Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Rene F. Najera & Dorit Rubinstein Reiss, First Do No Harm: Protecting Patients Through Immunizing Health Care Workers, (February 8, 2015).
• Seval Yildirim, Conceptions of Religion in the Secular State: Evolving Turkish Secularism, (Pepperdine Law Review, Vol. 41, No. 1049, 2014).
• William P. Marshall, Bad Statutes Make Bad Law: Hobby Lobby v. Burwell, (Supreme Court Review, Vol. 2014).
• Andrew Koppelman, Theorists, Get Over Yourselves: A Response to Steven D. Smith, (41 Pepperdine Law Review 937 (2014)).
• Tom Syring, Introductory Note to the European Court of Human Rights’ Judgment on the Legality of a Ban on Wearing Full-Face Veils in Public (Case of S.A.S. v. France), (53 International Legal Materials 1025 (2014)).
• Douglas NeJaime & Reva Siegel, Conscience Wars: Complicity-Based Conscience Claims in Religion and Politics, (Yale Law Journal, Vol. 124, 2015 Forthcoming).

From SmartCILP:

• Michael J. Davidson, Sanctuary: A Modern Legal Anachronism (.pdf download), 42 Capital University Law Review 583-618 (2014).
• Roza Pati, Marshalling the Forces of Good: Religion and the Fight Against Human Trafficking, (Abstract), 9 Intercultural Human Rights Law Review 1-23 (2014).
• Sr. Eugenia Bonetti, Women Helping Women: The Italian Experience of Women Religious in Combating Human Trafficking and Modern-Day Slavery, (Abstract), 9 Intercultural Human Rights Law Review 25-39 (2014).
• Fr. Jude O. Ezeanokwasa, The Priest-Penitent Privilege Revisited: A Reply To the Statutes of Abrogation, (Abstract), 9 Intercultural Human Rights Law Review 41-102 (2014).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Jordan Mathews, State RFRAs: Trust Judges to Strike the Proper Balance Between Religious Freedom and Anti-Discrimination Law, (February 1, 2015).
• Leah Achor, A Historical Defense of State Protection of Private Conscience, (December 13, 2014).
• Douglas NeJaime & Reva Siegel, Conscience Wars: Complicity-Based Conscience Claims in Religion and Politics, (Yale Law Journal, Vol. 124, 2015 Forthcoming).
• Brandon Harvard Riches, Codifying Commonsense: Religious Viewpoint Antidiscrimination Acts and the Free Speech Rights They Protect, (February 3, 2015).
• Howard Kislowicz, Law, Religion, and Feeling Included/Excluded: Case Studies in Canadian Religious Freedom Litigation, (Canadian Journal of Law and Society (Forthcoming 2015)).
• Nelson Tebbe, The End of Religious Freedom: What Is at Stake?, (Pepperdine Law Review, Vol. 41, No. 963, 2014).
• Clayton Douglas Adams, Personal Foul, Roughing the Speaker: The Illusory War between the Establishment Clause & College Football, (February 4, 2015).
• Jennifer Ann Drobac & Jill L. Wesley, Religion and Employment Antidiscrimination Law: Past, Present, and Post Hosanna-Tabor, (NYU Annual Survey of American Law, Vol. 69, p. 761, 2014).
• Khaled A. Beydoun, Facing Mecca from Prison: Religious Accommodation of Muslim Prisoners Before Holt v. Hobbs, (February 7, 2015).
• Derek Joseph Goff, New Life in the First Amendment: Funeral Protest Statutes after McCullen v. Coakley, (January 31, 2015).
• Ellis Goldberg, Territorial States: Monopolies in the Market for Justice, (January 30, 2015).
• Alice Ristroph, Just Violence, (Arizona Law Review, Vol. 56, 2014).

From SmartCILP:

• Antony Barone Kolenc. Not "For God and Country": Atheist Military Chaplains and the Free Exercise Clause, 48 University of San Francisco Law Review 395-456 (2014).
• Inaugural Themed Issue: Faith-Based Legal Systems. Articles by Mohamed A. Arafa and David L. Johnston. 24 Indiana International & Comparative Law Review 859-920 (2014).

Recent Articles and Book of Interest

From SSRN:

• Michael Heise, Lost Ground: Catholic Schools, the Future of Urban School Reform, and Empirical Legal Scholarship, (Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper, Jan. 2015).
• Shaun Alberto de Freitas, Proselytism and the Right to Freedom from Improper Irreligious Influence: The Example of Public School Education, (Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, Vol. 17, No. 3, 2014).
• Fatima Osman, Legislative Prohibitions on Wearing a Headscarf: Are They Justified?, (Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, Vol. 17, No. 4, 2014).
• Vincent Phillip Munoz, Church and State in the Founding-Era State Constitutions, (January 28, 2015).
• Alex Chung, Religion, Pluralism and the Secular State: Commentary on Marriage Equality and Disability Rights, (University of Notre Dame Australia B.A. Honors Thesis, October 31, 2014).
• Leo E. Strine, A Job is Not a Hobby: The Judicial Revival of Corporate Paternalism and its Problematic Implications, (January 26, 2015).
• Tasha Alyssa Hill, Inmates' Need for Federally Funded Lawyers: How the Prison Litigation Reform Act, Casey, and Iqbal Combine with Implicit Bias to Eviscerate Inmate Civil Rights, (62 UCLA Law Review 176 (2015)).
• Michael J. T. McMillen, Islamic Banking: Some Distinguishing Regulatory Considerations, (New York State Bar Association 2015 Annual Meeting Papers).
• Fran Quigley, For Goodness’ Sake: A Two-Part Proposal for Remedying the U.S. Charity/Justice Imbalance, (January 30, 2015). 

Recent Book:

• Karen Armstrong, Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence, (Knopf, Oct. 2014, reviewed by Buffalo News.

Recent Articles and Book of Interest

From SSRN:

• SpearIt, Religion in Prison, (Religion and American Cultures, p. 1154, Gary Laderman & Luis Leon, eds., ABC-CLIO, 2014).
• Andrew Koppelman, 'Religion' as a Bundle of Legal Proxies: Reply to Micah Schwartzman , 51 San Diego L. Rev. 1079 (2014),
• Susan Azyndar, Review of 'Dressing Constitutionally: Hierarchy, Sexuality, and Democracy from Our Hairstyles to Our Shoes' by Ruthann Robson, (Law Library Journal, Vol. 106, No. 3, pp. 464-65 (2014)).
• Michael Heise, Education Rights and Wrongs: Publicly Funded Vouchers, State Constitutions, and Education Death Spirals, (November 1, 2014).
• Richard W. Garnett, The Worms and the Octopus: Religious Freedom, Pluralism, and Conservatism, (in NOMOS: American Conservatism, ed. Sanford V. Levinson, Joel Parker, and Melissa S. Williams (New York: NYU Press, Forthcoming)).
• Jennifer Anglim Kreder, The 'Public Trust', (January 23, 2015).
• Sarah Lambrecht, Bringing Rights More Home: Can a Home-Grown UK Bill of Rights Lessen the Influence of the European Court of Human Rights?, (15 German Law Journal (2014)).
• Richard Moon, Demonstrations on Campus and the Case of Israeli Apartheid Week, (in James L. Turk ed., Academic Freedom in Conflict: The Struggle Over Free Speech Rights in the University (Lorimer, 2014) c. 9).

From SSRN (Christianity and Law):

• Archana Mishra, Adopted and Illegitimate Child Under Indian Christian Law: Revisiting Inheritance Rights, (January 17, 2015).
• Thomas R. Young, Durkheim's Theory of Triangular Force Relations and Its Application to Christian Collegia in the Roman Empire, (January 20, 2015).

From SSRN (Islamic Law and Society):

• Arno Tausch, Further Insight into Global and Arab Muslim Opinion Structures: Statistical Reflections on the 2013 Pew Report 'The World’s Muslims', (Middle East Review of International Affairs, Vol. 18, No. 1 (Spring 2014)).
• Imelda Deinla & Veronica Taylor, Towards Peace: Rethinking Justice and Legal Pluralism in the Bangsamoro, (RegNet Research Paper No. 2015/63)).
• Imelda Deinla & Veronica Taylor, An Annotated Bibliography on Justice and Legal Pluralism in Mindanao-- Briefing Paper No. 1: Ways for Women to Participate in Peacebuilding (Philippines), (RegNet Research Paper No. 2015/64).
• Murat Çokgezen & Timur Kuran, Between Consumer Demand and Islamic Law: The Evolution of Islamic Credit Cards in Turkey, (Economic Research Initiatives at Duke (ERID) Working Paper No. 182, 2015).

From SmartCILP and elsewhere:

• Kathryn E. Kovacs, Eagles, Indian Tribes, and the Free Exercise of Religion, 47 Loyola Los Angeles Law Review 53-116 (2013). 
• The Eighth Annual John F. Scarpa Conference on Law, Politics, and Culture. Exploring and Celebrating the Legacy of the Honorable John T. Noonan, Jr., Introductions by Patrick McKinley Brennan and William Card. Levada; articles by Hon. John T. Noonan, Jr., Richard W. Painter, Kenneth Pennington, Rev. Michael Sweeney and Joseph Vining. 59 Villanova Law Review 649-727 (2014).
• James M. Oleske, Jr., The Born-Again Champion of Conscience, (Harvard Law Review Forum, Jan. 22, 2015).

Recent Book:

• Lawrence H. Winer & Nina J. Crimm, God, Schools, and Government Funding: First Amendment Conundrums, (Ashgate, Jan. 2015). 

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Marie Wicks, Prayer is Prologue: The Impact of Town of Greece on the Constitutionality of Deliberative Public Body Prayer at the Start of School Board Meetings, (January 9, 2015).
• Michael M. Karayanni, Groups in Context: An Ontology of a Muslim Headscarf in a Nazareth Catholic School and a Sephardic Ultra-Orthodox Student in Immanuel, (January 12, 2015).
• P.G. Monateri, Diaspora, the West and the Law. The Birth of Christian Literature Through the Letters of Paul and the End of Diaspora, (January 16, 2015).
• Richard W. Garnett, Chief Justice Rehnquist, Religious Freedom, and the Constitution, (Bradford P. Wilson, ed., The Constitutional Legacy of William H. Rehnquist (West Academic Press, 2015 Forthcoming)).
• Nathan B. Oman, International Legal Experience and the Mormon Theology of the State, 1945-2012, (Iowa Law Review, Vol. 100, 2015).

From SSRN (Islamic Law and Muslim Society):

• Rebecca Gould, Ijtihād Against Madhhab: Legal Hybridity and the Meanings of Modernity in Early Modern Daghestan, (Comparative Studies in Society and History 57(1): 35-66 (2015)).
• Karen Busby & Sara Mahboob, Influences on Young Muslim Women in Winnipeg: Preliminary Report on Key Informant Interviews, (December 9, 2014).
• Mohamed A. Arafa, Whither Egypt? Against Religious Fascism and Legal Authoritarianism: Pure Revolution, Popular Coup, or a Military Coup D’État?, (Indiana International & Comparative Law Review, Vol. 24, No. 4, 2014).
• Sharifah Zubaidah Abdul Kader, The Legal Framework of Waqf in Malaysia,(January 9, 2015).
• Ujala Akram, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion And Islam, (European Journal of Law Reform 2014 (6) 2).
• Armaram Shelke, Revisiting ‘The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986’ in the Light of its Impact Over Legal and Jurisprudential Principles, (Symbiosis Contemporary Law Journal (SCLJ), 2013, Volume-II, Number 1).
• Farinaz Zamani & Paula Gerber, Burqa: Human Right or Human Wrong?, ((2014) 39(4) Alternative Law Journal 231).
• Ahmed E. Souaiaia, Theories and Practices of Islamic Finance and Exchange Laws: Poverty of Interest, (International Journal of Business and Social Science, Vol. 5, No. 12; November 2014).
• Mayada Serageldin, On the Demand to Incorporate Shari'a Law into UK Law,(June 16, 2013).

From SmartCILP and elsewhere:

• F. Russell Hittinger, Natural Law and Public Discourse: The Legacies of Joseph Ratzinger, [LEXIS link] [Video of lecture], 60 Loyola Law Review 241-271 (2014).
• Peter T. Leeson, Vermin Trials, 56 Journal of Law & Economics 811-836 (2013).
• Symposium, Do the Religious Beliefs of Supreme Court Justices Influence Their Decisions?, Moment, Jan.-Feb. 2015.
• USCIRF Factsheet, Religious Freedom and Nigeria’s 2015 Elections, (Jan. 2015).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Marc Helbling & Richard Traunmüller, How State Support of Religion Shapes Attitudes Toward Muslim Immigrants. New Evidence from a Subnational Comparison, (January 6, 2015).
• Rim-Sarah Alouane, Bas Les Masques! Unveiling Muslim Women on Behalf of the Protection of Public Order: Reflections on the Legal Controversies Around a Novel Definition of 'Public Order' Used to Ban Full-Face Covering in France, (The Experiences of Face Veil Wearers in Europe and the Law (Ed: Eva Brems),Cambridge University Press, 2014, 194-205).
• Washim Ahmed, Old Wine in a New Bottle: Analyzing the Impacts of Polygamy Inadmissibility Under Bill S-7 on Immigration Law, (December 20, 2014).
• Markus Mättö & Mervi Niskanen, National Culture and Cross-Country Differences in Trade Credit, (January 4, 2015).
• Gregory Brazeal, Constitutional Fundamentalism, (January 8, 2015).
• Samuel D. Brunson, Dear I.R.S., It Is Time to Enforce the Campaigning Prohibition. Even Against Churches, (January 7, 2015).

Recent Articles, Book and Movie of Interest

From SSRN:

• Lina Triantafyllia Papadopoulou, Religious Jurisdictions and the Pluralisation of Legal Adjudication: The Emergence of Parallel Religious Jurisdictions in Greece, (August 28, 2014).
• M. Christian Green, From Social Hostility to Social Media: Religious Pluralism, Human Rights, and Democratic Reform in Africa, (African Human Rights Law Journal 14:1 (May 2014): 93-125).
• Mumtaz Ahmad Shah, Jammu and Kashmir: Understanding Identity and Difference, (December 21, 2014).
• Archana Mishra, Breaking Silence - Christian Women's Inheritance Rights Under Indian Succession Act, 1925, (December 25, 2014).
• Raphael Cohen-Almagor, Countering Hate on the Internet, (Annual Review of Law and Ethics, Vol. 22 (2014), pp. 431-443).
• Stephen G. Gilles, Does the Right to Elective Abortion Include the Right to Ensure the Death of the Fetus?, (January 2, 2015).
• Samuel William Bettwy, The Potential of Transnational Cinema to Counter Islamic Extremism, (CTX Journal, vol. 4, No. 4, November 2014).

From SmartCILP:

• Brett A. Geier, Texas Cheerleaders and the First Amendment: Can You Cheer for God At a Football Game?, 33 Mississippi College of Law Review 65-88 (2014).
• Rachel Wagley, The Quiet Audience: U.S. Responsibility To Call For an International Investigation Into Crimes Against Muslims in Burma, 28 Emory International Law Review 43-61 (2014).
• The Multicultural State and the Religiously Neutral State. Reply to Paul Cliteur by Phil Ryan [abstract]; rejoinder by Paul Cliteur [abstract]. 12 I.Con: Int'l J. Const. L. 457-467 (2014).

Recent book:

• Marc Solomon, Winning Marriage: The Inside Story of How Same-Sex Couples Took on the Politicians and Pundits—and Won, (ForeEdge, Nov. 2014), reviewed by The Daily Beast.

Recent movie:

• One Generation Away: The Erosion of Religious Liberty, (American Family Studios, Sept. 2014), reviewed by The Forward.

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Muhammad Munir, Rights of the Child: An Islamic Perspective on Preventing Violence, Abuse, and Exploitation of Children and Pakistani Law, (December 14, 2014).
• Lorenz Blume, Bernd Hayo & Stefan Voigt, Correlates and Determinants of Direct Democracy, (December 23, 2014).
• Kenneth L. Marcus, Higher Education, Antisemitism, and the Law, (December 22, 2014).
• Moslay Uddin & MD Ayatullah, Muslim Law: Judicial and Legislative Changes Around the World, (December 17, 2014).
• Peter Hostettler, The Protection of Cultural Property in Armed Conflict and Peace Operations – Achievements and Challenges Ahead, (December 24, 2014).
• Deborah A. Widiss & Andrew Koppelman, A Marriage by Any Other Name: Why Civil Unions Should Receive Federal Recognition, (Indiana Journal of Law and Social Equality, Forthcoming).
• Tristin Green, On Employment Discrimination and Police Misconduct: Title VII and the Mirage of the 'Monell Analogue', (Boston University Law Review, 2015, Forthcoming).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Jane Mair, Belief in Marriage, (Forthcoming in the International Journal of the Jurisprudence of the Family).
• Ines Michalowski, What is at Stake in Military Chaplaincy When Muslims Join the Ranks? An International Comparison, (Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies Research Paper No. 2014/126 (Dec. 2014)).
• Linda C. McClain, Corporate Conscience and the Contraceptive Mandate: A Dworkinian Reading, (Forthcoming in the Journal of Law and Religion, Vol. 30, No. 1, February 2015).
• Thomas J. McSweeney, Magna Carta, Civil Law, and Canon Law, (Magna Carta and the Rule of Law (Daniel Magraw et al eds., 2014)).

From SmartCILP:

• Symposium on Ronald Dworkin's Religion Without God. Introduction by James E. Fleming; articles by Jeremy Waldron, Stephen L. Carter, Paul Horwitz, Andrew Koppelman, Cecile Laborde, Linda C. McClain, Micah Schwartzman and Steven D. Smith. 94 Boston University Law Review 1201-1355 (2014).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Jianlin Chen, Deconstructing the Religious Free Market, (3 Journal of Law, Religion and State 1-24 (2014)).
• Russell G. Pearce & Adam Winer, From Emancipation to Assimilation: Is Secular Liberalism Still Good for Jewish Lawyers?, (in Jews and the Law (Ari Mermelstein, Victoria Saker Woeste, Ethan Zaidoff & Marc Galanter, eds. 2014)).
• Ira C. Lupu & Robert W. Tuttle, Religious Exemptions and the Limited Relevance of Corporate Identity, (in The Rise of Corporate Religious Liberty (Zoe Robinson, Chad Flanders, and Micah Schwartzman, eds.), Oxford University Press, 2015).
• Katherine Kidd Young, The Institution of Marriage: Mediation of Nature and Culture in Cross-Cultural Perspective, (December 8, 2014).
• Khaled A. Beydoun, Antebellum Islam, (58:1 Howard L.J. (2015 Forthcoming)).
• Albert D. Spalding, Faith-Based Arbitration Clauses as a Global Alternative to Dispute Resolution, (Review of Business & Finance Studies, v. 5 (2) p. 1-8, 2014).
• John M. Breen, Abortion, Religion, and the Accusation of Establishment: A Critique of Justice Stevens' Opinions in Thornburgh, Webster, and Casey, (Ohio North University Law Review, Vol. 39, No. 3, 2013).
• Steven Douglas Smith, The 'Jurisdictional' Conception of Church Autonomy, San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 14-177, Dec. 2014).
• Gregory S. Gordon, Speech Along the Atrocity Spectrum, (Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, Vol. 42, No. 2, 2014).
• Elizabeth A. M. Searing, Charitable (Anti)Trust: The Role of Antitrust Regulation in the Nonprofit Sector, (Nonprofit Policy Forum, 5(2), 261–288).
• Perry Dane, Prayer is Serious Business: Reflections on Town of Greece, (Rutgers Journal of Law and Religion, Forthcoming).

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

• Hanna Lerner, Critical Junctures, Religion, and Personal Status Regulations in Israel and India, (Law & Social Inquiry, Volume 39, Issue 2, 387-415, Spring 2014).
• Aristidis Tsatsos, The Geopolitical Role of Orthodox Russia within a Planetary Context -- A Hellenic Perspective?, (September 27, 2014).
• Yuko Nishitani, Global Citizens and Family Relations, (Erasmus Law Review, Vol. 7, No. 3, 2014).
• Etah Fidelis Ewane, Rwanda Redux: The Latent Genocide in the Central African Republic and the Failure to Protect, (December 3, 2014).
• Paula Gerber, Kristine Tay & Adiva and Sifris, Marriage: A Human Right for All?, (2014 36(4) Sydney Law Review 643).
• Ivor Richardson, The Calculation of Interest, (20 New Zealand Journal of Taxation Law and Policy 231, 2014).
• Gerald Waltman, Prosecuting ISIS (December 11, 2014).

From elsewhere:

• Steven H. Sholk, A Guide To Election Year Activities of Section 501(c)(3) Organizations,(2014 update, PLI).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Helen A. Alvare, Same-Sex Marriage and the 'Reconceiving' of Children, (Case Western Reserve Law Review, Vol. 64, No. 3, pp. 829-862, 2014).
• Odetayo Samson, A Critical Assessment of the Validity and Recognition of Same Sex Marriage Under the Nigerian Legal System, (October 16, 2014).
• Ankita Bharadwaj, Adultery- Judicial Interpretation and the Law Under Various Personal Laws in India, (November 22, 2014).
• Valentino Cattelan, Property (Mal) and Credit Relations in Islamic Law: An Explanation of Dayn and the Function of Legal Personality (Dhimma), (Arab Law Quarterly, Forthcoming).
• Christine A. Corcos, The Scrying Game: The First Amendment, State Regulation of the Crafty Sciences, and the Rise of Spiritualism, 1848-1944, (January 16, 2013).
• Ioanna Tourkochoriti, The New Regulation Against Hate Speech in Greece: Strengths and Weaknesses, (Council for European Studies, Reviews & Critical Commentary (CritCom) Columbia University, Forthcoming).
• George K. Yin, The IRS's Misuse of Scarce Compliance Resources in the Exempt Organization Area, (December 5, 2014).

From SmartCILP:

• Hossein Mir Mohammad Sadeghi, Filling the Gap In Favor of the Accused: The Approach of Islamic Criminal Law In Light of the Rule No Punishment In Case Of Doubt, [Abstract], 29 Tulane European & Civil Law Forum 147-156 (2014).

Recent Articles and Book of Interest

From SSRN:

• Khaled A. Beydoun, Between Muslim and White: The Legal Construction of Arab American Identity, 69 N.Y.U. Ann. Surv. Am. L. 29 (2013).
• Ayelet Blecher-Prigat, A Constitutional Right to Marry: Israeli Style, (47 Israel Law Review 433 (2014)).
• Sherif Girgis, Windsor: Lochnerizing on Marriage?, (Case Western Reserve Law Review, Vol. 64, No. 3, 2014). 

From SmartCILP:

• J. Michael Martin, Why Congress Adopted the Church Audit Procedures Act and What Must Be Done Now To Restore the Law for Churches and the IRS, 29 Akron Tax Journal 1-27 (2014).

Forthcoming Book:

• Roberta Rosenthal Kwall, The Myth of the Cultural Jew: Culture and Law in Jewish Tradition, (Oxford University Press, Feb. 2015). (Introduction).

AALS Newsletter Includes Comprehensive 2014 Bibliography On Law and Religion

The Association of American Law Schools Section on Law and Religion has issued its December 2014 Newsletter. It includes a 27-page bibliography of articles and books on law and religion published in 2014, as well as a list of relevant blogs.

Recent Articles and Books of Interest

From SSRN:

• Abner S. Greene, Religious Freedom and (Other) Civil Liberties: Is There a Middle Ground?, (Harvard Law & Policy Review, 2015 Forthcoming).
• Geoffrey P. Miller, The Kingdom of God in Samuel, (NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 14-66, Nov. 2014).
• Cyra Akila Choudhury, Beyond Culture: Human Rights Universalisms versus Religious and Cultural Relativism in the Activism for Gender Justice, (__J. of Research in Gender Studies__ (2015 Forthcoming)).
• Charles J. Reid, Sovereignty and Belief: Thoughts on H.L.A. Hart, the Rule of Recognition, and the Crisis in Iraq, (Judicial Service Association Journal (2014 Forthcoming)).
• Margo A. Bagley, The Wheat and the (GM) Tares: Lessons for Plant Patent Litigation from the Parables of Christ, (Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 71 (Nov. 2014)).
• Margo A. Bagley, 'Grant Me Justice Against My Adversary': What Parables Can Teach Us About Organic Seed Growers & Trade Assoc. v. Monsanto Co., (Irene Calboli & Srividyha Ragavan, eds., Reconciling Diverse Identities and Intellectual Property, Cambridge University Press, 2015, Forthcoming).
• Larissa Lee, Let the Hospital's Conscience Be Your Guide: How Institutional Policies are Eroding 'Death with Dignity', (November 22, 2014). 

From SSRN (Islamic Law):

• Muhammad Munir, Shari‘ah and Nation-State: The Transformation of Maqasid Al-Shari‘ah Theory, (November 8, 2014).
• Michael J. T. McMillen, The UNCITRAL Model Secured Transactions Law: A Shariʿah Perspective, (UNCITRAL Working Group VI: The Draft UNCITRAL Model Law on Secured Transactions (tentative title), Forthcoming).

From SmartCILP:

• William A. Galston, Should Public Law Accommodate the Claims of Conscience?, [Abstract], 51 San Diego Law Review 1-18 (2014).
• Frederick B. Jonassen, "So Help Me?": Religious Expression and Artifacts In the Oath of Office and the Courtroom Oath, [Abstract], 12 Cardozo Public Law, Policy and Ethics Journal 303-373 (2014).
• Charles J. Russo, Religious Freedom In A Brave New World: How Leaders In Faith-Based Schools Can Follow Their Beliefs In Hiring, [Abstract], 45 University of Toledo Law Review 457-470 (2014).
• Ronna Greff Schneider, The Crucifix In the Classroom, Religious Symbols, and Public Classroom Walls: An International Perspective On Religion In the Public Sphere (Reviewing The Lautsi Papers: Multidisciplinary Reflections on Religious Symbols in the Public School Classroom, edited by Jeroen Temperman), [Abstract], 36 Human Rights Quarterly 668-682 (2014).
• Adam Wallwork, Legislating the Free Exercise Clause: Congressional Power and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000, 5 Faulkner Law Review 1-28 (2013-2014). 

Recent Books:

• Franco Garelli, Religion Italian Style: Continuities and Changes in a Catholic Country, (Ashgate, Nov. 2014).
• Marie-Claire Foblets, et. al. (eds.), Belief, Law and Politics: What Future for a Secular Europe?, (Ashgate, Dec. 2014). (from the book, Pasquale Annicchino, Coherence (and Consistency) or Organized Hypocrisy? Religious Freedom in the Law of the European Union.)

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• B. Jessie Hill, Ties that Bind? The Questionable Consent Justification for Hosanna-Tabor, (109 Northwestern University Law Review Online (Forthcoming)).
• Elizabeth Sepper, Gendering Corporate Conscience, (Harvard Journal of Law and Gender, Vol. 39 (in Harvard Law School Symposium, Religious Accommodation in the Age of Civil Rights) (Forthcoming 2014).
• Elizabeth Sepper, Reports of Accommodation's Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated, (128 Harvard Law Review Forum 24 (2014)).
• Mohammad Rubaiyat Rahman, Freedom of Religion and Human Rights: South Asia Perspective, (ELCOP Yearbook of Human Rights 2014, pp. 80-90).
• Daiwood I. Ahmed & Moamen Gouda, Measuring Constitutional Islamization: The Islamic Constitutions Index, (Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, Forthcoming).
• Sean-Tamba Matthew, Kids and the Keystone Constitutional Conundrum: Can Pennsylvania Institute a School Voucher Program to Rescue Children from Underperforming Schools?, (Widener Law Review, Vol. 20, No. 139, 2014).
• Lorenzo Zucca, A Secular Globe? The Place of Freedom of Religion in the Westphalian World Order, (Lorenzo Zucca, Religious Rights, Ashgate 2015).
• Ashutosh Avinash Bhagwat, Reed v. Town of Gilbert: Signs of (Dis)Content?, (NYU Journal of Law & Liberty, Forthcoming).

From SmartCILP:

• Michael J. Broyde, Ira Bedzow & Shlomo C. Pill, The Pillars of Successful Religious Arbitration: Models for American Islamic Arbitration Based On the Beth Din of America and Muslim Arbitration Tribunal Experience, 30 Harvard Journal of Racial & Ethnic Justice 33-76 (2014).
• Maryam S. Khan, Ethnic Federalism In Pakistan: Federal Design, Construction of Ethno-Linguistic Identity & Group Conflict, 30 Harvard Journal of Racial & Ethnic Justice 77-129 (2014).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• John Witte, Religion, (Dinah Shelton, ed., "The Oxford Handbook of International Human Rights Law" (New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014): 9-31 (with M. Christian Green)).
• William M. Janssen, Led Blindly: One Circuit's Struggle to Faithfully Apply the U.S. Supreme Court's Religious Symbols Constitutional Analysis, (West Virginia Law Review, Vol. 116, p. 33, 2013).
• William M. Janssen, Toiling in the Lemon Groves: Prelude to the Endorsement Test, (Charleston Law Review, Vol. 7, p. 691, 2013).
• C.G. Bateman, Method and Metaphysics: A Legal Historian's Canon, (The Journal Jurisprudence, Volume 23, pp. 255-312, September 2014).
• Edward A. Morse, Health Accounts/Arrangements: An Expanding Role Under the Affordable Care Act?, (NYU Review of Employee Benefits, 2014).
• Lorenzo Zucca, A Genealogy of State Sovereignty, (Theoretical Inquiries in Law, Forthcoming).
• Pnina Lahav, Current Challenges: Gender and New Forms of Political Activism, (Boston Univ. School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 14-71, 2014).
• Eliaabeth Wicks, Dying with Conscience: The Potential Application of Article 9 ECHR to Assisted Dying, (University of Leicester School of Law Research Paper No. 14-26, 2014).
• Law and ChristianityNathan B. Oman, Need for a Law of Church and Market, (Duke Law Journal Online, Forthcoming).
• Richard Delgado & Jean Stefancic, Hate Speech in Cyberspace, (Wake Forest Law Review, Vol. 49, 2014).
• Angela Cameron, Angela Chaisson & Jena McGill, The Law Society of Upper Canada Must Not Accredit Trinity Western University's Law School, (October 22, 2014.
• John Witte & Christopher Manzer, A Prequel to Law and Revolution: A Long Lost Manuscript of Harold J. Berman Comes to Light, (Journal of Law and Religion, Vol. 29 (2014) 142-169).

Fom SSRN: Law and Christianity

• John Witte, From Gospel to Law: The Lutheran Reformation and Its Impact on Legal Culture, (Mark A. Noll and Tal Howard, eds., Protestantism? Reflections in Advance of the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, 1517-2017, Forthcoming).
• John Witte, John & M. Christian Green, Freedom, Persecution, and the Status of Christian Minorities, (Blackwell Companion to World Christianity, Basil Blackwell, 2014, Forthcoming).
• John Witte, Sex and Marriage in the Protestant Tradition: 1500-1900, (Adrian Thatcher, ed., Oxford Handbook on Theology, Sexuality, and Gender (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014), Forthcoming).

From SSRN: Law and the Mormon Church

• Cheryl B. Preston, 'The Spiritual Concept of Form and Function as One': Structure, Doctrine, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, (53(3) BYU Studies Quarterly 37-76 (2014)).
• Nathan B. Oman, Doux Commerce in the City of God: Trade and the Mormon Ideal of Zion, William & Mary Law School Research Paper No. 09-289 (2014)).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Terri Day, Leticia M. Diaz & Danielle Weatherby, A Primer on Hobby Lobby: For-Profit Corporate Entities’ Challenge to the HHS Mandate, Free Exercise Rights, RFRA’s Scope, and the Nondelegation Doctrine, (October 26, 2014).
• Mohamad A. Arafa, Islamic Policy of Environmental Conservation: 1,500 Years Old – Yet Thoroughly Modern, (16 European J. L. Reform 2 (EJLR), Special Issue on Islamic Law (Spring 2014)).
• Steven Douglas Smith, Equality, Religion, and Nihilism, San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 14-169 (2014)).
• Paul Horwitz, The Hobby Lobby Moment, (Harvard Law Review, Forthcoming).
• John Witte, Religious Sources and Dimensions of Human Rights, (G. J. Buis, J. T. Sunier, and P.G.A. Veenstra, eds., "Risky Liasions? Democracy and Religion: Reflections and Case Studies" (Amsterdam: VU University Press, 2013)).
• Thomas C. Berg, Religious Accommodation in the Welfare State, (Harvard Journal of Law and Gender, 2014, Forthcoming).
• Andrew Coleman, The Islamic State and International Law: An Ideological Rollercoster?, (October 29, 2014).
• Kathryn Chan, The Co-Optation of Charitable Resources by Threatened Welfare States, (Queen's Law Journal, Vol. 40, 2015, Forthcoming).
• Khrista Johnson, The Charitable Deduction Games: Catching Change, (Georgia State University Law Review, Vol. 30, No. 4, 2014).
• Khrista Johnson, The Charitable Deduction Games: Are the Laws in Your Favor?, (Columbia Journal of Tax Law, Vol. 5, 2013).
• Clarke Jones, Are Prisons Really Schools for Terrorism? Challenging the Rhetoric on Prison Radicalisation, (Punishment and Society 16(1): 74-103 (2014)).

From elsewhere:

• C.G. Bateman, Method and Metaphysics: A Legal Historian’s Canon, ((2014) Journal of Jurisprudence 255.
• Faisal Kutty, Creeping Sharia or Conspicuous Islamophobia, Columbia Journal of International Affairs, Oct. 28, 2014.

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Danuta Mendelson & Ian Freckelton, The Interface of the Civil and Criminal Law of Suicide at Common Law (1194-1845), (International Journal of Law and Psychiatry 36 (2013) 343-349).
• Annabelle Lever, Taxation, Conscientious Objection and Religious Freedom, (Ethical Perspectives 20, no.1(2013): 144-153).
• Lina Papadopoulou, Law and Religion in Greece, (Brill’s Encyclopedia of Law and Religion (2014)).
• Hannah C. Dugan, Cracking the Code: Amending Canon Law to Exclude Sexual Abuse Offenders from Roman Catholic Ordination, (September 1, 2013).
• Eric Heinze, Hate Speech and the Normative Foundations of Regulation, (9(4) International Journal of Law in Context (2013), pp 590-617).
• Jan Dobbernack, Sovereignty, Security and Muscular Liberalism. Debating 'Sharia Courts' in Britain, (Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies Research Paper No. RSCAS 2014/103 (2014)).

From SSRN (Hobby Lobby case):

• Amy J. Sepinwall, Corporate Piety and Impropriety: Hobby Lobby's Extension of RFRA Rights to the For-Profit Corporation, (Harvard Business Law Review (Spring 2015 Forthcoming)).
• Lyman Johnson et. al., Comments on the HHS' Flawed Post-Hobby Lobby Rules, (October 20, 2014).
• Kent Greenawalt, The Hobby Lobby Case: Controversial Interpretive Techniques and Standards of Application, (Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 14-421 (2014)).
• Brett McDonnell, The Liberal Case for Hobby Lobby, (Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14-39 (2014)).
• Lyman Johnson & David Millon, Corporate Law after Hobby Lobby, (The Business Lawyer, Vol 70 - November 2014 Forthcoming).

From SmartCILP:

• Amna Akbar, Policing "Radicalization," 3 University of California Irvine Law Review 809-883 (2013).
• Marie Ashe & Anissa Helie, Realities of Religio-Legalism: Religious Courts and Women's Rights in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States, 20 University of California Davis Journal of International Law & Policy 139-209 (2014).

From SSRN:

• Nicholas Aroney, Freedom of Religion as an Associational Right, (University of Queensland Law Journal, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 153-186, 2014).
• Hamid Harasani, Islamic Law as a Comparable Model in Comparative Legal Research: Devising a Method, (3 Global Journal of Comparative Law (2014) 186-202).
• Moeen Ahmed, Punishment and State’s Criminal Law (October 9, 2014).
• Prakash Shah, The Difference that Religion Makes: Transplanting Legal Ideas from the West to Japan and India, (October 14, 2014).
• Michael A. Helfand, Arbitration's Counter-Narrative: The Religious Arbitration Paradigm, (Yale Law Journal, Vol. 124 (2014)).
• Hillel Y. Levin, Rethinking Religious Minorities' Political Power, (48 UC Davis Law Review, 2015 Forthcoming).
• Claudia E. Haupt, Professional Speech (October 13, 2014).
• Georgina Yeomans, The Constitutionality of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 in Light of Shelby County v. Holder, (Columbia Law Review, Forthcoming).
• Steven G. Calabresi, Gay Marriage and the Fourteenth Amendment, Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 14-51 (October 13, 2014).
• Maria Linda Ontiveros, The Fundamental Nature of Title VII, (Ohio State Law Journal, Vol. 76, 2014).
• Linda C. McClain, James Q. Wilson's -- And Society's -- Marriage Problems, (Forthcoming in book on the legacy of James Q. Wilson: Political Science Rightly Understood (R. Shep Melnick et al., editors)).

From SmartCILP:

• Franciska Coleman, Separate Is Inherently Unequal, Unless You're Religious: The Peculiar Constitutionalization of Religious Segregation, 32 Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal 65-101 (2013-2014).
• Kenneth L. Parker, The Saint Louis University Prison Program: An Ancient Mission, A New Beginning, 33 St. Louis University Public Law Review 377-399 (2014).
• Symposium: Religious Freedom and Equal Treatment: An International Look. Articles by Shami Chakrabarti, Eva Brems, Alejandro Madrazo, Lucy Vickers, Noa Mendelsohn Aviv, Karon Monaghan, Marvin Lim, Louise Melling and Priscilla J. Smith. 22 Journal of Law & Policy 483-766 (2014).

Recent Articles and Podcast of Interest

From SSRN:

• Olga Redko, Religious Practice as a 'Thin Skull' in the Context of Civil Liability, (University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review, Vol. 72, No. 1, 2014).
• J. R. Kerns, Protecting the Faithful from Their Faith: A Proposal for Snake-Handling Law in West Virginia, (West Virginia Law Review, Vol. 116, p. 561, 2014).
• Robert P. Bartlett, et. al., Comment on the Definition of ‘Eligible Organization’ for Purposes of Coverage of Certain Preventive Services under the Affordable Care Act, (October 8, 2014).
• Alan E. Brownstein, Constitutional Myopia: The Supreme Court's Blindness to Religious Liberty and Religious Equality Values in Town of Greece v. Galloway, (Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, Forthcoming).
• George P. Smith & Philip Donoho, RLUIPA: Re-Aligning Burdens of Proof, Clarifying Freedoms, and Re-Defining Responsibilities, (New York University Journal of Legislation and Public Policy, Forthcoming).
• Zachary R. Calo, Constructing the Secular: Law and Religion Jurisprudence in Europe and the United States (September 2014).
• Adam Lamparello, 'God Hates Fags' Is Not the Same as 'Fuck the Draft': Introducing the Non-Sexual Obscenity Doctrine, (October 8, 2014).
• Nadia B. Ahmad, The Islamic Influence in (Pre-)Colonial and Early America: A Historico-Legal Snapshot, (Seattle Journal for Social Justice, Vol. 12: Iss. 3, Article 7, p. 913 (2014)).
• John M. Bradley, Empowering Employees to Prevent Fraud in Nonprofit Organizations, (Cardozo Public Law, Policy and Ethics Journal, Vol. 13, 2015, Forthcoming).

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

• Naheed Ghauri, The Qur’anic Model (QM): A Praxiological Study of Religious Tribunals in the United Kingdom (UK), (September 7, 2014).
• Craig A. Stern, Megillath Esther and the Rule of Law: Disobedience and Obligation, (October 9, 2014).
• Alice Woolley, Equality Rights, Freedom of Religion and the Training of Canadian Lawyers, (17 Legal Ethics, 2014, Forthcoming).
• Mohammad Rizal Salim, Sherin Kunhibava & Lim Soo H'an, Shariah Governance and Corporate Governance: A Malaysian Case Study, (2014, The Law Review, pp 47-58).

From SmartCILP:

• Sharia Law: From Oman to Oklahoma. Articles by Moorthy S. Muthuswamy, Sameer Ahmed, Mervate Mohammad, David R. Lavoie, Umar F. Moghul and student Emily von Werlhof. 7 Albany Government Law Review 347-507 (2014).

Recent Podcast:

• Howard Friedman & Marci Hamilton, The Supreme Court Tackles Prison Beards and Religious Liberty, (National Constitution Center, Oct. 2014).