Recent Articles and Books of Interest

From SSRN:

• Kara Loewentheil, Satanists, Scott Walker, & Contraception: A Partial Account of Hobby Lobby's Implications for State Law, (Harvard Law & Policy Review, Vol. 9, No. 1, 2015, Forthcoming).
• Robert J. Delahunty, The Conscience of a King: Law, Religion, and War in Shakespeare's King Henry V, (Journal of Catholic Legal Studies (2014), Forthcoming).
• Tamir Moustafa, The Politics of Religious Freedom in Malaysia, (Maryland Journal of International Law, Vol. 29 (2014) 468-491).
• Richard Moon, Preface to Freedom of Conscience and Religion, (February 9, 2014).
• Hannibal Travis, The United Nations and Genocide Prevention: The Problem of Racial and Religious Bias, (Genocide Studies International, 8(2) (2014), pp. 122-152).
• Spencer Churchill, Whose Religion Matters in Corporate RFRA Claims after Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, 134 S. Ct. 2751 (2014)?, (Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 38, No. 1, 2014).
• Jason Juliano, Do Corporations Have Religious Beliefs?, (Indiana Law Journal, Vol. 90, 2014).
• Laura Underkuffler, Religious Exceptionalism and Human Rights, (Religion and the Discourse of Human Rights: The Israel Democracy Institute; Editors: Hanoch Dagan, Shahar Lifshitz, Yedidia Z. Stern, 2014)

From SmartCILP:

• Dora W. Klein, The Dignity of the Human Person: Catholic Social Teaching and the Practice of Criminal Punishment, [Abstract], 60 Loyola Law Review 1-31 (2014).

Recent Books:

• Ellen L. Idler (ed.), Religion as a Social Determinant of Public Health, (Oxford Univ. Press, Sept. 2014).
•  Linford D. Fisher, J. Stanley Lemons and Lucas Mason-Brown, Decoding Roger Williams: The Lost Essay of Rhode Island’s Founding Father, (Baylor Univ. Press, Aug. 2014).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Ioana Cismas, Introductory Note to Committee on the Rights of the Child Concluding Observations on the Second Periodic Report of the Holy See, (International Legal Materials, Vol. 53, No. 3 (2014), pp. 580-59).
• Jeremy Waldron, What Do Philosophers Have Against Dignity?, (September 17, 2014).
• Judith Areen, Uncovering the Reformation Roots of American Marriage and Divorce Law, (Yale Journal of Law & Feminism, Vol. 26, pp. 29-85, 2014).
• Frederick Mark Gedicks, One Cheer for Hobby Lobby: Improbable Alternatives, Third-Party Burdens, and the Specter of RFRA Strict Scrutiny, (Harvard Journal of Law and Gender, Vol. 38, 2015 Forthcoming).
• Spencer Churchill, Reasoning from Principles of Religious Liberty to a Test of Sincerity for Corporate RFRA Claims, (August 28, 2014).
• Faisal Kutty, 'Islamic Law' in U.S. Courts: Judicial Jihad or Constitutional Imperative?, (Pepperdine Law Review, Forthcoming).
• Faisal Kutty, The Kutty 'Islamic Law' Flowchart, (September 24, 2014).
• Corey Ciocchetti, Religious Freedom & Closely Held Corporations: The Hobby Lobby Case & Its Ethical Implications, (Oregon Law Review, Forthcoming).
• Christopher R. Leslie, Embracing Loving: Trait-Specific Marriage Laws and Heightened Scrutiny, (Cornell Law Review, Vol. 99, No. 5, 2014, pp.1077-1130).

From SmartCILP:

• Hanna Lerner, Critical Junctures, Religion, and Personal Status Regulations in Israel and India, [Abstract], 39 Law & Social Inquiry 387-415 (2014).
• Joshua C. Wilson &Amanda Hollis-Brusky, Lawyers for God and Neighbor: The Emergence of "Law As a Calling" As a Mobilizing Frame for Christian Lawyers, [Abstract], 39 Law & Social Inquiry 416-448 (2014).
• Rafael Domingo, A Right to Religious and Moral Freedom? [Abstract]; Reply by Michael J. Perry [Abstract], 12 I.Con: International Journal of Constitutional Law 226-255 (2014).

Recent Articles and Books of Interest

From SSRN:

• James A. Davids, The Establishment Clause and Public Funding of Religious Colleges, (5 Regent Journal of Law & Public Policy 11 (2013)).
• Jared G. Price, The Gods of Greece Are Not Pleased: The Constitutionality of Legislative Prayer at the Local Level, (January 21, 2014).
• Steven J. Heyman, The Conservative-Libertarian Turn in First Amendment Jurisprudence, (West Virginia Law Review, Vol. 117, No. 1, 2014).
• Mary Szto, Chinese Ritual and the Practice of Law, (Touro Law Review, Vol. 30, No. 103, 2014).
• Jeffrey Shulman, Sacred Trust or Sacred Right?, (in The Constitutional Parent: Rights, Responsibilities, and the Enfranchisement of the Child: Yale University Press, 2014).
• S.I. Strong, Religious Rights in Historical, Theoretical and International Context: Hobby Lobby as a Jurisprudential Anomaly?, (Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 2015 Forthcoming).
• Shagufta Omar, Marriage in Islam: Life Partnership or Discriminatory Family Set Up? An Analysis of Some Protective Legal and Moral Shariah Provisions for Women with Special Reference to Surah An-Nisa, (September 5, 2014).
• Valentino Cattelan, In the Name of God: Managing Risk in Islamic Finance, (July 2014).

From SmartCILP:

• Eun-Jung Katherine Kim, Islamic Law in American Courts: Good, Bad, and Unsustainable Uses, 28 Notre Dame Journal of Law Ethics and Public Policy 287-307 (2014).
• George P. Smith II, Cura Personalis: A Healthcare Delivery Quandary At the End of Life, 7 St. Louis U. J. Health L. & Pol'y 311-329 (2014).

New Books:

• Jay Sekuow, Rise of ISIS: A Threat We Can't Ignore, (Howard Books, Sept. 2014).
• Stephen Eric Bronner, The Bigot: Why Prejudice Persists, (Yale University Press, July 2014).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Kathryn E. Kovacs, Hobby Lobby and the Zero-Sum Game, (92 Washington University Law Review, Forthcoming).
• Rostam J. Neuwirth, The Governance of Religion and Law: Insights from the Prohibition of Usury, (International Review of Law 2014(2)).
• Caleb Ayuba, Thou Shall Not Kill: An Interfaith Model in Peacebuilding, (August 26, 2014).
• Eric William Palfreyman, The Qu'Ran, Radical Islam, and the Possibility of a Moderate Exegesis, (August 26, 2014).
• Arif A. Jamal, Religious Authority and Constitutional Order: A Case Study of the Conciliation and Arbitration Boards (CABs) of the Shia Imami Ismaili Community, (Journal of Law, Religion & State 2 (2013) 235–249).
• Brian McCall, Entender Los Males Economómicos Modernos a La Luz De La Doctrina Social Cátolica (Understanding Modern Economic Woes in Light of Catholic Social Doctrine), (Verbo Vol. 52 Nos. 525-526 (2014): 487-509).
• Marc O. DeGirolami, Constitutional Contraction: Religion and the Roberts Court, (Stanford Law & Policy Review, Forthcoming).
• Ronen Perry & Tal Zarsky, 'May the Odds Be Ever in Your Favor': Lotteries in Law, (February 13, 2014).
• Engy Abdelkader, Animal Protection Theory in U.S. and Islamic Law: A Comparative Analysis with a Human Rights Twist, (UCLA Journal of Islamic and Near Eastern Law, 2015, Forthcoming).
• Jess R. Phelps, 'Scarcely a Vestige of Antiquity Remains': Evaluating the Role of Preservation Easements in Protecting Historic Religious Architecture, (Environmental Law Reporter, Vol. 44, No. 10808, 2014).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Nimer Sultany, Religion and Constitutionalism: Lessons from American and Islamic Constitutionalism, (Emory International Law Review, Vol. 28, 2014).
• Nasty M. Vladoiu, Fundamental Freedoms Versus Religious Commandments? ,(August 3, 2014).
• Waverly Crenshaw & Brian A. Pierce, Tennessee's Unique Religious Protections in Employment: Do They Mean What They Say?, (1 Belmont Law Review 1 (2014) ).
• Hugues Fulchiron, The Family Court Judge Taking Religious Convictions into Account: A French and European Perspective, (International Journal of the Jurisprudence of the Family, Forthcoming).
• John D. Inazu, Institutions in Context, (Tulsa Law Review, 2015, Forthcoming).
• Elizabeth Papp Kamali, Felonia Felonice Facta: Felony and Intentionality in Medieval England, (Criminal Law and Philosophy (2014 Forthcoming)).
• Elizabeth Papp Kamali, The Devil's Daughter of Hell Fire: The Role of Anger in Medieval English Felony Adjudication, (August 6, 2014).
• David B. Cruz, Baker v. Nelson: Flotsam in the Tidal Wave of Windsor's Wake, (3 Ind. J. L. & Soc. Equality, 2014, Forthcoming).
• Cyra Akila Choudhury, Ideology, Identity, and Law in the Production of Islamophobia, (38 Dialectical Anthropology __ (2014 Forthcoming)).
• C. Christine Fair, Rebecca Littman & Elizabeth Nugent, Pakistani Conceptualization of Shari'a and Support for Militancy and Democratic Values: A New Empirical Approach, (August 12, 2014).
• Atif Jilani, Atif & Valeed Ahmad Ansari, Game Theory and Auctions from Islamic Viewpoint, (August 16, 2014).

From SmartCILP:

• Pamela Foohey, Bankrupting the Faith, 78 Missouri Law Review 719-776 (2013).

Recent Articles and Book of Interest

From SSRN:

• Inna Semenenko & Ruslan Galgash, Role of Religion as a Social Institution in Sustainable Development: View from Ukraine, (Problemy Ekorozwoju-- Problems of Sustainable Development 2014, vol. 9, no 2, 65-72).
• Richard K. Sherwin, Law in the Flesh: Tracing Legitimation's Origin to 'The Act of Killing', (No Foundations: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Law and Justice, No. 11, June 2014).
• Eli Wald & Russell G. Pearce, What's Love Got to Do with Lawyers? Thoughts on Relationality, Love, and Lawyers’ Work, (17 Legal Ethics (2014)).
• Christopher McCrudden, Human Rights, Southern Voices, and ‘Traditional Values’ at the United Nations, (May 28, 2014).
• Brian Leiter, Reply to Five Critics of Why Tolerate Religion?, (Criminal Law & Philosophy, 2015, Forthcoming).
• Asad Zaman, Building Genuine Islamic Financial Institutions, (Presented at Conference on: Economics and Ethics” organized by the Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE) in Doha, Qatar on the 10-12 of June 2014).

From SmartCILP:

• Calum Carmichael, Interpreting Law: Jesus, the Lawyer, and the Parable of the Good Samaritan, 41 Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law 697-710 (2013).
• Julia L. Ernst, Rethinking the Validity of State Religions: Is Antiestablishmentarianism a Fundamental Prerequisite for the Protection of Religious Rights Under International Human Rights Law? 34 Northern Illinois University Law Review 333-390 (2014).
• Christine Haight Farley, Stabilizing Morality In Trademark Law, 63 American University Law Review 1019-1050 (2014).
• Mark Goldfeder, Defining and Defending Borders; Just and Legal Wars in Jewish Thought and Practice, [Abstract], 30 Touro Law Review 631-653 (2014).
• Kenneth Shuster, "When Has the Grim Reaper Finished Reaping?" How Embracing One Religion's View of Death Can Influence Acceptance of the Uniform Determination of Death Act, [Abstract], 30 Touro Law Review 655-674 (2014).

Recent Book:

• Daniel P. Dalton, Litigating Religious Land Use Cases, (ABA Book Publishing, July 2014).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Giancarlo Anello & Ulrico Agnati, The Time Reserved for Religious Practice as a Mainstay of the Religious Freedom. Constantine's Statutes on Sunday Rest and its Legacy in Contemporary Multicultural Society, (July 29, 2014).
• John Gillespie, Human Rights as a Larger Loyalty: The Evolution of Religious Freedom in Vietnam, (Harvard Human Rights Journal, Vol 47 (1) 107-149 (2014)).
• Ioana Cismas, Religious Actors and International Law, (Oxford University Press, 2014).
• Ruth E. Gavison, Reflections on the Meaning and Justification of 'Jewish' in the Expression 'A Jewish and Democratic State', (The Israeli Nation-State: Political, Constitutional, and Cultural Challenges, p. 135, 2014).
• Lauren Maisel Goldsmith & James R. Dillon, The Hallowed Hope: The School Prayer Cases and Social Change, (St. Louis University Law Journal, Forthcoming).
• Scott Thomas Fitzgibbon, The Law's Duty to Promote the Kinship System: Implications for Assisted Reproductive Techniques and for Proposed Redefinitions of Familial Relations, (Boston College Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 329 (2014)).
• Steven Douglas Smith, Die and Let Live? the Asymmetry of Accommodation, (San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 14-162 (2014).
• Michael L. Helfand, Religious Institutionalism, Implied Consent and the Value of Voluntarism, (Southern California Law Review, Vol. 88, No. 3, 2014).
• Avigail I. Eisenberg, Religion as Identity, (August 4, 2014).
• Russell Powell & Arthur DeLong, The Possible Advantages of Islamic Financial Jurisprudence: An Empirical Study of the Dow Jones Islamic Market Index, (Fordham Journal of Corporate and Financial Law, Vol. 19, 2014).

From SmartCILP:

• Lewis M. Wasserman, Overcoming Obstacles to Religious Exercise in K-12 Education, 40 Journal of Legislation 96-153 (2013-14).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Raj Bhala & Shannon B. Keating, Diversity within Unity: Import Laws of Islamic Countries on Haram (Forbidden) Products, (July 17, 2014).
• Mark Walters, Why the Rochdale Gang Should Have Been Sentenced as 'Hate Crime' Offenders, (Criminal Law Review (2). pp. 131-144, 2013).

From SmartCILP:

• Lourdes Peroni, The European Court of Human Rights and Intragroup Religious Diversity: A Critical Review, 89 Chicago-Kent Law Review 663-687 (2014).
• Yuvaj Sinai & Benjamin Shmueli, Calabresi's and Maimonides's Tort Law Theories--A Comparative Analysis and a Preliminary Sketch of a Modern Model of Differential Pluralistic Tort Liability Based On the Two Theories, 26 Yale Journal of  Law & Humanities 59-133 (2014).
• Asma T. Uddin, Intragroup Discourse On Intragroup Protections in Muslim-Majority Countries, 89 Chicago-Kent Law Review 641-662 (2014).
• Victor I. Vieth, From Sticks to Flowers: Guidelines for Child Protection Professionals Working With Parents Using Scripture to Justify Corporal Punishment, 40 William Mitchell Law Review 907-942 (2014).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Vincius Marinho, The Tension Between Normativity and Plurality in Religious Dogmas and in Constitutional Principles, (June 23, 2014).
• Carl Mosk, Liberal Nationalism, Religious Nationalism, and the Human Development Index, (July 16, 2014).
• Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, The Democracy We Left Behind in Greece and McCutcheon, (July 18, 2014).
• Cyra Akila Choudhury, From Bandung 1955 to Bangladesh 1971: Oppressed Populations, Self-Determination, and Third Worldist Failures in South Asia, (July 31, 2014).
• Todd E. Pettys, Doubting Abood, Finding Religion at Hobby Lobby, and More: Civil Cases in the Supreme Court's 2013-2014 Term, (Court Review, Vol. 50, Forthcoming).
• Houssem Eddine Bedoui & Walid Mansour, Performance and Maqasid al-Shari’ah’s Pentagon-Shaped Ethical Measurement, (July 16, 2014).

From SmartCILP:

• Ofra Friesel, Race versus Religion In the Making of the International Convention Against Racial Discrimination, [Abstract], 1965, 32 Law & History Review 351-383 (2014).
• Muhammad-Basheer Ismail, The 1979 United States-Iran Hostage Crisis Reviewed From an Islamic International Law Perspective, 42 Denver Journal of International Law & Policy 19-40 (2013).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Klaus Prettner & Holger Strulik, It's a Sin - Contraceptive Use, Religious Beliefs, and Long-Run Economic Development, (Discussion Papers on Business and Economics, University of Southern Denmark, 11/2014).
• David Nelken, Rules of Forgiveness and the Role of Narratives in Talmudic Law, (in Alison Diduck, Noam Peleg and Helen Reece eds. Law and Michael Freeman, Brill, 2014 (shortened version)).
• Benjamin Boyd, Take Your Guns to Church: The Second Amendment and Church Autonomy, (Liberty University Law Review, Volume 8, Number 3 (Summer 2014). 
• Erin Morrow Hawley, The Jurisdictional Question in Hobby Lobby, (Yale Law Journal Forum (Fall 2014)).
• Peter Jenkins, Absolutist, Pragmatist and Realist Approaches to Research Ethics in the Digital Humanities: The Case of the Schneerson Collection, (Cultural Research in the Context of Digital Humanities, (Saint Petersburg: Asterion Press, 2013)).
• Christopher McCrudden, Faith-Based Non-Governmental Organizations in the Public Square, (June 30, 2014).
• Rayan Haykal, Acceptability of Civil Marriage in a Multidenominational Society: Results of an Empirical Survey in Lebanon, (July 11, 2014).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Sankalp Jain, Religion & Its Role and Function in International Law, (July 5, 2014).
• John D. Inazu, A Confident Pluralism, (Southern California Law Review, 2015, Forthcoming).
• Thomas C. Berg, Foreword: Intellectual Property and Religious Thought, (University of St. Thomas Law Journal, Vol. 10, p. 579, 2014).
• Linda C. McClain, Can Religion Without God Lead to Religious Liberty Without Conflict?, (94 Boston University Law Review 1273 (2014)).
• Jaclyn L. Neo, What's in a Name? Malaysia's ‘Allah’ Controversy and the Judicial Intertwining of Islam with Ethnic Identity, (June 7, 2014).
• Paolo Davide Farah & Riccardo Tremolada, Desirability of Commodification of Intangible Cultural Heritage: The Unsatisfying Role of Intellectual Property Rights, (Transnational Dispute Management, Special Issue, Volume 11, Issue 2, March 2014).
• Elizabeth Varner, Protecting Cultural Heritage During Disasters: Prevention, Mitigation, and Response, (April 11, 2014). 6 Liason: J. of Civ.-Mil. Disaster Mgmt. & Human. Relief Collaborations 63 (2014)).
• Timothy Lindsey & Melissa Crouch, Cause Lawyers in Indonesia: A House Divided, Wisconsin International Law Journal, Vol. 31, No. 620, 2013. 

From SmartCILP and elsewhere:

• Shanmuga Kanesalingam, Monkey In a Wig: LoyarBurok, UndiMsia!, Public Interest Litigation and Beyond, 31 Wisconsin International Law Journal 586-619 (2013).
• Gila Stopler, The Challenge of Strong Religion In the Liberal State, 32 Boston University International Law Journal 411-447 (2014).
• Intellectual Property and Religious Thought. Foreword by Thomas C. Berg; articles by Paul J. Griffiths, Jeremy Stern, Bashar H. Malkawi, Audrey R. Chapman, Margo A. Bagley, Marco Fioretti, David W. Opderbeck, Alina Ng Boyte, Shubha Ghosh and Roberta Rosenthal Kwall. 10 University of St. Thomas Law Journal 579-843 (2013).
• Dr. Don M. Snider, COL (USA Ret) & Alexander P. Shine, Does the Army’s Culture Facilitate Integration, Character Development, and Trust in the Profession?, Strategic Studies Institute, April 2014.
• July/August 2014 issue of Church & State.
• Michael L. Gompertz, The Clergy Housing Allowance Exemption Is Unconstitutional, Tax Notes, July 21, 2014, pg. 315.

Recent Articles and Book of Interest

From SSRN:

• Patrick Testa & Walter E. Block, Libertarianism and Circumcision, (Int J Health Policy Manag 3: 33-40, 2014).
• RonNell Andersen Jones, Press Definition and the Religion Analogy, (Harvard Law Review Forum, Forthcoming).
• Hershey H. Friedman, Miriam Gerstein & Paul Fenster, American Exceptionalism or Declinism: Lessons in Leadership and Ethics from the Twelve ‘Minor’ Prophets, (July 1, 2014).
• Toni M. Massaro, Nuts and Seeds: Mitigating Third-Party Harms of Religious Exemptions, Post-Hobby Lobby, (92 Denver University Law Review ___ (2015, Forthcoming)).
• Ira C. Lupu, Hobby Lobby and the Dubious Enterprise of Religious Exemptions, (Harvard Journal of Law and Gender, Vol. 38, No. 1, 2015, Forthcoming in Symposium, Religious Accommodation in the Age of Civil Rights).
• Susannah William Pollvogt, Brief of Amicus Curiae Susannah W. Pollvogt in Henry v. Himes (6th Cir.), (July 18, 2014).
• John D. Inazu, More is More: Strengthening Free Exercise, Speech, and Association, (Minnesota Law Review, Forthcoming).

From SmartCILP:

• Ihsan Ali Alkhatib, Shariah Law and American Family Courts: Judicial Inconsistency on the Talaq and Mahr Issues in Wayne County, Michigan, 14 Journal of Law In Society 83-105 (2013).
• Scott W. Gaylord, For-Profit Corporations, Free Exercise, and the HHS Mandate, 91 Washington University Law Review 589-657 (2014).

Recent Book:

• Ira C. Lupu & Robert W. Tuttle, Secular Government, Religious People, (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, Aug., 2014).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Steven H. Resnicoff, Circumcision Safety: A Case Study in the Failure of Leaderships, (Looking Forward, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 1-7, June 2014).
• Archana Mishra, Rights in Separate Property of Hindu Female – Challenge to Acquire a New Self , (June 20, 2014).
• Hendrik Gommer, The Biological Foundations of Global Ethics and Law, (Archives for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (ARSP), 2014, Vol. 100, nr. 2, p. 151-175).
• Frederick Mark Gedicks, Religion, Meaning, Life, Truth, (San Diego Law Review, 2014, Forthcoming).
• Richard W. Garnett, Accommodation, Establishment, and Freedom of Religion, (67 Vand. L. Rev. En Banc 39 (2014)).
• Steve Sanders, Is the Full Faith and Credit Clause Still 'Irrelevant' to Same-Sex Marriage?: Toward a Reconsideration of the Conventional Wisdom, (Indiana Law Journal, Vol. 89, No. 1, 2014).
• Steve Sanders, Mini-DOMAs as Political Process Failures: The Case for Heightened Scrutiny of State Anti-Gay Marriage Amendments, (Northwestern University Law Review Online (June 2014)).

From SSRN (Islamic Law):

• Amir B. Izadyar & Feroza Ragnath, A New Perspective of Benevolent Loan, QARD Al-Hassan, Using Upfront Payment ‘Mesbah Point’, (International Journal of Economics 1:3, pp. 45-58, 2014).
• Jamhari Makruf, Jamhari & Iim Halimatussa'diyah, Shari’a and Regional Governance in Indonesia: A Study of Four Provinces, (Australian Journal of Asian Law, Vol. 15, No. 1, Article 4, 2014).

From SmartCILP:

• Mark Goldfeder, The Story of Jewish Polygamy, [Abstract], 26 Columbia Journal of Gender & Law 234-315 (2014).
• Peter T. Leeson, "God Damn": The Law and Economics of Monastic Malediction, 30 Journal of Law, Economics & Organization 193-216 (2014).
• Marin Lim, The Sanity of Faith: What Religious Fundamentalism Teaches About the Insanity Defense and the First Amendment, [Abstract], 17 New Criminal Law Review 252-311 (2014).

Recent Articles and Books of Interest

From SSRN:

• Benjamin L. Berger, Poetry, Mercy, and the Phenomenology of Justice, (Forthcoming in Ehud Ben Zvi, Claudia V. Camp, David M. Gunn and Aaron W. Hughes, eds., Poets, Prophets, and Texts in Play: Studies in Biblical Poetry and Prophecy in Honour of Francis Landy (London: T & T Clark, 2014)).
• Marie A. Failinger, Twenty-Five Years of Law and Religion Scholarship: Some Reflections, (Touro Law Review, Vol. 30, p. 9 (2014)).
• Wojciech Sadurski, Searching for Illicit Motives: Constitutional Theory of Freedom of Speech, Equal Protection, and Separation of State and Religion, (Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 14/61, July 2014).
• Michael J. T. McMillen & Sheikh Yusuf Talal DeLorenzo, Islamic Finance and the Shari'Ah: The Dow Jones Fatwa and Permissible Variance as Studies in Letheanism and Legal Change, (June 23, 2014).
• András Koltay, The Appearance of the Clear and Present Danger Doctrine In Hungarian Hate Speech Laws and the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights, (June 23, 2014).

Recent and Forthcoming Books:

• Matthew Stewart, Nature's God: The Heretical Origins of the American Republic, (W.W. Norton & Co., July 2014).
• Al-Qadi al-Nuʿman, Disagreements of the Jurists: A Manual of Islamic Legal Theory, (Edited and translated by Devin Stewart), (NYU Press, Jan. 2015).
• J. Judd Owen, Making Religion Safe for Democracy: Transformation from Hobbes to Tocqueville, (Cambridge University Press, Jan. 2015).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Zvi H. Triger, Golda Meir's Reluctant Feminism: The Pre-State Years, (Israel Studies, 19.3 (Fall 2014), Forthcoming).
• Frederick Mark Gedicks & Andrew Koppelman, Invisible Women: Why an Exemption for Hobby Lobby Would Violate the Establishment Clause, (67 Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc 51 (2014)).
• Raphael Cohen-Almagor, Reconciling Liberalism and Judaism? Human Rights in Israel, (in Jo Carby-Hall (ed.), Essays on Human Rights: A Celebration of the Life of Dr Janusz Kochanowski (Warsaw: Jus et Lex Foundation, 2014), pp. 136-163).
• Robin Fretwell Wilson, Marriage of Necessity: Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty Protections, (Illinois Program in Law, Behavior and Social Science Paper No. LBSS14-35 (June 2014)).

From SmartCILP:

• David Pimentel & Brian Anderson, Judicial Independence In Postconflict Iraq: Establishing the Rule of Law In an Islamic Constitutional Democracy, 46 George Washington International Law Review 29-54 (2013).
• Sadiq Reza, Due Process In Islamic Criminal Law, 46 George Washington International Law Review 1-27 (2013).

Recent Articles of Interest

From  SSRN:

• Howard Kislowicz, Faithful Translations? Cross-Cultural Communications in Canadian Religious Freedom Litigation, (Osgoode Hall Law Journal, 52(1), 2014 Forthcoming).
• Sylvie Langlaude, Parental Disputes, Religious Upbringing and Welfare in English Law and the ECHR., ((2014) 9(1) Religion and Human Rights: An International Journal 1-30).
• Aaron R. Petty, 'Faith, However Defined': Reassessing JFS and the Judicial Conception of 'Religion', (6 Elon Law Review 117 (2014)).
• Ilan Fuchs & Aviad Yehiel Hollander, National Movements and International Law: Rabbi Shlomo Goren's Understanding of International Law, (Journal of Law and Religion, Forthcoming).
• Faisal Kutty, Islamic Law and Adoptions, (Forthcoming in Robert L. Ballard et al., The Intercountry Adoption Debate: Dialogues Across Disciplines (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014)).

From SmartCILP and elsewhere:

• K. Benson, The Chaplaincy Exception In International Humanitarian Law: "American-Born Cleric" Anwar al-Awlaki and the Global War on Terror, 20 Buffalo Human Rights Law Review 1-36 (2013-2014).
• Charles J. Russo, Religious Freedom in the United States: "When You Come To a Fork In the Road, Take It", 38 University of Dayton Law Review 363-400 (2013).
• Jennifer B. Scheu, A First Amendment Objection To the Affordable Care Act's Individual Mandate, 79 Brooklyn Law Review 953-984 (2014).
• Mark Strasser, Conscience Clauses and the Placement of Children, 15 Journal of Law & Family Studies 1-18 (2013).
• Lisa A. Runquist & David T. Ball, Whither the Parsonage Allowance?  Will It Survive the Most Recent Attack?, Business Law Today (June 2014).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Valerie J. Munson, Fraud on the Faithful? The Charitable Intentions of Members of Religious Congregations and the Peculiar Body of Law Governing Religious Property in the United States, (Rutgers Law Journal Vol. 44, No. 3, 2014).
• Bruce Ledewitz, Experimenting with Religious Liberty: The Quasi-Constitutional Status of Religious Exemptions, 6 Elon Law Review (2014).
• Kevin P. Lee, Emanuel Levinas on Hegel's Antigone: Levinas and the Problem of Modernity, (May 30, 2014). 
• Sara L. Ainsworth, Amicus Curiae Brief: Stormans, Inc. v. Selecky, (Hastings Women's Law Journal, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 303-37, Summer 2013).
• Tabatha Abu El-Haj, All Assemble: Order and Disorder in Law, Politics, and Culture, (University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law, Vol. 16, No. 4, 2014 Forthcoming).
• Seema Mohapatra, Time to Lift the Veil of Inequality in Health Care Coverage: Using Corporate Law to Defend the Affordable Care Act, (May 23, 2014).
• Alice E. Marwick & Ross W. Miller, Online Harassment, Defamation, and Hateful Speech: A Primer of the Legal Landscape, (Fordham Center on Law and Information Policy Report No. 2, June 10, 2014).
• Nancy J. Knauer, Navigating a Post-Windsor World: The Promise and Limits of Marriage Equality, (Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law, Vol. 16, 2014, Forthcoming).

From SSRN (Islamic law):

• Hussein Elasrag, Corporate Governance in Islamic Financial Institutions, (May 26, 2014).
• Muhammad Munir, Rights of Children in Islamic Law: A Review of Selected Literature, (May 29, 2014).
• Timur Kuran, Institutional Roots of Authoritarian Rule in the Middle East: Civic Legacies of the Islamic Waqf, (Economic Research Initiatives at Duke (ERID) Working Paper No. 171, June 12, 2014).

From SmartCILP:

• Julie Maher, Eweida and Others: A New Era for Article 9?, 63 International & Comparative Law Quarterly 213-233 (2014).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• François Foret, Democratic Representation and Religion. Differences and Convergences between the European Parliament and the US House of Representatives, (Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies Research Paper No. RSCAS 2014/58 (2014)).
• Paul T. Babie, Private Property in Post Secular Law: An Introductory Foray, (2013 University of Queensland Law Journal 32 (2) p238).
• D. Brian Dennison, The Resonance of Christian Political Conceptions within International Humanitarian Law, (Uganda's Paper Series on International Humanitarian Law, 2013).
• Ryan M. Hrobak & Robin Fretwell Wilson, Emergency Contraceptives or 'Abortion-Inducing' Drugs? Empowering Women to Make Informed Decisions, (Washington and Lee Law Review, Vol. 71, Issue 2, 2014).
• Brett G. Scharffs, Our Fractured Attitude Towards Corporate Conscience, (March 12, 2014).
• Sarah Schiesz, Hezbollah: Before and after the Syrian War, (May 12, 2014).
• Samuel Wolf Calhoune, Justice Lewis F. Powell's Baffling Vote in Roe v. Wade, (71 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 925 ( 2014).
• Meg Mary Margaret Penrose, Unbreakable Vows: Same-Sex Marriage and the Fundamental Right to Divorce, (58 Villanova Law Review 169 (2013)).
• Muhammad Munir, The Law of Khul' in Islamic Law and the Legal System of Pakistan: The Sunnah of the Prophet or Judicial Ijtihad?, (May 24, 2014).

From SmartCILP and elsewhere:

• Mark Goldfeder, The Adoption of Children In Judaism and In Israel; A Conceptual and Practical Review, 22 Cardozo Journal of International & Comparative Law 321-353 (2014).
• Daniel Ross Goodman, Ethical Falsehood: Towards A Moral Values Paradigm In False-Speech Adjudication, [Abstract], 55 South Texas Law Review 71-112 (2013).
• Austin R. Nimocks, History and Recent Developments in Same-Sex Marriage Litigation, Federalist Society State Courts Project White Paper (May 28, 2014).
• Brian J. Grim, Greg Clark & Robert Edward Snyder, Is Religious Freedom Good for Business?: A Conceptual and Empirical Analysis, 10 Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion, Article 4, 2014.

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Jeffrey A. Redding, Marriage ≠ Marriage: Querying the Relevance of Equality to the Interstate Recognition of Same-Sex Relationships, (University of Miami Law Review, Forthcoming).
• D. Brian Dennison, Faith Frieda Letacie & Heather M. Pate, Confronting Child Sacrifice in Uganda: A Multi-Layered View, (Kabarak University Law Review, Forthcoming).
• Kevin J. Murphy, Administering the Ministerial Exception Post-Hosanna-Tabor: Why Contract Claims Should Not Be Barred, (Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy, Vol. 28, No. 1, 2014).
• Brian D. Galle, How Do Nonprofit Firms Respond to Tax Policy?, (May 29, 2014).

From SmartCILP:

• Elizabeth A. Clark, Liberalism In Decline: Legislative Trends Limiting Religious Freedom In Russia and Central Asia, 22 Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems 297-342 (2013).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Paul Horwitz, 'A Troublesome Right': The 'Law' in Dworkin's Treatment of Law and Religion, (Boston University Law Review, Forthcoming).
• Michael A. Helfand, Between Law and Religion: Procedural Challenges to Religious Arbitration Awards, (Chicago-Kent Law Review, Forthcoming).
• Edward C. Lyons, Causation and Complicity: The HHS Contraceptive Mandate and Asymmetrical Burdens on Free Exercise, (55 South Texas Law Review 229 (2014), Forthcoming).
• Aram Sinnreich, Sharing in Spirit: Kopimism and the Digital Eucharist, (May 14, 2014).
• Kenneth K. Ching, Beauty and Ugliness in Offer and Acceptance, (May 23, 2014).

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

• David B. Kopel, Ancient Hebrew Militia Law, (Denver University Law Review, Vol. 90, 2013).
• Patrick Parkinson, Book Review: 'Managing Family Justice in Diverse Societies' (Eds Maclean and Eekelaar), (Australian Journal of Family Law, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 270-75, 2013).
• Andrew F. March, Constitutional Authority, (Ashgate Research Companion to Islamic Law, Ruud Peters and Peri Bearman, eds., pp. 179-192 (2014)).
• Brandy G. Robinson, Religiosity in Constitutions and the Status of Minority Rights, (March 6, 2014).
• Dawood I. Ahmed & Tom Ginsburg, Constitutional Islamization and Human Rights: The Surprising Origin and Spread of Islamic Supremacy in Constitutions, Virginia Journal of International Law, Forthcoming.
• Mostafa Beheshti Seresht & Hasba Haj Najafi, Residential Mortgage Crisis – An Islamic Finance Perspective, (May 8, 2014).
• Muhammad Munir, The Share of Orphaned Grandchild under Islamic Law and Pakistani Legal System: A Re-Evaluation of Representational Succession in Section 4 of the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance 1961, (May 10, 2014).
• Richard Ashby Wilson, Inciting Genocide with Words, (Michigan Journal of International Law, Vol. 36, No. 1, 2015, Forthcoming).

From SmartCILP and elsewhere:

• Karen Gantt, Balancing Women's Health and Religious Freedom Under the ACA., [Abstract], 17 Quinnipiac Health Law Journal 1-44 (2013-2014).
• Sarah Lipton-Lubet, Contraceptive Coverage Under the Affordable Care Act: Dueling Narratives and Their Policy Implications, 22 American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law 343-385 (2014).
• Mark A. Strasser, A Constitutional Balancing In Need of Adjustment: On Defamation, Breaches of Confidentiality, and the Church, [Abstract], 12 First Amendment Law Review 325-384 (2013).
• Alan J. Meese & Nathan B. Oman, Hobby Lobby, Corporate Law, and the Theory of the Firm: Why For-Profit Corporations Are RFRA Persons,127 Harvard Law Review Forum 273 (May 20, 2014).