, (November 25, 2024).

From SSRN (Islamic Law):

• Amr Ibn Munir, The Islamic Law of Treaty, (February 03, 2025).
• Imam Sujono, Yovita Arie Mangesti, Slamet Suhartono & Zaleha Kamaruddin, Islamic Legal Perspective on the Implementation of Online Marriage Contracts During the Covid-19 Pandemic, (Ulul Albab: Jurnal Studi dan Penelitian Hukum Islam | Vol. 6, No. 1, October 2022).
• Abdulkadir Abubakar Adam & Aina-Obe Shamsuddin Bolatito, Navigating Digital Morality and Hisba Board's Strategies: The Challenges of Online Immorality Induction Among Youth in Kano State, Nigeria, (February 16, 2025).
• Bolatito, Aina-Obe Shamsuddin Bolatito & Nazifi Dahiru Abdullahi, A Faith-Based Framework for Mitigating Corruption in Nigeria; An Islamo-Christian Perspective, (February 08, 2025).
• Rifqi Khairul Anam, The Meaning of The Madura Proverb "Bhuppa'-Bhâbhu'-Ghuru-Rato" in Hasan Hanafi's Social Theology Perspective and Its Relevance to Community Development, (October 24, 2024).
• Sophia Chima, Balancing Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Expression: Review of the Blasphemy Laws in Nigeria, (November 21, 2024).
• Shameer Modongal, Prophet's Teaching on Jar: Application of Islamic Ethics of Neighborhood in the New Globalized Society, (November 29, 2023).
• Md. Omar Farque, Muslim Wife’s Right to Maintenance in Bangladesh: Analysed Through the Lenses of Shari’ah and Judicial Decisions, (November 12, 2024).

From SSRN (Law of India):

• Prashant Kumar Chauhan & Vikas Singh Yadav, Impact of the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 on Women’s Property Rights, (International Journal of Law, Management & Humanities, Volume 8 | Pp. 554-560, Issue 1 2025).
• Tapesh Meghwal, Faith and Safety: Legal Frameworks and Challenges of Managing Crowd Risks at Religious Gatherings in India, (December 20, 2024).
• Aayush Bhardwaj & Heena Parveen, The Nexus Between the Ramayana and State Administration, (in P. Salgar (Ed.), Ramayana: Instrument for Indianising Socio-Legal Approaches (pp. 189-203) (2024)).

From SmartCILP:

• Christopher J. Manettas, A License to Discriminate? 303 Creative v. Elenis and Where the Supreme Court May Go, 39 Touro Law Review 539-552 (2024).
• Allen Rostron, Saints, Satanists, and Religious Public Charter Schools, 59 Tulsa Law Review 451-486 (2024).
• Wayne Law Review Symposium “The Evolution of Religious Liberty”, 70 Wayne Law Review, Issue 1 (2024).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Hershey H. Friedman & Joshua Krausz, Water from Stone: Extracting Leadership Wisdom from Moses' Mistake in Striking the Rock, (February 13, 2025).
• Hershey H. Friedman, The Life and Teachings of Rabbi Yosi: A Brilliant Scholar and Friend of the Prophet Elijah, (January 27, 2025).
• Adriano Diaz Cisneros, The Social Market Economy, Christian Humanism, and Antitrust: Foundations of Article 42 of Argentina's Constitution, (February 05, 2025).
• Craig Woody, The Inseparability of Pro-Life Speech and Religious Expression (FACE Act), (May 15, 2024).
• Maria Dugas, Gender According to World Athletics: The Regulation of Racialized Athletes from the Global South, (Dalhousie Law Journal, Volume 47:2 (2024)).
• Joshua Schroeder, Pure//Evil Part Deux: Why American Judicial Prophets Fixate on Chastity and Monsters, (SchroederLaw, Working Paper No. 107 (2025)).
• Mohd Javed, A Short History of Charitable Work/ Philanthropy Work /NGOs / NPOs, (January 31, 2023).
• Nancy A. McLaughlin & Jill R. Horwitz, Debra Turner v. Laurie Anne Victoria, et al., (University of Utah College of Law Research Paper Forthcoming,).
• Luke Boso, Fear and Hope for LGBTQ Rights in the Second Trump Administration, (54 Southwestern Law Review ___ (forthcoming 2025)).
• Eka Nugraha Putra, Non-Believers And The Problematic Blasphemy Laws In Indonesia, (October 10, 2024).

From SSRN (Islamic Law):

• Haseeb Fatima Saikhu, Report of the Commission on Marriage and Family Laws in Pakistan: Analytical Examination of its Ijtihad on Succession Rights of Orphaned Grandchildren, (September 10, 2024).
• Sismanto, Siswanto & Djalaluddin, Ahmad, The Meaning of Mujahadah Values for Muslim Entrepreneurs Culinary Business in East Kutai Regency, (October 25, 2024).
• Sami Uddin, Muhammad Asghar Shahzad & Muhammad Abubakar Siddique, Legal Foundations for Shariah-Compliant Islamic Banking in Pakistan: Challenges and the Way Forward, (Majallah-yi Talim o Tahqiq, Volume 6, No. 4, October-December 2024).
• Shiraz Ahmad Khan, A Proposed Amalgamation of the Doctrines of Khiyar-al-aib and Caveat Emptor in Islamic Law and Common Law Respectively, (September 16, 2024).
• Badreddine Berrahlia, M. Kabir Hassan, & Aishath Muneeza, A Shari’ah Appraisal of Virtual Currencies Based on Historical Perspective, Recent Legal Development and Financial Trends, (May 15, 2024).

From SmartCILP:

• Vania Blaiklock, A License to Discriminate: The Risky next Step of Religious Charter Schools, 19 Harvard Law & Policy Review 235-277 (2024).
• Eleni Coundouriotis, Book Review. The Reeducation of Race: Jewishness and the Politics of Antiracism in Postcolonial Thought, by Sonali Thakkar, 46 Human Rights Quarterly 549-552 (2024).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Jeremy Ross, Fulton, Foster Care, and Free Exercise, (Tex. Rev. L. & Pol. (forthcoming 2025)).
• Thomas Charles Berg, Defining Neutrality, Combating Polarization: Laycock’s Essential Contributions, (Journal of Law and Religion (forthcoming 2025)).
• Caroline Mala Corbin, New Judicial Federalism and the Establishment Clause: Classroom Ten Commandments as a Case Study in State Constitutional Protection, (Texas Law Review (forthcoming)).
• R. George Wright, On the Justification of Academic Freedom and of Free Speech On the University Campus, (December 26, 2024).
• Catherine Archibald, Still Problematic, Even Post-Settlement: Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” Law and the Federal Constitution, (28 Chapman Law Review 1 (2024)).
• Valeria Gomez, The New Abortion Borders for Immigrant Women, (Minnesota Journal of Law and Inequality (Forthcoming, Vol. 43)).
• Teresa Stanton Collett, The Unsettled (and Unsettling) State of Abortion Law in the United States in 2024, (Abortion: A Comparative Perspective, Centro para el Bien Común Global Instituto Razón Abierta (2025)).
• Clare Ryan & Benjamin J. McMichael, The Future of Frozen Embryos, (SMU Law Review, Forthcoming 2025).
• Dov Fox & Mary Ziegler, The New Abortion, (Columbia Law Review, Vol. 126 (forthcoming 2025)).

From SSRN (Non-U.S. Law)

• Ahmer Bilal Soofi, The Lost Sunnah Of Treaty Negotiation – Need For Revival, (December 15, 2024).
• Ahmer Bilal Soofi, The Prophet (pbuh) as an International Law Practioner,  (December 02, 2024).
• Susanna Mancini, Freedom of Religion in Italy and Europe, (December 10, 2024).

From SmartCILP:

• Ann C. McGinley, Religious Accommodations in the Dobbs Era, 27 Employee Rights & Employment Policy Journal 276-334 (2024).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Kusal Amarasinghe, Eliminating Unnecessary Suffering in War: A Review on the Applicability of International Humanitarian Law & Selected Theravada Buddhist Principles, (International Research Conference- 2024, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo).
• Ann E. Tweedy, The Right to Practice Polyamory, (Southwestern Law Review, forthcoming 2025).
• David S. Cohen & Greer Donley, From Medical Exceptions to Reproductive Freedom, (Michigan Law Review, Volume 124, forthcoming 2025).
• Ian Stephens, Concrete and Particularized Standards to Resolve the Difficulty of Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, (October 21, 2024).
• Lauren van Schilfgaarde, American Cultural Heritage's Embrace of Tribal Cultural Heritage, (33 Kan. J.L. & Pub. Pol’y 275 (2024)).
• Hannibal Travis, Genocide by Deportation into Poverty: Western Diplomats on Ottoman Christian Killings and Expulsions, 1914-1924, (Florida International University Legal Studies Research Paper (forthcoming)).
• Laura D. Hermer, Abortion and Embodiment, (The American Journal of Bioethics, 2025).
• Lauren van Schilfgaarde, Native Reproductive Self-Determination,76 UCLA L Rev __ (2025)).
• Vincent Phillip Muñoz, What Is an Establishment of Religion? and What Does Disestablishment Require?,  (December 13, 2024).
• Risa L. Goluboff & Richard Schragger, Grants Pass and the Vagrancy Revolution Revisited, (The Supreme Court Review: Volume 2024).

From SSRN (Islamic Law):

• Ihsan Yilmaz, The Diyanet's Role in Shaping National and Transnational Identities: Religion, Politics, and the AKP's Pragmatic Islamism, (September 02, 2024).
• Romi Setiawan, Nurul Hak & Adi Setiawan, Synergising Normative and Cultural Frameworks in Reforming Core Principles for Effective Zakat Supervision in Indonesia, (September 19, 2024).
• Ekaterina Ryzhkova, The Institute of Public Finance in the Legal Tradition of the Arab East, (November 06, 2024).

From SmartCILP and elsewhere:

• Australian Journal of Law & Religion, (Vol. 5, 2024).
• Willan Chester Jordan, Book Review: Uncertain Refuge: Sanctuary in the Literature of Medieval England, by Elizabeth Allen, [Abstract], 41 Law & History Review 841-842 (2023).
• Joseph Chu, Past Wounds, Present Scars: A Historical-Legal Analysis of Religion, Regulation and Rights in Article 36 of the Chinese Constitution, 33 Minnesota Journal of International Law 113-154 (2024).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Maria Javed & Varun Sharma, Courts Shaping Religion: Moving Beyond the Essential Religious Practices Test, (August 01, 2024).
• Ekaterina Ryzhkova, The Institute of Public Finance in the Legal Tradition of the Arab East, (November 06, 2024).
• Robert Watson, Applying Bostock: The Queer Case Against Public Single-Sex Schooling, (Journal of Law & Education, Vol. 51, No. 2, Fall 2022).
• Robert Watson, A New Sex Education: The Title IX Defense Against “Don’t Say Gay”, (Indiana Law Review, Vol. 57:403 (2023)).
• Robert Watson & Neha Srinivasan, Under (Conduct-Based) Attack: Rejecting the Trans Care Bans, (August 01, 2024).
• Scott Skinner-Thompson, Transgender Disenfranchisement, (102 Washington University Law Review (forthcoming 2025).

From SmartCILP:

• Mihir Khetarpal, Permissive Exemptions and Entrenchment. 85 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 27-80 (2023).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Cristina Tomuleț, Free Will in the Context of Sexual Offences. Why Is It Different?, (November 21, 2024).
• Kate Redburn, The Equal Right to Exclude: Religious Speech and the Road to 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, (December 18, 2023).
• Sam Mbago, Peaceful Coexistence: The Undeniable Liberty of Conscience ,(November 14, 2024).
• Hidayatul Ihsan, et. al., Factors Affecting the Motivation of Prospective Waqifs to Endow Insurance in Indonesia, (International Journal of Scientific and Management Research, volume 07, issue 11, 2024).
• Hidayatul Ihsan, et. al., A Digital Transformation in Waqf Management: Leveraging Microsoft Access for Financial Accountability, (International Journal of Scientific and Management Research, volume 07, issue 11, 2024).
• Jane Calderwood Norton, Weighing Benefits and Detriments in the Law of Charity, (March 16, 2021).
• Jane Calderwood Norton & Matthew Harding, Charities and politics: where did we go wrong?, (Legal Studies, volume 44, issue 4, 2024).
• Jeffrey A. Van Detta, Heresies, Heretics, and Hermeneutics: The Battle of Textualism Against Pragmatism-And Itself-On the Roberts Court, (Belmont University College of Law Research Paper No. 2024-15).
• Steven Douglas Smith, Jurisdictional Diversity, Tradition, and the Religion Clauses, (San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 25-003 (2025).

From SSRN (Abortion rights):

• Kelsey Perault, A Woman's Right To Change Her Mind: The Abortion Pill Reversal Debate, (Belmont University College of Law Research Paper No. 2024-19).
• Lawrence Rosenthal, Closing the Remedial Gap After Whole Woman's Health, (December 03, 2024).
• Jonathan F. Will, Embryonic Children, Double Effect, and the Regulation of Reproductive Technologies, (January 13, 2025).
• Zanita E. Fenton, (Re)Birth of a Nation: Reconstruction's Unfinished Business, (October 24, 2024).

From SSRN (Religious doctrines):

• Hershey H. Friedman, From Battlefield to Torah: The Military Prowess of Biblical Heroes, (December 20, 2024).
• Hershey H. Friedman, When Heaven Speaks: The Bath Kol as a Bridge to the Divine, (November 30, 2024).
• Ratna Kapur, TWAIL and Religion, (forthcoming in Research Handbook on Third World Approaches to International Law, Anghie, A.T, Chimni, B.S., Fakhri, M. Nesiah, V., Mickelson, K. , Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2025).
• Jeffrey A. Pojanowski, St. John Henry Newman's Development of Doctrine and Law: Some Preliminary Notes and Questions, (2024 Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy: Per Curiam 36).

From SmartCILP:

•  Emily Kazyak, Kelsy Burke, Maia Behrendt & Marissa Oliver, Religious Exemption, LGBT Rights, and the Social Construction of Harm and Freedom, 49 Law & Social Inquiry 980-1003 (2024).
• Anthony E. Varona, Michele Alexandre, Michael J. Kaufman & Madeleine M. Landrieu, Panel: Religious Freedom and Diversity Missions: Insights from Jesuit Law Deans, 47 Seattle University Law Review 1427-1442 (2024).

Recent Articles of Interest

 From SSRN:

• Evangelos Venizelos, Religious Freedom for Muslims: A Challenge to the Historical Foundations and Resilience of European Constitutionalism, (June 15, 2023).
• Gader Wren, A Continued Sign of the Court’s Unwillingness to Overrule Smith, 7 Nev. L.J. Forum (2023).
• Gader Wren, The Establishment Clause: No Longer a Lemon, (100 U. Det. Mercy L. Rev. Online 1 (2023)).
• Gader Wren, Dobbs: A Powerful Opinion with Discrete Weaknesses, (Idaho Law Review Spotlight, Vol. 2 (2023), Iss. 1, Art. 2).
• Kate Redburn, The Equal Right to Exclude: Religious Speech and the Road to 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, (December 18, 2023).
• Natasha Bakht & Lynda Margaret Collins, Notwithstanding the Notwithstanding Clause: A Case for Constitutional Guardrails on Section 33 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, (November 21, 2024).
• Carl H. Esbeck, Church Autonomy, Textualism, and Originalism: SCOTUS's Use of History to Give Definition to Church Autonomy Doctrine, (108 Marquette Law Review (forthcoming 2025)).
• Mark Storslee, History and the School Prayer Cases, (110 Va. L. Rev. 1619 (2024)).
• John Witte, Table Talks on Law & Religion, Canopy Forum, 2024 (forthcoming).
• John Witte, “Foreword,” to Walters-Sleyon, The Rush for Black Diamonds, (forthcoming).
• Jeffrey A. Van Detta, Heresies, Heretics, and Hermeneutics: The Battle of Textualism Against Pragmatism-And Itself-On the Roberts Court, (Belmont University College of Law Research Paper No. 2024-15).

From SSRN (Christian, Jewish, Buddhist and Islamic Law):

• Amit Kumar Ghosh, Tantric Union of Male and Female in Vajrayana, (November 25, 2024).
• Haseeb Fatima Saikhu, Inheritance Rights of Orphaned Grandchildren under Section 4 of Muslim Family Law Ordinance, 1961 and its Alternative Solutions, (Law and Policy Review, Volume 3, No. 2, Pp.21–42 (2024).
• Christopher Hampson, The Spirit of Jubilee, (University of Florida Levin College of Law Research Paper Forthcoming).
• John Witte, The Oxford Handbook of Christianity and Law, (Canopy Forum, 2024).
• Johari, et. al., The Role of Temporary Waqf in Improving the Social Welfare of the Muslim Community (November 26, 2024).
• Ihsan, Hidayatul Ihsan, et. al., Factors Affecting the Motivation of Prospective Waqifs to Endow Insurance in Indonesia, (International Journal of Scientific and Management Research, volume 07, issue 11, 2024).
• Hidayatul Ihsan, Firman Surya, Eliyanora & Nurul Hafizah, A Digital Transformation in Waqf Management: Leveraging Microsoft Access for Financial Accountability, (International Journal of Scientific and Management Research, volume 07, issue 11, 2024).