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).

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).