Recent Articles, Forthcoming Books and Movie, of Interest

From SSRN:

• Nicole Jones, Did Fortune Tellers See this Coming? Spiritual Counseling, Professional Speech, and the First Amendment, (February 13, 2014).
• Allison G. Morrow, Will Your Religion Allow You…to Live? The Mature Minor Doctrine, Religious Exemptions, and a Look into Louisiana Law, (December 1, 2013).
• Mark L. Movsesian, Defining Religion in American Law: Psychic Sophie and the Rise of the Nones, (Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies Research Paper No. 2014/19 (2014)).
• Ian C. Bartrum, The Curious Case of Legislative Prayer: Town of Greece v. Galloway, (Northwestern University Law Review Online Vol. 108, p. 218, 2014).
• Steven Douglas Smith, Is God Irrelevant?, (Boston University Law Review, Forthcoming).
• Caroline King, The Most Reasonable Standard: Why Justice O'Connor's Endorsement Test Applying the Reasonable Observer Should Be the Preferred Test for Evaluating Establishment Clause Violations, (February 7, 2014).
• James M. Oleske, Interracial and Same-Sex Marriages: Similar Religious Objections, Very Different Responses, (Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review (CR-CL), Vol. 50, Forthcoming).
• Priscilla J. Smith, Who Decides Conscience? RFRA's Catch 22, (Brooklyn Journal of Law and Policy, Forthcoming).
• Courtney M. Cahill & Geoffrey Christopher Rapp, Does the Public Care How the Supreme Court Reasons? Empirical Evidence from a National Experiment and Normative Concerns in the Case of Same-Sex Marriage, (93 North Carolina Law Review, 2014, Forthcoming).
• Cary Franklin, Discriminatory Animus, (A Nation of Widening Opportunities? The Civil Rights Act at Fifty (Samuel Bagenstos and Ellen Katz, eds., University of Michigan Press 2014)).
• SpearIt, Muslim Radicalization in Prison: Responding with Sound Penal Policy or the Sound of Alarm?, (Gonzaga Law Review, Vol. 49, No. 1, 2014).

From SSRN (non-U.S. law):

• Steven Douglas Smith, West and East: the Continuity of Persons, (San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 14-141 (Feb. 2014)).
• Paula Defensor Knack, Legal Frameworks and Land Issues in Muslim Mindanao, (in Land and Post-conflict Peacebuilding, Jon Unruh & Rhodri Williams (eds.), Earthscan, 2013, pp 451-474).
• Gustavo Ariel Kaufman, Racial Discrimination vs. Religious Freedom in the JFS Decision, (February 19, 2014).
• Ioanna Tourkochoriti, Should Hate Speech Be Protected? Group Defamation, Party Bans, Holocaust Denial and the Divide between (France) Europe and the United States, (45 Columbia Human Rights Law Review (2014), Forthcoming).

SCOTUS Blog Contraceptive Mandate Symposium (Feb. 24-28, 2014):

• Rick Garnett, Symposium: Accommodations, religious freedom, and the Hobby Lobby case
• Elizabeth Wydra, Symposium: Under a straight-forward reading of constitutional text and history and fundamentals of corporate law, Hobby Lobby’s claims fail
• Mailee Smith, Symposium: In a battle of semantics, the family businesses win with scientific facts
• Ilya Shapiro, Symposium: Mandates make martyrs out of corporate owners

From elsewhere:

• Mark E. Chopko, Regulating Religious Charity: Current Issues and Future Challenges, 44 Rutgers Law Journal 55-88 (2013).
• Eugene Volokh, Religious Law (Especially Islamic Law) In American Courts, 66 Oklahoma Law Review 431-458 (2014).

Forthcoming Books:

• Steven P. Miller, The Age of Evangelicalism: America's Born-Again Years,  (Oxford Univ. Press, June 2014).
• Jimmy Carter, A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power, (Simon & Schuster, March 2014).

Forthcoming Movie:

• Daniel Lusco, Persecuted, (May 9, 2014) (reviewed by the Christian Post).

Recent Articles of Interst

From SSRN:

• John D. Haskell, The Scandal of Disenchantment: Blind Spots in Modern Anglo-American Approaches to the History and Politics of International Law, (University of Memphis Law Review, Vol. 44, 2013).
• Oren Gross, Venerate, Amend...and Violate, (Arizona State Law Journal, Vol. 46, Forthcoming).
• James M. Oleske, Obamacare, RFRA, and the Perils of Legislative History, (67 Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc (2014 Forthcoming)).
• Stephen M. Bainbridge, A Critique of the Corporate Law Professors’ Amicus Brief in Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood, (UCLA School of Law, Law-Econ Research Paper No. 14-03, 2014).
• Daniel John Crooks, Toward 'Liberty': How the Marriage of Substantive Due Process and Equal Protection in Lawrence and Windsor Sets the Stage for the Inevitable Loving of Our Time, (8 Charleston L. Rev. 223 (2014)).
• Dorit Rubinstein Reiss, Thou Shalt Not Take the Name of the Lord Thy God in Vain: Use and Abuse of Religious Exemptions from School Immunization Requirements, (Hastings Law Journal, Vol. 65, No. 6, 2014).
• Brian Leiter, Preface to the Paperback Edition of Why Tolerate Religion?, (Why Tolerate Religion? (Princeton University Press, cloth edition, 2013; 2014 Forthcoming)).
• Michael J. Perry, Adjudicating Rights-Based Constitutional Claims: The Morality of Human Rights and the Power of Judicial Review, (Emory Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14-271 (2014)).

From SSRN (Establishment Clause issues):

• Alan E. Brownstein, Town of Greece v. Galloway: Constitutional Challenges to State Sponsored Prayers at Local Government Meetings, (47 UC Davis Law Review, (2014 Forthcoming)).
• Edward A. Zelinsky, The First Amendment and the Parsonage Allowance, (Tax Notes, Vol. 142, No. 4, Jan. 27, 2014).
• Carolyn Homer Thomas, The Copyright Act's Licensing Exemption for Religious Performances of Religious Works Is Unconstitutional, (DePaul Law Review, Vol. 63, No. 1, p. 49, 2013).
• Haley Palfreyman Jankowski, Neutrality Fatality as between Government Speech and Religion and Nonreligion: How the Government Speech Doctrine Provides a Solution, (Brigham Young University Law Review 363, 2013).

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

• Dmitry Uzlaner, The Pussy Riot Case and the Peculiarities of Russian Post-Secularism, (State, Religion and Church. 2014. 1(1): 23-58).
• Rajeev Bhargava, State and Religious Diversity: Can Something Be Learnt from the Indian Model of Secularism?, (Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies Research Paper No. PP 2014/03 (Feb. 2014)).
• Sorin Alexandru Vernea, Engagement Prior to Marriage – A Short Walk Through the History of Romanian Law, (Social Economic Debates, December 2013, Vol. 2, No. 2). 
• Kerstin Steiner, The Case Continues? The High Courts in Malaysia and Unilateral Conversion of a Child to Islam by One Parent, (Australian Journal of Asian Law, Vol. 14, No. 2, Article 10, 2013).
• M.B. Hooker, Essay: Maria Was a Christian - Nadra Was a Muslim: Hertogh Revisited, (Australian Journal of Asian Law, Vol. 14, No. 2, Article 8, 2013).
• Uladzislau Belavusau, Hate Speech and Constitutional Democracy in Eastern Europe: Transitional and Militant? (Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland), (Israel Law Review, Vol. 47, Issue 1. pp. 27-61 (2014)).

SCOTUS Blog Contraceptive Mandate Symposium (Feb. 17-24, 2014):

• Marty Lederman, Symposium: How to understand Hobby Lobby.
• Jessie Hill, Symposium: The Contraceptives Coverage Controversy-- What's Old Is New Again.
• John Bursch, Symposium: Hobby Lobby and Conestoga: The Most Difficult-to-Answer Question.
• Michael Dorf, Symposium: Why is RFRA Still Valid Against the Federal Government?
• Douglas Laycock, Symposium: Congress Answered This Question: Corporations Are Covered.
• Ira Lupu and Robert Tuttle, Symposium: Religious Questions and Saving Constructions.

From SmartCILP:

• Daniel P. Dalton, The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act--Recent Decisions and Developments, 45 Urban Lawyer 741-767 (2013).
• Robert W. Kerns Jr., Protecting the Faithful From Their Faith: A Proposal for Snake-Handling Law in West Virginia, [Abstract], 116 West Virginia Law Review 561-581 (2013).
• Monica Youn, Proposition 8 and the Mormon Church: A Case Study in Donor Disclosure, 81 George Washington Law Revies 2108-2154 (2013). 
• Mee-Yin Mary Yuen, Human Rights in China: Examining the Human Rights Values in Chinese Confucian Ethics and Roman Catholic Social Teachings, 8 Intercultural Human Rights Law Review 281-321 (2013).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Manuel Vargas, The Runeberg Problem: Theism, Libertarianism, and Motivated Reasoning, (in Kevin Timpe & Daniel Speak, eds., Libertarianism and Free Will: the Interplay of Religious Belief and Free Will (Oxford Univ. Press, Forthcoming)).
• Frederick Mark Gedicks, Brief of Amici Curiae Church-State Scholars in Support of the Government in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. & Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Sebelius, (January 28, 2014).
• Daniel Austin, How to Reconcile the Establishment Clause and Standing Doctrine in Religious Display Cases with a New Coercion Test, (February 4, 2014).
• Karen Jordan, A Christian Vision of Freedom and Democracy: Neutrality as an Obstacle to Freedom, (February 7, 2014).
• Michael Stokes Paulsen, Kermit Gosnell and Uncle Tom's Cabin, (St. Thomas Journal of Law & Public Policy, 2014, Forthcoming).
• Vivian Grosswald Curran, Reviving Human Rights Legislation After Kiobel, (American Journal of International Law, Vol. 107, p. 858, 2013).
• Neil Siegel, Federalism as a Way Station: Windsor as Exemplar of Doctrine in Motion, (February 14, 2014). 

From SSRN (Legal Issues of Pakistan):

• Shahbaz Ahmad Cheema, Socially Abhorrent But Legally Acceptable: A Study of Alleged Conversions of Sunnis and Shias in Cases of Inheritance in Pakistan, (South Asian Studies, A Research Journal of South Asian Studies, Vol. 29, No. 1, January -July 2014, pp. 281-291).
• Shahbaz Ahmad Cheema, The Federal Shariat Court’s Role to Determine the Scope of ‘Injunctions of Islam’ and Its Implications, (Journal of Islamic State Practices in International Law, Vol. 9, Issue. 2 (2013)).
• Shahbaz Ahmad Cheema & Samee Uzair Khan, Genealogical Analysis of Islamic Law Books Relied on in the Courts of Pakistan, (Al-Adwa December 2013).
• Shahbaz Ahmad Cheema, The Significance of Socio-Political Context in Shaping the Authenticity of Jamaat-I-Islami's Gender Discourse, (Pakistaniaat: A Journal of Pakistan Studies Vol. 5, No. 2 (2013)).
• Shahbaz Ahmad Cheema, An Analysis of Women's Contribution to the Gender Discourse of Jamaat-I-Islami of Pakistan, (Wagadu, Volume 11, 2013).
• Shahbaz Ahmad Cheema, Federal Shariat Court as a Vehicle of Progressive Trends in Islamic Scholarship in Pakistan, (Al-Adwa January-June 2013).

From SSRN (Other Country-Specific Research):

• Milja Radovic, Citizenship and Religion in the Post-Yugoslav States, (CITSEE Working Paper 2013/35 (2013)).
• Elif Bulut & Helen Rose Ebaugh, Religion and Assimilation Among Turkish Muslim Immigrants: Comparing Practicing and Non-Practicing Muslims, (Int. Migration & Integration, 2013, DOI: 10.1007/s12134-013-0301-9).
• Mahmudul Hasan, Communalism in Bangladesh and the Real Spirit of Islam Along with the Legal Mandates for Securing Justice for All, (January 15, 2014).
• Michael Buehler, Subnational Islamization Through Secular Parties: Comparing Shari'a Politics in Two Indonesian Provinces, (Comparative Politics 46.1 (2013): 63-82).
• Shahbaz Ahmad Cheema, Tagore Law Lecturer's Contribution to Islamic Legal Scholarship in British India, (Al-Qalam December 2013).

From SSRN (Islamic Law):

• Septian Bayu Kristanto, Organizational Commitment Differences: Islamic vs. Conventional Banks, (February 15, 2014).
• Sajad Gholami, Mehdi Hariri & Peyman Akbari, Innervation and Moan Review Process, from the Perspective of Law, and Knowledge of Management Accounting, (Scientific Journal of Review (2014) 3(1) 17-22).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Levi Cooper, The Assimilation of Tikkun Olam, (Jewish Political Studies Review 25, no. 3-4 (Fall 2014)).
• Howard Kislowicz, Sacred Laws in Earthly Courts: Legal Pluralism in Canadian Religious Freedom Litigation, (Queen's Law Journal, Vol. 39, No. 1, 2013).
• Corey L. Brettschneider, Value Democracy as the Basis for Viewpoint Neutrality: A Theory of Free Speech and Its Implications for the State Speech and Limited Public Forum Doctrines, (Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 107, No. 2, 2013).
• Galen L. Fletcher, Loyal Opposition: Ernest L. Wilkinson's Role in Founding the BYU Law School, (BYU Studies Quarterly 52, No. 4 (2013)).
• Haider Ala Hamoudi, Decolonizing the Centralist Mind: Legal Pluralism and the Rule of Law, (The International Rule Of Law Movement: A Crisis Of Legitimacy And The Way Forward (Harvard University Press 2014 Forthcoming)).
• Eric Bennett Rasmusen, Comments on the Riggs Case as used in the 'Historians and Legal Scholars' Amicus Brief in the Hobby Lobby Obamacare Mandate Case, (February 3, 2014).
• D. Kelly Weisberg, Karen Thompson's Role in the Movement for Marriage Equality, (25 Hastings Women's Law Journal 3, 2014).
• Anthony C. Infanti, Big (Gay) Love: Has the IRS Legalized Polygamy?, (North Carolina Law Review Addendum, 2014, Forthcoming).
• Andrew F. March, What Can the Islamic Past Teach Us About Secular Modernity?, (Political Theory (Forthcoming)).

From SmartCILP:

• Bogac A. Ergene, Islamic Law in Action: A Historical Discussion, (Reviewing Kristen Stilt, Islamic Law in Action: Authority, Discretion, and Everyday Experiences in Mamluk Egypt), [Abstract], 38 Law & Social Inquiry 1041-1057 (2013).
• Annika Thiem, Theological-Political Ruins: Walter Benjamin, Sovereignty, and the Politics of Skeletal Eschatology, [Abstract], 24 Law & Critique 295-315 (2013).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN- U.S. Law and Legal Theory

• Robert T. Miller, Dogmatic Philosophy: A Review of 'Religion Without God', (240 First Things 59 (February 2014)).
• Christopher C. Lund, Rethinking the 'Religious Question' Doctrine, (Pepperdine Law Review (symposium) (2014 Forthcoming)).
• Kristine Kalanges, Religious Liberty: Between Strategy and Telos, (11 Review of Faith in International Affairs 28-31 (Winter 2013)).
• Caspar Behme, 'Ein furchtbares Verbrechen ward begangen' – Schuld und Sühne in der Tannhäuser-Legende ('A Fearful Crime Has Been Committed' – Guilt and Expiation in the Tannhäuser Legend), (December 17, 2013).
• Brian McCall, Can a Pluralistic Commonwealth Endure? The Political Problem of Religious Pluralism and Why Philosophers Can't Solve It by Thaddeus J. Kozinski, (Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy, Vol. 11, 2013).
• Caroline Mala Corbin, Corporate Religious Liberty, (January 24, 2014).
• Malcolm J. Harkins, The Uneasy Relationship of Hobby Lobby, Conestoga Wood, the Affordable Care Act and the Corporate Person: How a Historical Myth Woven Out of Whole Cloth Has Bedeviled the Legal System for Almost 150 Years, (St. Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy (2014)).

From SSRN- Non-US Law:

• Gerry van Klinken, Religion, Politics and Class Divisions in Indonesia, (In "Dealing with Diversity," Bernard Adeney-Risakotta (ed.), Geneva: Globethics (2014)).
• Hamid Harasani, The English Rule Against Perpetuities and the Mandated Perpetuity of Islamic Waqfs: Three Colonial Cases, (8 The Journal of Comparative Law 172-191 (2013)).
• Clark B. Lombardi, Constitutional Provisions Making Sharia 'A' or 'The' Chief Source of Legislation: Where Did They Come from? What Do They Mean? Do They Matter?, (American University International Law Review, Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 733-74, 2013).
• Kristine Kalanges, Talking Points on Report of the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief (2013). Heiner Bielefeldt, A/HRC/22/51, Human Rights Council, UN, Geneva, (Prepared for the Caritas in Veritate Foundation, May 2013).
• Roberto Perrone, Public Morals and the ECHR, (University of Leicester School of Law Research Paper No. 14-02 (Jan. 2014)).
• Amna M. Qureshi, The Use of Demeanour Evidence in Credibility Assessments at Trial - A Critical Examination, (January 1, 2014).

From SmartCILP and elsewhere:

• Rafat Y. Alwazna, Testing the Precision of Legal Translation: The Case of Translating Islamic Legal Terms Into English, [Abstract], 26 International Journal for the Semiotics of Law 897-907 (2013).
• Benjamin P. Edwards, When Fear Rules in Law's Place: Pseudonymous Litigation As a Response To Systematic Intimidation, 20 Virginia Journal of Social Policy & Law 437-472 (2013).
• William M. Janssen, Led Blindly: One Circuit's Struggle to Faithfully Apply the U.S. Supreme Court's Religious Symbols Constitutional Analysis, [Abstract], 116 West Virginia Law Review 33-107 (2013).
• Irit Rosenblum, Being Fruitful and Multiplying: Legal, Philosophical, Religious, and Medical Perspectives on Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Israel and Internationally, [Abstract], 36 Suffolk Transnational Law Review 627-648 (2013).
• Journal of Law and Religion, Vol. 29, Issue 1 (Feb. 2014) has recently appeared.

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Machtfeld Zee, Five Options for the Relationship between the State and Sharia Councils: Untangling the Debate on Sharia Councils and Women's Rights in the United Kingdom, (Journal of Religion and Society, Volume 16 (2014)).
• Cambria Queen, Is God in the United States?, (September 26, 2013).
• Caroline Mala Corbin, Corporate Religious Liberty: Why Corporations Are Not Entitled to Religious Exemptions, (American Constitution Society Issue Brief, January 2014).
• Haim Sandberg, From JNF to Viva Palestina – UK Policy Towards Zionist and Palestinian Charities, (January 23, 2014).

From SmartCILP and elsewhere:

• Audun Kjus, Adam and Lucifer: A Royal Example, 25 Law & Literature 466-482 (2013).
• David B. Kopel, Evolving Christian Attitudes Towards Personal and National Self-Defense, 45 Connecticut Law Review 1709-1771 (2013).
• Benjamin Porat, Lethal Self-Defense Against a Rapist and the Challenge of Proportionality: Jewish Law Perspective, 26 Columbia Journal of Gender & Law 123-181 (2013).
• Moshe Simon-Shoshan, "People Talking Without Speaking": The Semiotics of Rabbinic Legal Exemplum As Reflected in Bavli Berakhot 11a, 25 Law & Literature 446-465 (2013).
• Alan E. Garfield, The Contraception Mandate Debate: Achieving a Sensible Balance, Columbia Law Review, January 2014 Sidebar.
• Knox Thames, A Global Response to Religious Freedom Violations, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, Jan. 2014.

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Dalma Demeter & Thilini Perera, Religious Influences Over Arbitral Proceedings: Personalising or Jeopardising Justice?, (Patricia Easteal (ed.), Justice Connections (2013, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK)).
• Marco Ventura, Dynamic Law and Religion in Europe: Acknowledging Change: Choosing Change, (Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies Research Paper 2013/ 91 (Dec. 1, 2013)).
• Upankar Chutia, Natural Law Theory and Its Influence in Indian Laws Relating to Fundamental Rights (Article 14, 19 and 21) and Case Laws Relating to It, (January 3, 2014).
• Michael Stokes Paulsen, Is Religious Freedom Irrational? Reviewing Why Tolerate Religion? By Brian Leiter. (Princeton University Press 2013), (Michigan Law Review, 2014, Forthcoming).
• Charles J. Reid, Tradition in Revolution: Harold J. Berman and the Historical Understanding of the Papacy, (Rechtsgeschichte - Legal History, Rg. 21, pp. 219 – 223, 2013).
• Pasquale Annicchino, The New Guidelines on Freedom of Religion and LGBTI Rights in the External Action of the European Union, (European Human Rights Law Review, 6, 2013, pp. 624-630).
• Spencer Churchill, Duty or Dignity? The Clash of Originalist and Liberal Perspectives on Corporate Free Exercise, (September 20, 2013).
• Victor C. Romero, Reading (into) Windsor: Presidential Leadership, Marriage Equality, and Immigration Policy, (Southern California Review of Law and Social Justice, Vol. 23:1, pp. 1-28 (2013)).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Bruce Bartlett, Tax Policy and the Bible, (Tax Notes, Vol. 141, No. 11, 2013).
• P.G. Monateri, Stasis in Moltmann e Schmitt (Stasis in Moltmann and Schmitt), (Cosmo. Comparative Studies in Modernism, 3 - 2013: Diritto e Religione, a cura di Cristina Costantini, pp. 9-17).
• Caroline Mala Corbin, Abortion Distortions, (Washington and Lee Law Review, Forthcoming).
• Charles J. Reid, 'May a Man Marry a Man?' Medieval Canon Lawyers Analyze Same-Sex Unions, (U of St. Thomas (Minnesota) Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14-02 (2014)).
• Mattheew I. Hall & Benjamin Means, The Prudential Third Party Standing of Family-Owned Corporations, (University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online, Forthcoming).
• Michael J. Perry, David C. Baum Memorial Lecture: Why Excluding Same-Sex Couples from Civil Marriage Violates the Constitutional Law of the United States, (University of Illinois Law Review, 2014, Forthcoming).
• Brian Christopher Jones, SCOTUS Short Title Turmoil: Time for a Congressional Bill Naming Authority, (32(1) Yale Law & Policy Review Inter Alia 25-33 (2013)).
• Andrew A. Proia, Freeing the Prop 8 Tape: Perry v. Brown, the Presumption of Access to Civil Proceedings, and the Preservation of Judicial Integrity, (University of Florida Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 24, No. 1, 2013).

From SSRN and elsewhere (Islamic Law):

• Suznne Bouclin, YouTube and Muslim Women's Legal Subjectivities, (Oñati Socio-Legal Series, Vol. 3, No. 7, 2013).
• Iris Sportel, 'Because It's an Islamic Marriage' Conditions Upon Marriage and after Divorce in Transnational Dutch-Moroccan and Dutch-Egyptian Marriages, (Oñati Socio-Legal Series, Vol. 3, No. 6, 2013).
• Javaid Rehman, Islam and Human Rights: Is Compatibility Achievable between the Sharia and Human Rights Law?, (January 2, 2014).
• Special Issue: Islamic Bioethics: Text and Context, [Table of Contents], Bioethics, Vol. 28, Issue 2 (Feb. 2014).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Richard Schragger & Micah Schwartzman, Some Realism about Corporate Rights, (Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2013-43 (2013)).
• Rafael Palomino, Manual breve de Derecho eclesiástico del Estado (2ª edición) (Spanish Law and Religion in a Nutshell (2nd Edition)), (Europan and Comparative Law Books, Forthcoming).
• Nick Reaves, Uniquely Qualified: The Constitutionality of Crisis Chaplaincy Programs, (December 17, 2013).
• Samuel H. Pillsbury, Questioning Retribution, Valuing Humility, (Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, Vol. 11, No. 1, 2013).
• Aaron R. Petty, The Concept of 'Religion' in the Supreme Court of Israel, (January 3, 2014).
• Seth Barrett Tillman, Purim & My Bangladeshi Friend, (Gadfly: Culture that Matters, February 11, 2013).

From SmartCILP:

• Evelyn M. Aswad, To Ban or Not To Ban Blasphemous Videos, 44 Georgetown Journal of International Law 1313-1328 (2013).
• Mark Strasser, Innocents Beware: On Religion Clause Jurisprudence and the Negligent Retention or Hiring of Clergy, 22 William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal 177-210 (2013).
• Symposium. State-Sponsored Religious Displays in the U.S. and Europe. Introduction by Mark L. Movsesian; articles by Silvio Ferrari, Thomas C. Berg, Monica Lugato and Hon. Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain. 52 Journal of Catholic Legal Studies 1-92 (2013).

New Bibliography and Recent Articles of Interest

The AALS Section on Law and Religion has issued its Dec. 2013 Newsletter which includes a comprehensive bibliography of relevant books and articles published during 2013, as well as a list of blogs relating to law and religion. The articles and blogs are all hyperlinked.

From SSRN:

• Chee Ying Kuek & Eng Siang Tay, Religious Conversions and the Conflicts between Civil and Islamic Law of Inheritance in Malaysia, (Malayan Law Journal, 2013).
• James Q. Whitman, The Transition to Modernity, (Oxford Handbook of Criminal Law (M. Dubber and T. Hörnle, eds.), Forthcoming).
• Daniel Marc Weinstock, Conscientious Refusal and Health Professionals: Does Religion Make a Difference?, (Bioethics, Vol. 28, Issue 1, pp. 8-15, 2014).
• Marc Greendorfer, Blurring Lines between Churches and Secular Corporations: The Compelling Case of the Benefit Corporation’s Right to the Free Exercise of Religion, (December 27, 2013).
• Deborah A. Widiss,  Leveling Up after DOMA, Indiana Law Journal, Vol. 89, 2014, Forthcoming).

Recent Articles and Publications of Interest

From SSRN:

• Anne Herzberg, Second Class Rights: How Amnesty International & Human Rights Watch Fail Women in the Middle East, (December 16, 2013).
• Dian Kartika Rahajeng, Sharia Governance: Sharia Supervisory Board Model of Islamic Banking and Finance in Indonesia, (December 11, 2013).
• Alex Reed, Playing Devil's Advocate: The Constitutional Implications of Requiring Advocacy Organizations to Present Opposing Viewpoints, (New York University Review of Law & Social Change, Vol. 37, No. 3, 2013).

From SmartCILP and elsewhere:

• Michael C. Dorf, Liberalism's Errant Theodicy. (Reviewing James E. Fleming and Linda C. McClain, Ordered Liberty: Rights, Responsibilities, and Virtues), 93 Boston University Law Review 1469-1479 (2013).
• Steven H. Sholk, A Guide To Election Year Activities of Section 501(c)(3) Organizations, (June 7, 2013).
• USCIRF Policy Brief, Egyptian Constitutional Review: Initial Analysis of the Provisions on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Related Rights in the December 2013 Egyptian Draft Constitution, (December 2013).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Lorenzo Zucca, Is Scientology a Religion? Religious Marriage and the UK Supreme Court's Landmark Decision Hodkin v Registrar, (December 9, 2013).
• Eric Bennett Rasmusen, The Goals of the Corporation under Shareholder Primacy: Just Profit — Or Social Responsibility and Religious Exercise Too?, (December 8, 2013).
• Linda C. McClain, Against Agnosticism: Why the Liberal State Isn't Just One (Authority) Among the Many, (Boston University Law Review, Vol. 93 (December 2013)).

From SmartCILP and elsewhere:

• John Makdisi, Uncaring Justice: Why Jacque v. Steenberg Homes Was Wrongly Decided, 51 Journal of Catholic Legal Studies 111-143 (2012).
• Brian M. Murray, Chicken Soup for the Legal Soul: The Jurisprudence of Saint Thomas Moore, 51 Journal of Catholic Legal Studies 145-206 (2012).
• Joshua Dorner, Religious Liberty for Some or Religious Liberty for All?, (Center for American Progress, Dec. 12, 2013).

Recent Articles and Publications of Interest

From SSRN:

• Irshad Hameed, The Financing of Real Estate in Islamic Finance: A Critical Examination of the Bai-Bithaman Ajil and the Musharikah Mutanaqisah Models of Real Estate Financing, (November 25, 2013).
• John P. Anderson, Law Beyond God and Kant: A Pragmatist Path to Liberal Neutrality in Pluralistic Democracies, (December 3, 2013).
• Linda C. McClain, From Romer v. Evans to United States v. Windsor: Law as a Vehicle for Moral Disapproval in Amendment 2 and the Defense of Marriage Act, (Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy, Vol. 20, p. 351 (2013)).
• Lena-Maria Möller, Family Law in the Arab Gulf: Recent Developments and Reform Patterns, (Journal of Islamic State Practices in International Law (JISPIL), Vol. 9, No. 2, 2013, Forthcoming).

From SmartCILP and elsewhere:

• David E. Campbell, Religious Tolerance in Contemporary America, [Abstract][Lexis link], 62 DePaul Law Review 1009- 1033 (2013).
• Matthew J. Parlow, Public Choice Theory, Catholic Social Teaching and Citizens United, 6 University of St. Thomas Journal of Law & Public Policy 331-346 (2012).
• Arthur C. Brooks, The Great Recession, Tax Policy, and the Future of Charity In America, (American Enterprise Institute, Dec. 2013).

Recent Articles and Books of Interest

From SSRN:

• Ashutosh Avinash Bhagwat, Religious Associations: Hosanna-Tabor and the Instrumental Value of Religious Groups, (November 26, 2013).
• Evelyn M. Tenenbaum, The Union of Contraceptive Services and the Affordable Care Act Gives Birth to First Amendment Concerns, (Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 23, No. 3, p. 539, 2013).
• Frederick Mark Gedicks & Pasquale Annicchino, Lautsi v. Italy: English Translations of Italian Trial and Appellate Decisions, (November 17, 2013).
• Frederick Mark Gedicks & Pasquale Annicchino, Cross, Crucifix, Culture: An Approach to the Constitutional Meaning of Religious Symbols, (November 17, 2013).
• Richard F. Duncan, Just Another Brick in the Wall: The Establishment Clause as a Heckler's Veto, (Texas Review of Law & Politics, Forthcoming).
• Paul Croushore, Not Getting Too Far Out in Front: The Supreme Court Decisions on Same-Sex Marriage, (November 25, 2013).
• Roger Colinvaux, Rationale and Changing the Charitable Deduction, (Tax Notes, Vol. 138, No. 1453, 2013).
• Agustín Elias Casagrande , Los Hijos de Belial. Paradigma religioso y criminalidad en el Río de la Plata hacia fines del siglo XVIII. (The Sons of Belial. Religious Paradigm and Criminality in the Río De La Plata in the Lateness of XVIII Century), (Max Planck Institute for European Legal History Research Paper Series No. 2013-08, 2013).

From SmartCILP:

• Nathan S. Chapman, Disentangling Conscience and Religion, 2013 University of Illinois Law Review 1457-1501.
• David Hollander, Resources To Begin the Study of Jewish Law In Conservative Judaism, 105 Law Library Journal 305-320 (2013).
• Priti Nemani, Piercing Politics: Religious Garb and Secularism In Public Schools, 20 Asian American Law Journal 53-82 (2013).
• The Arab Spring. Articles by George E. Bisharat, Omar M. Dajani, Intisar Rabb and M. Cherif Bassiouni. 17 UCLA Journal of International Law & Foreign Affairs 1-174 (2013).

Recent Books:

• Ronald Dworkin, Religion Without God, (Harvard University Press, Oct. 4, 2013), reviewed by The Guardian.
• Peter Gardella, American Civil Religion: What Americans Hold Sacred, (Oxford Univ. Press, Dec. 18, 2013).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Giovanna Lanni & Alessandra Impellizzeri,  Recenti sviluppi costituzionali in Egitto ed Israele: la tensione fra democrazia e religione come costante del discorso costituzionale in Medio Oriente (Recent Constitutional Developments in Egypt and Israel: The Tension between Religion and Democracy as a Constant of the Constitutional Discourse in the Middle East), (October 23, 2013).
• Wilson Ray Huhn, Slaves to Contradictions: 13 Myths that Sustained Slavery, (November 6, 2013).
• Dian Kartika Rahajeng, The Role of Islamic Banking System as the Milestone Towards Indonesia Micro Economy Development: A Financial Reports Approach, (September 12, 2013).
• Ahmed Parvez, Corporate Governance and Ethics of Islamic Finance Institutions, (Journal of Islamic Economics, Banking and Finance, Forthcoming).
• Brynne Alexis Sharafi, American Multiculturalism, French Universalism, Antiblackness, and the French Headscarf Ban, (November 4, 2013).

From SmartCILP:

• Mark J. Chadsey, Abraham Baldwin and the Establishment Clause, 51 Journal of Catholic Legal Studies 1-40 (2012).
• Seth R. Payne, Mormonism and Same-Sex Marriage: Theological Underpinnings and New Perspectives, [Abstract] 51 Journal of Catholic Legal Studies 41-53 (2012).
• Rev. John A. Perricone, The Relation Between Justice and Love In the Natural Order, [Abstract], 51 Journal of Catholic Legal Studies 55-75 (2012).

Recent Articles, Book and Webcast of Interest

From SSRN:

• Patrick Parkinson, Child Sexual Abuse and the Churches: A Story of Moral Failure?, (Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 13/78, 2013).
• Neil Parpworth, The Succession to the Crown Act 2013: Modernising the Monarchy, (The Modern Law Review, Vol. 76, Issue 6, pp. 1070-1093, 2013).
• Anna Su, Exporting Freedom: Religious Liberty and American Power, (November 2, 2013).
• John Montague, The Law and Financial Transparency in Churches: Reconsidering the Form 990 Exemption, (35 Cardozo Law Review 203 (2013)).
• Chibli Mallat & Mara Revkin, Middle Eastern Law, (Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Vol. 9, pp. 405-433, 2013).
• Daniel L. Chen & Susan Yeh, The Construction of Morals, (Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Forthcoming).
• Gregory P. Magarian, The New Religious Institutionalism Meets the Old Establishment Clause, (Washington University in St. Louis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-11-04, 2013).
• Tracy A. Thomas, Gay Divorce, (U of Akron Legal Studies Research Paper, 2013).
• Sara Rankin, Invidious Deliberation: The Problem of Congressional Bias in Federal Hate Crime Legislation, (Rutgers Law Review, Forthcoming).
• Grace Soyon Lee, Mitigating the Effects of an Economic Downturn on Charitable Contributions: Facing the Problem and Contemplating Solutions, (Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 22, 2013).
• Karim Ginena & Jon M. Truby, Deutsche Bank and the Use of Promises in Islamic Finance Contracts, (Virginia Law & Business Review, 7(4), 620-649, 2013).

From SmartCILP:

• D. Wendy Greene, A Multidimensional Analysis of What Not To Wear In the Workplace: Hijabs and Natural Hair, 8 Florida International University Law Review 333-367 (2013).
• Law of Life. Preface by Alexis Barkis; articles by Bernard Dobranski, Eugene R. Milhizer, Rebekah C. Millard, D. Brian Scarnecchia, Lynn D. Wardle and Susan Yoshihara. 11 Ave Maria Law Review 207-409 (2013). 

Recent Book:

• Sarah Palin, Good Tidings and Great Joy: Protecting the Heart of Christmas, (Harper Collins, Nov. 12, 2013), reviewed by Time.

Webcast of Interest:

• Newseum, Panel Discussion: Restored or Endangered? The State of Free Exercise of Religion in America, (November 07, 2013).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Arshad Zaman, Maulana Sayyid Sulaiman Nadvi on Law, Politics, and Government, in Islam, (November 1, 2013).
• Scott D. Gerber, Law and the Lively Experiment in Colonial Rhode Island, (2 British Journal of American Legal Studies 453 (2013)).
• Zachary R. Calo, Review of 'The Tragedy of Religious Freedom' by Marc O. Degirolami, (Religion and Human Rights 8 (2013)).
• Nora Abdul Hak & Hanna Ambaras Khan, The Application of Sulh in Resolving Community Disputes, (Paper presentation at in 1st World Congress on Integration and Islamicisation of Acquired Human Knowledge (FWCII-2013)).
• Susannah William Pollvogt, United States v. Windsor and the Crisis in Equal Protection Jurisprudence, (November 6, 2013).
• David B. Cruz, 'Amorphous Federalism' and the Supreme Court's Marriage Cases, (Loyola Law Review, Supreme Court Issue, Forthcoming).

From SmartCILP:

• Shahla Haeri, No End in Sight: Politics, Paradox, and Gender Policies in Iran, 93 Boston University Law Review 1049-1062 (2013).
• Pnina Lahav, Israel's Rosit the Riveter: Between Secular Law and Jewish Law, 93 Boston University Law Review 1063-1083 (2013).