Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Hashika Durai & K. Niranjana, A Study on Religious Laws and Religious Crimes in India, (August 26, 2019).
• Cyra Akila Choudhury, Reflections on the Christchurch Massacre: Incorporating a Critique of Islamophobia and TWAIL, (TWAILR: Reflections - 9/2019).
• Perry Dane, Echad: A D’var Torah on Parshat Vaetchanan, (August 17, 2019).
• Mark Kelman, What is in a Name?, (Taxation and Regulation Across Constitutional Domains (Carolina Academic Press, 2019)).
• Richard W. Garnett, The Communitarian Work and Vision(s) of Robert Cochran (and Thomas Shaffer), (Pepperdine Law Review, Vol. 46, 2019).
• Thomas Charles Berg, Religious Freedom and the Common Good: A Summary of Arguments and Issues, (15 University of St. Thomas Law Journal 517 (2019)).
• Etienne Wain, The Blessing of Same Gender Relationships in the Anglican Church of Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia: A Mixed Blessing?, (Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper (Sept. 2019)).
• Khaled Beydoun, The Ban and the Borderlands Within: The Travel Ban As a Domestic War on Terror Tool, (Stanford Law Review, Vol. 71, 2019).
• Shahnawaz Ahmed Malik, Minority Rights Protection in India; From Sachar Committee Recommendations to Mob Lynching, (Review Of Research Journal, 2018).
• Douglas NeJaime, The Constitution of Parenthood, (Stanford Law Review, Vol. 72, Forthcoming).

From SmartCILP:

• L. Darnell Weeden, A Functional Free Exercise Clause Analysis Requires a State To Prove a Compelling Interest Before Interfering With an Individual's Faith-Based Same-Sex Marriage Participation Objections, [Abstract], 18 Appalachian Journal of Law 113-150 (2018-2019).
• Rabea Benhalim, The Case for American Muslim Arbitration, [Abstract], 2019 Wisconsin Law Review 531-591.

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Ashutosh A. Bhagwat, The Conscience of the Baker: Religion and Compelled Speech, (William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal, Forthcoming).
• Tipu Makhdoom, Politics of Religion in Pakistani Law, (January 1, 2016).
• Nancy J. Knauer, The Politics of Eradication and the Future of LGBT Rights, (Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law, Vol. 21, No. 2, 2020).
• Elizabeth Katz, 'Racial and Religious Democracy': Identity and Equality at Mid-Century, Stanford Law Review, Forthcoming.
• Christian Lee Gonzalez Rivera, A Government by Men, Not Nature: A Natural Law Case for Limits on the Judicial Enforcement of Natural Law and Unenumerated Rights under the Constitution, 24 Trinity L. Rev. 1 (2019).
• Robert J. Miller, Nazi Germany and American Indians, (August 14, 2019).

From SmartCILP:

• Steven K. Green. The "Irrelevance" of Church-State Separation In the Twenty-First Century, [Abstract], 69 Syracuse Law Review 27-68 (2019).
• Mark Strasser, Masterpiece of Misdirection?, 76 Washington & Lee Law Review 963-1010 (2019).

From Academia.edu:

• Studia Gilsoniana, The State, Law, Religion, and Justice in Cicero’s The Republic and The Laws: An Aristotelian-Thomistic Interpretation, (Studia Gilsoniana 8, no. 3 (July –September 2019): 645 –680.
• Zachary Purvis, Religion, Revolution, and the Dangers of Demagogues: The Basel "Troubles" (Wirren) and the Politics of Protestantism, 1830-1833, (Church History 88, no. 2 (June 2019): 409–439, 2019).

Recent Articles and Forthcoming Books of Interest

From SSRN:

• Micah Schwartzman & Jocelyn Wilson, The Unreasonableness of Catholic Integralism, (Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2019-43 (2019)).
• Steven F. Friedell, Jewish Law in Israel — Hope and Renewal, (August 9, 2019).
• Robert C. Blitt, The International Religious Freedom Act: Non-State Actors and Freedom from Sovereign Government Control, (August 9, 2019).
• Mohammad Fadel, The Challenges of Islamic Law Adjudication in Public Reason, (Public Reason and Courts, edited by Langvatn et al., Cambridge University Press, Forthcoming).
• Carl H. Esbeck, The World War I Memorial Cross Case: U.S. Supreme Court Takes a New Approach with the Establishment Clause, (University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2019-15 (2019).
• Courtney G. Joslin, Autonomy in the Family, (66 UCLA Law Review 912 (2019)).
• Abner S. Greene, Barnette and Masterpiece Cakeshop: Some Unanswered Questions, (13 FIU L. Rev. 667 (2019)).

Forthcoming Books:

• Adriano Prosperi, Crime and Forgiveness: Christianizing Execution in Medieval Europe, (Harvard Univ. Press, May 2020).
• Magda Teter, Blood Libel: On the Trail of an Antisemitic Myth, (Harvard Univ. Press, Jan. 2020).
• Ian Coller, Muslims and Citizens: Islam, Politics, and the French Revolution, (Yale Univ. Press, Jan. 2020).
• Edward E. Curtis IV, Muslim American Politics and the Future of US Democracy, (NYU Press, Dec. 2019).
• P. Peter Sarros, U.S.-Vatican Relations, 1975–1980: A Diplomatic Study, (Notre Dame Univ. Press, Dec. 2019).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Micah Schwartzman, Must Laws Be Motivated by Public Reason? (Public Reason and Courts (Silje Langvatn, et al. eds., Cambridge University Press, Forthcoming).
• Oana Horhogea, Law and Religion. The Mystical Link, (June 30, 2019).
• Cecile Laborde, Abortion, Marriage and Cognate Problems, (American Journal of Jurisprudence (July 2018)).
• Matthew Segal, America’s Conscience: The Rise of Civil Society Groups Under President Trump, (UCLA Law Review, Vol. 65, No. 6, 2018).
• Charles A. Sullivan, Making Too Much of Too Little?: Why 'Motivating Factor' Liability Did Not Revolutionize Title VII, (August 2, 2019).
• Eric Steven Smith, Exploiting the Charitable Contribution Deduction's Hypersalience, (Utah Law Review, Forthcoming).

From SSRN (Non-US Law):

• Leah Bornstein-Makovetsky, The Welfare of the Minor As a Fundamental Principle Guiding Guardianship and Custody Issues in Ottoman Jewish Society, (Forthcoming, International Journal of the Jurisprudence of the Family).
• Harlan Grant Cohen, The Primitive Lawyer Speaks!: Thoughts on the Concepts of International and Rabbinic Laws, (Villanova Law Review, Forthcoming).
• Avishalom Westreich, Surrogacy and Egg Donation in Israel: Legal Arrangements, Difficulties, and Challenges, (Fundamental Legal Problems of Surrogate Motherhood - Global Perspective (Piotr Mostowik, ed., Warsaw, 2019)).
• Sujit Choudhry, Postcolonial Proportionality: Johar, Transformative Constitutionalism and Same Sex Rights in India, (Philipp Dann, ed., The Global South and Comparative Constitutional Law (Oxford University Press, Forthcoming)).
• Ayesha Umar, Assessing Social Inclusion through Transgender Legal Reforms in Pakistan, (October 7, 2018).
• Erum Sattar, Property Rights for Landless Agricultural Workers and the Flexibility of Hanafi Land Law Jurisprudence: A Solution for Rural Displacement?, (August 1, 2019).

From SmartCILP:

• Michael Arthur Vacca, Education and Religious Freedom in the Toledo Guiding Principles: A Comparative Analysis Between the Holy See and the United States, 36 Arizona Journal of International & Comparative Law 111-132 (2019).
• Daniel Altaras, Separation of Synagogue and State in Israel, 36 Arizona Journal of International & Comparative Law 133-163 (2019).
• James D. Nelson, Corporate Disestablishment, 105 Virginia Law Review 595-654 (2019).
• Samuel W. Calhoun, Inappropriate for Establishment Clause Scrutiny: Reflections on Mary Nobles Hancock's Note. God Save the United States and this Honorable County Board of Commissioners: Lund, Bormuth, and the Fight Over Legislative Prayer, 76 Washington & Lee Law Review 485-508 (2019).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• James J. Friedberg, International Law, Settlements and the Two-State Solution, (WVU College of Law Research Paper, No. 2019-021 (2019)).
• Intisar A. Rabb, Conscience Claims in Islamic Law, (Religious Freedom, LGBT Rights, and the Prospects for Common Ground, 2019).
• Chai Feldblum, Religious Liberty and LGBTQI Rights: Finding the Right Balance-- Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture, (Thomas Jefferson Law Review, Vol. 41, No. 2, 2019).
• Mattheus Stephens, Connecting the Dots; What Feminists, Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals Should Learn From the Transgender and Intersex Communities About Challenging Gender and Sexual Orientation Discrimination, Thomas Jefferson Law Review, Vol. 41, No. 2, 2019.
• Michele Goodwin & Erwin Chemerinsky, The Transgender Military Ban: Preservation of Discrimination Through Transformation, (Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 114, No. 3, 2019, Forthcoming).
• Michael J. Higdon, While They Waited: Pre- Obergefell Lives and the Law of Nonmarriage, (Yale Law Journal Forum, Vol. 129, p. 1, July 2019).
• Pamuela Halliwell, The Psychological & Emotional Effects of Discrimination Within the LGBTQ, Transgender, & Non-binary Communities, (Thomas Jefferson Law Review, Vol. 41, No. 2, 2019).
• Julie A. Greenberg, Beyond the Binary: Constitutional Challenges to Male/Female Sex Classification Systems, (Thomas Jefferson Law Review, Vol. 41, No. 2, 2019).
• Mark Austin Walters, Jennifer Paterson, Rupert Brown & Liz McDonnell, Hate Crimes Against Trans People: Assessing Emotions, Behaviors and Attitudes Towards Criminal Justice Agencies, (Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2017).
• Mark Austin Walters & Alex Krasodomski-Jones, Patterns of Hate Crime: Who, What, When and Where?, (Project Report. DEMOS, 2018).
• Intisar A. Rabb, The Curious Case of Bughaybigha, 661–883: Land and Leadership in Early Islamic Societies, (Justice and Leadership in Early Islamic Courts, 2017).
• Ahmed Ahmed Elamer, Collins G. Ntim, Hussein Abdou & Chris Pyke, Sharia Supervisory Boards, Governance Structures and Operational Risk Disclosures: Evidence from Islamic Banks in MENA Countries, (Global Finance Journal, Forthcoming).
• Nafiseh Ghafournia & Patricia L. Easteal, Help-Seeking Experiences of Immigrant Domestic Violence Survivors in Australia: A Snapshot of Muslim Survivors, (Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2019).

From SmartCILP:

• Bruce N. Cameron & Blaine L. Hutchison, Thinking Slow About Abercombie & Fitch: Straightening Out the Judicial Confusion in the Lower Courts, 46 Pepperdine Law Review 471-510 (2019).
• Barak D. Richman, Religious Freedom Through Market Freedom: The Sherman Act and the Marketplace for Religion, 60 William & Mary Law Review 1523-1543 (2019).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Zainab Ramahi, Veiled Muslim Women: Challenging Patriarchy in the Legal System, (Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice, Vol. 33, 2018).
• Sumit Sonkar, From Shah Bano to Shayara Bano: Itinerary of Gender Equality of Muslim Woman in India, (Indian Bar Review, Vol.45 (1) 2018).
• Satang Nabaneh & A.S. Muula, Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in Africa: A Complex Legal and Ethical Landscape, (International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 2019; 145: 253–257).
• Andrew M. Koppelman, LGBT Discrimination and the Subtractive Moves, (July 21, 2019).
• Ihsan Yilmaz, Muslims and Sacred Texts and Laws, (January 15, 2019).
• Jehanzaib Waqas, Financial Reforms for Social Development by Holy Prophet in Medinian Society (Peace and Blessings Be Upon Him) , (Pakistan Journal of Islamic Research, 2017 Special Issue).
• Edana Richardson, Responsible Finance Sukuk — Can They Bring Societal Value to a Value-Neutral Market?, ((2019) 14(3) Capital Markets Law Journal 394)).

From SmartCILP and elsewhere:

• Journal of Law & Religion, Vol. 34, Issue 1 (April 2019).
• Gordon T. Butler, John the Theologian: Toward Integrating Law and Religion, 14 Intercultural Human Rights Law Review 41-65 (2019).
• David F. Forte, The Faith and Morals of Justice Antonin Scalia, 14 Intercultural Human Rights Law Review 67-92 (2019).
• Marc-Tizoc Gonzalez, John Makdisi On the Intercultural Origins of the Common Law, 14 Intercultural Human Rights Law Review 167-191 (2019).
• Ali Rod Khadem, Why Should Law and Policy Makers Understand Extremist Beliefs? The Islamic State (ISIS) As a Case Study: Past, Present, and Future, 23 Lewis & Clark Law Review 101-203 (2019).
• Helen M. Alvare, A Perfect Storm: Religion, Sex and Administrative Law, 92 St. John's Law Review 697-753 (2018).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• William E. Thro, Embracing Constitutionalism: The Court and the Future of Higher Education Law, (University of Daytona Law Review, Vol. 44, No. 147, 2019).
• Richard W. Garnett, Religious Freedom and the Churches: Contemporary Challenges in the United States Today, (Studies in Christian Ethics, Vol. 32, Issue 4 (2019)).
• Stephen Mark Bainbridge, Bob Cochran on Law and Lawyering: A Catholic Perspective , (UCLA School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 19-21 (2019)).
• Stephen Mark Bainbridge, Enhanced Accountability: The Catholic Church’s Unfinished Business, (53 University of San Francisco Law Review 165 (2019)).
• Allen R. Kamp, Right Rights, (January 29, 2019).
• Erik Baldwin, et. al., The Burqa Ban: Legal Precursors for Denmark, American Experiences and Experiments, and Philosophical and Critical Examinations,(International Studies Journal, vol. 15, no. 1, Summer 2018).
• Laura T. Kessler, Reynolds v. United States, Rewritten, (July 18, 2019).
• John Witte, 'John Calvin,' (in Olivier Descampes and Rafael Domingo, eds., Great Christian Jurists in French History (Cambridge University Press, 2019), 117-33).
• John Witte, Church, State, and Sex Crimes: What Place for Traditional Sexual Morality in Modern Liberal Societies?, (Emory Law Journal 68 (2019): 837-865).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Daniel O. Conkle, Equality, Animus, and Expressive and Religious Freedom Under the American Constitution: Masterpiece Cakeshop and Beyond, (Freedom of Expression in Comparative Law, Gilles J. Guglielmi, ed.; Les Editions Panthéon-Assas, 2020, Forthcoming).
• Allen Mendenhall, Review of Patrick J. Deneen's 'Why Liberalism Failed', (20 Journal of Faith and the Academy, Vol. XII, No. 1 (2019)).
• Jacob Bronsther, Torture and Respect, (109 Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 423 (2019)).
• Grant Frazier, Defusing a Ticking Time Bomb: The Complicated Considerations Underlying Compulsory Human Gene Editing, (Hastings Science & Technology Law Journal, Forthcoming).
• Caleb Acker, Millstones and Ministry: Generational Transmission As the Unifying Factor in Ministerial Exception Jurisprudence for Teachers Post-Hosanna-Tabor, (July 9, 2019).
• Marie-Amelie George, Framing Trans Rights, (Northwestern University Law Review, Forthcoming).
• Christine Chambers Goodman, The Civil Rights Act, (The Marin Lawyer, June 2019, at 19).

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

• Dr. Ahmad Shaikh, The Root of Other Crimes and the Adultery, (April 30, 2019).
• Natti Perelman, Freedom of Expression and the Desecration of Flags and Religious Books in Israeli Law, (University of Milano-Bicocca School of Law Research Paper No. 19--3, July 2019).
• Loveday Enyinnaya Ogbuleke, Democracy and Ethno-Religious Conflicts in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria (2007-2012), (Irish Interdisciplinary Journal of Science & Research (IIJSR) (Quarterly International Journal) Volume 3, Issue 2, Pages 29-44, April-June 2019).
• Perry Dane, Names and Numbers: A D’var Torah on Parshat Bamidbar,(July 12, 2019).
• Mohammad Fadel & Connell Monette, Introduction to the English Translation of the Muwatta' of Imam Malik b. Anas, Recension of Yahya b. Yahya al-Laythi (Royal Moroccan Edition, 2013), (Harvard Islamic Legal Studies Program, Forthcoming).
• Mohammad Fadel & Connell Monette (translators), Book 20 of the Muwatta -- The Book of Pilgrimage (Ḥajj) (Harvard Islamic Legal Studies Program, Forthcoming).
• Béligh Elbalti, The Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Filiation Judgments in Arab Countries, (Nadjma Yassari et al. (ed.), Filiation and the Protection of Parentless Children (T.M.C. Asser Press, 2019), 373-402).

From SmartCILP:

• Marie A. Failinger, Islam In the Mind of American State Courts: 1960 to 2001, 28 Southern California Review of Law & Social Justice 21-105 (2019).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Sharona Hoffman, Portable Medical Order Sets (POLST®): Ethical and Legal Landscape, (15 NAELA Journal 1 (Fall 2019)).
• Helen M. Alvare, Dialoguing with Paganism, (Journal of Catholic Legal Studies, Vol. 57, No. 1, pp. 57-61 (2019)).
• Nicholas Hunt, Let Us Pray: The Case for Legislator-Led Prayer, (Tulsa Law Review, Vol. 54, No. 49, 2018).
• Mannu Chowdhury, A Wall Between the 'Public' and the 'Private': A Comment on Highwood Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses (Judicial Committee) v Wall, (Western Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 9, No. 2, 2019).
• SpearIt, The Catholic Church Sex Scandal and the Dying Death Penalty: Issues at the Intersection of Religion, Crime, and Punishment, (Published in the State of Criminal Justice, 2019).
• Mohamed Abdelaal, Obergefell v. Hodges: Rethinking Justice Scalia's Originalism, (16 Dartmouth Law Journal 73 (2018)).
• Richard Schragger & Micah Schwartzman, Religious Antiliberalism and the First Amendment, (Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2019-37).
• Hayat Khan, Historical Contribution of Islamic Waqf in Human Capital Development Through Funding Education, (Journal of Islamic & Religious Studies, The University of Haripur, 2018).
• Giancarlo Anello, Overpopulation and Sacred Law: The Wisdom of Islam and the Demographic Politics of Islamic Republic of Iran, (Calumet Intercultural Law and Humanities Review, 2019).

From SmartCILP:

• Shritha Vasudevan, A Gendered Refutation of Epiphenomenal Norms Through the Median Voter: A Case Study of India's CEDAW Compliance, 33 Emory International Law Review Rev. 223-258 (2019).
• Free Speech and Freedom of Religion. Eric Segall, moderator; Michael C. Dorf, Eugene Volokh, panelists. 35 Georgia State University Law Review 937-975 (2019).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Susanna Mancini, European Law and the Veil. Muslim Women from Victims to Emblems of the Enemy, (A. Melloni, F. Cadeddu (eds.) Religious Literacy, Law and History, Routledge, 2019).
• Michael Quinlan, Christianity And The Law: Trial Separation Or Acrimonious Divorce?, (2018).
• Michael Quinlan, Law And Religion In Western Australia: Cooperation or Conflict?, (June 17, 2019).
• Elizabeth Sepper, Religious Exemptions, Harm to Others, and the Indeterminacy of a Common Law Baseline, (Kentucky Law Journal, Vol. 106, 2018).
• Nathan B. Oman, Temple, Talmud, and Sacrament: Some Christian Thoughts on Halakhah, (Villanova Law Review, Forthcoming 2019).
• Peter J. Oliver & Philippa Watson, Is the Court of Justice of the European Union Finding its Religion?, (Fordham International Law Journal, Vol. 42, No. 3, 2019).
• Matteo Winkler, Same-Sex Marriage and Italian Exceptionalism, (ICL Journal 2018; 12(4); 431–456).
• Hannah Haksgaard, Blending Surnames at Marriage, (30 Stanford Law & Policy Review __ (2019) (Forthcoming)).
• Shazny Ramlan, Religious Law for the Environment: Comparative Islamic Environmental Law in Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia, (NUS Centre for Asian Legal Studies Working Paper 19/03 (2019).

From SmartCILP:

• Derrick Bell, Law As a Religion, 69 Case Western Reserve Law Review 265-274 (2018).
• Jean Stefancic, Law, Religion, and Racial Justice: A Comment on Derrick Bell's Last Article, 69 Case Western Reserve Law Review 341-354 (2018).
• Mark L. Rienzi, Administrative Power and Religious Liberty at the Supreme Court, 69 Case Western Reserve Law Review 355-394 (2018).
• Twentieth Annual Review of Gender and the Law, 20 Georgetown Journal of Gender & Law 265-540 (2019).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Joshua D. Dunlap, A Venerable Bulwark: Reaffirming the Primacy Approach to Interpreting the Free Exercise Clause in the Maine Declaration of Rights, (June 7, 2019).
• Steve Sanders, The Cultural Politics of Dan Quayle and Mike Pence, (Indiana Law Review, Vol. 52, No. 1, 2019).
• Anthony Gill, The Comparative Endurance and Efficiency of Religion: A Public Choice Approach, (June 6, 2019).
• Sohail Wahedi, Exporting the Revolution to Africa: The Nigerian Experience, (Law, Religion and Human Flourishing in Africa, in M. Christian Green (Ed.), 2019).
• Stephen Matthew Feldman, Having Your Cake and Eating It Too? Religious Freedom and LGBTQ Rights, 9 Wake Forest Journal of Law & Policy 35 (2018).
• Rafael Domingo, Why Spirituality Matters for Law: An Explanation, (June 14, 2019).
• Rivka Weill, Women’s and LGBTQ Social Movements and Constitutional Change -- On Geoffrey Stone’s Sex and the Constitution: Sex, Religion, and Law from America’s Origins to the Twenty-First Century, (Jerusalem Review of Legal Studies, Forthcoming).
• Aaron Gordon, Establishment and Endorsement, (May 12, 2019).
• Jennifer Levi & Kevin M. Barry, Transgender Tropes & Constitutional Review , (Yale Law & Policy Review, Vol. 37, No. 589, 2019).
• Louis Cholden-Brown, The Reproductive Rights Charter, (University of Detroit Mercy Law Review, Forthcoming).
• Michael Quinlan, Born (Again) This Way: Why the Inherent Nature of Religiosity Requires a New Approach to Australia's Discrimination Laws, (from Augusto Zimmerman (ed) A Commitment To Excellence (Connor Court, 2018) 96-147).Ahmed Souaiaia, Hope Springs Eternal: Reforming Inheritance Law in Islamic Societies, (June 10, 2019).
• Adeel Hussain, Muslim Nationality in Late Colonial India: From Law to Sacrifice, (Pakistan Journal of Historical Studies (2018) Vol 3, no. 2).
• Marija Tesla, Hollow Promises in the Face of Slaughter: The Yazidi Genocide and the Path Toward Justice, (May 1, 2019).
• Rehana Anjum, An Introduction of Intellectual Property Rights in Islamic Law,(April 18, 2019).

From SmartCILP:

• Paul T. Babie & Arvind P. Bhanu, Freedom of Religion and Belief in India and Australia: An Introductory Comparative Assessment of Two Federal Constitutional Democracies, 39 Pace Law Review 1-41 (2018).
• Kelly Shackelford, Religious Liberty: An Update from the Frontlines, [Abstract], 23 Texas Review of Law & Politics 335-344 (2018-2019).

Early Analysis of Supreme Court's Bladensburg Cross Ruling

Here are some early commentaries on yesterday's U.S. Supreme Court decision in American Legion v. American Humanist Association:

• Amy Howe, Justices Allow "Peace Cross" To Stand
• Harvey Weiner, The Cross May Stand, Though It Offends
• Ira Lupu and Robert Tuttle, A Splintered Court Leaves the Bladensburg Cross Intact
• Adam Bonin, Supreme Court Effectively Grandfathers In Most Older Religious Displays On Public Land

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Reuben Guttman, Religion and Regulation, (Emory Corporate Governance and Accountability Review, Issue 6 Vol I (2019).
• John M. Breen & Lee J. Strang, Academic Freedom and the Catholic University: An Historical Review, a Conceptual Analysis, and a Prescriptive Proposal, (University of St. Thomas Law Journal, Vol. 15, No. 2, 2019).
• Andrew M. Koppelman, This Isn’t About You: A Comment on Smith’s Pagans and Christians in the City, (56 San Diego Law Review 393 (2019)).
• Nicholas Aroney, Can Australian Law Better Protect Freedom of Religion?, (Australian Law Journal, Vol. 19 (2019)).
• Elizabeth Sepper & Jessica L. Roberts, Sex, Religion, and Politics, or the Future of Healthcare Antidiscrimination Law, (19 Marquette Benefits & Soc. Welfare L. Rev. 217 (2018)).
• Sohail Wahedi, Freedom of Religion and Living Together, (California Western International Law Journal, Vol. 49, No. 2, 2019).
• Perry Dane, Ironies in the City: Reflections on Stephen Smith's Pagans and Christians in the City, (Journal of Catholic Legal Studies, 2019).
• Tally Kritzman-Amir & Java Ramji-Nogales, Nationality Bans, (University of Illinois Law Review, Vol. 2019, No. 2, 2019).
• Raphael Cohen-Almagor, Racism and Hate Speech – A Critique of Scanlon’s Contractual Theory, (First Amendment Studies, 2019).
• Elizabeth Bartholet, Homeschooling: Parent Rights Absolutism vs. Child Rights to Education & Protection, (Forthcoming, Arizona Law Review, Vol. 62, No. 1, 2020).
• Melanie Kalmanson & Riley Erin Fredrick, Finding Abortion in Equality After Obergefell, (New York University Journal of Legislation and Public Policy, Vol. 22, No. 2, 2019).
• Florence Ashley, Don’t Be So Hateful — The Insufficiency of Anti-Discrimination and Hate Crime Laws in Improving Trans Wellbeing, ((2018) University of Toronto Law Journal, 68(1), pp. 1–36).

From SSRN (Islam and Islamic Law)::

• Nikos Koumoutzis & Chrisroa Papastylianos, Human Rights Issues Arising from the Implementation of Sharia Law on the Minority of Western Thrace—ECtHR Molla Sali v. Greece, Application No. 20452/14, 19 December 2018 (May 24, 2019). Religions 2019, 10, 300).
• Akinyemi Akinniyi, Islamic Identity, (May 6, 2019).
• Leti Volpp, Protecting the Nation from 'Honor Killings': The Construction of a Problem, 34 Constitutional Commentary 133 (2019).
• Darin Johnson, The Problem of the Terror Non-State: Rescuing International Law from ISIS and Boko Haram, (Brooklyn Law Review , Vol. 84, No. 2, 2019).
• Dr. Ahmad Shaikh, In the Modern Culture the Protection of Women’s Rights and the Islamic Shariah Rules: A Critical Analysis, (April 29, 2019).
• Engy Abdelkader, The Victimization of Muslim American Women and the Challenges of Imperial Feminism in Comparative Context, (Oxford University Press (2020 Forthcoming)).
• Muhammad Ahmad, The Hanafi Legal Theory: Some Significant Issues, (Peshawar Islamicus, Vol. 8, Issue 2 (2017), pp 1-14).

From SmartCILP:

• Lawrence G. Sager & Nelson Tebbe, The Reality Principle, 34 Constitutional Commentary 171-192 (2019).
• Jonathan R. Cohen, Lawyers Serving Gods, Visible and Invisible, (53 Gonzaga Law Review 187-206 (2017/18).
• Lorraine K. Bannai, Korematsu Overruled? Far From It: The Supreme Court Reloads the Loaded Weapon, 16 Seattle Journal for Social Justice 897-911 (2018).
• Religious Freedom: Liberty, Legislation, and Litigation. Introduction by Student Symposium Editors Emily Gait, Stefani Roman; articles by Charlotte Garden, Michael A. Helfand, Adrienne Fulco, Christopher C. Lund. 50 Connecticut Law Review 849-985 (2018).
• Allan W. Vestal. Removing State Constitution Badges of Inferiority, 22 Lewis & Clark Law Review 1151-1198 (2018).
• Patrick J. McNulty & Joseph F. Moser, Absolution for Opting Out of the Contraception Mandate: Substantial Burden Gone Awry, 67 Drake Law Review 89-136 (2019).
• Samuel J. Levine, The Constitution as Poetry, 49 Seton Hall Law Review 737-754 (2019).
• Monastic Governance in South and Southeast Asia. Introduction by Ben Schonthal; articles by Matthew Walton, Aung Tun, Monica Lindberg Falk, Hiroko Kawanami, Ben Schonthal, Thomas Borchert, Susan M. Darlington, Michael R. Chladek, Gregory Kourilsky, Patrice Ladwig. 3 Buddhism Law &. Society 1-242 (2017-2018).

From SSRN:

• Angela Carmella, Catholic Thought on the Common Good: A Place for Establishment Clause Limits to Religious Exercise, (University of St. Thomas Law Journal, Vol. 15, No. 3, 2019).
• Bernd M.J.van der Meulen, The Ultimate Truth. Demons, Dogma, Dominance, Definitions and Democracy - Farewell Address, (European Institute for Food Law Work;ing Paper Series 2019/02).
• Sohail Wahedi, The Health Law Implications of Ritual Circumcisions, (Quinnipiac Health Law Journal, Vol. 22, No. 2, 2019).
• Christen Hammock, Mary Doe ex rel. Satan?: Parody, Religious Liberty, & Reproductive Rights,  Columbia Journal of Gender and Law, Forthcoming).
• Carlo Pedrioli, Pope Francis, Poverty, and the Third Persona, (21 Iowa J. Gender, Race & Just. 367 (2018)).
• Michael Schearer, Ideological Origins of William Penn's 'Holy Experiment', (May 5, 2019).
• Jeremy J. Patrick, Evidence of Absence in the Ruddock Report, (Australian Law Journal, Volume 93, Part 9, 2019).
• Caroline Mala Corbin, Opportunistic Originalism and the Establishment Clause, (Wake Forest Law Review, Vol. 53, 2019).
• William E. Forbath, Constitutionalism, Human Rights and the Genealogy of Jewish Liberalism, (Forthcoming, Law of Strangers: Jewish Lawyering and International Legal Thought in Historical Perspective, Eds. James Loeffler, Moria Paz (Cambridge University Press, 2019)).
• Assaf Likhovski, The Eagle and the Dove: Jewish Law Scholars and Roman Law during the Interwar Period,, (in Pensiero giuridico occidentale e giuristi romani: Eredità e genealogie (Pierre Bonin, Nader Hakim, Fara Nasti and Aldo Schiavone eds., Torino: G. Giappichelli, 2019)).
• Noah Chauvin, Establishment Clause Standards and Standing, (April 29, 2019).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Stephanie H. Barclay, First Amendment Categories of Harm, (95 Indiana Law Journal (2020 Forthcoming)).
• Paul Horwitz, A Close Reading of Barnette, in Honor of Vincent Blasi, (13 FIU L. Rev. 689 (2019)).
• Joel Harrison, Towards Re-Thinking ‘Balancing’ in the Courts and the Legislature’s Role in Protecting Religious Liberty, (Forthcoming, (2019) Australian Law Journal (93)(9) ).
• Puranjay K. Vedi, Introduction to Secularism, (February 1, 2019).
• Emima Alistar (Hîrlav), The Relation Between Law and Morality (April 25, 2019).
• Mayo Moran, Cardinal Sins: How the Catholic Church Sexual Abuse Crisis Changed Private Law, (Forthcoming in the Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law, XXI (2019)).
• Cameron Pontiff, Liberty and Justice, The Privilege of Straight Men: An Analysis of Louisiana's Surrogacy and Filiation Laws as They Relate to Same-Sex Couples, (The Journal of Race, Gender and Poverty (2019)).
• Avidan Cover, Quieting the Court: Lessons from The Muslim-Ban Case, (Journal of Gender, Race and Justice, Vol. 23, 2019, Forthcoming).
• Eric Merriam, Fire, Aim, Ready! Militarizing Animus: 'Unit Cohesion' and the Transgender Ban, Dickinson Law Review, Vol. 123:57 (2018).

From SSRN (Sharia law):

• Ismail Y. Syed, Interest in Sharia: Legal Consequences and Penal Aspects in Sharia, (April 13, 2018).
• Titus Corlatean, The Incompatibility of the Sharia Law and the Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam with the European Convention on Human Rights, (April 25, 2019).
• Mohamad Soleh Nurzaman & Fika Khanifa Kurniaeny, Achieving Sustainable Impact of Zakāh in Community Development Programs, (Islamic Economic Studies, Vol. 26, No. 2, 2019).

From SmartCILP:

• Philippa Watson & Peter Oliver, Is the Court of Justice of the European Union Finding Its Religion?, 42 Fordham International Law Journal 847-873 (2019).
• Richard A. Dean, Trump v. Hawaii Is Korematsu All Over Again, 29 George Mason University Civil Rights Law Journal 175-189 (2019).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Matthew Brown, Masterpiece Cakeshop: A Formula for Legislative Accommodations of Religion, (Akron Law Review, Forthcoming).
• Rory D. Bahadur, Newsworthiness as an Internet-Era Mitigant of Implicit Bias, (University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review, Vol. 88, No. _, 2019, Forthcoming).
• Nadia N. Sawicki, The Conscience Defense to Malpractice, (California Law Review, 2020 Forthcoming).
• Elizabeth A. Brown, Inara Scott & Eric D. Yordy, R Corps: When Should Corporate Values Receive Religious Protection? , (Berkeley Business Law Journal, Forthcoming).
• Ryan T. Anderson, Challenges to True Fairness for All: How SOGI Laws Are Unlike Civil Liberties and Other Nondiscrimination Laws and How to Craft Better Policy and Get Nondiscrimination Laws Right, (Religious Freedom, LGBT Rights, and The Prospects for Common Ground (William Eskridge, Jr. and Robin Fretwell Wilson eds., Cambridge University Press, 2019).
• Paul Horwitz, Honor, Oath, and Office, (Capstone Lawyer (2019)).

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

• M. Mohsin Alam Bhat, 'Muslim Caste' Under Indian Law: Between Uniformity, Autonomy and Equality, (Quaderni Di Diritto E Politica Ecclesiastica 20. Speciale (2017): 165-190).
• Jeroen Temperman, Education and Freedom of Religion or Belief under the European Convention on Human Rights and Protocol No. 1, (Jeroen Temperman, Jeremy Gunn, Malcolm Evans (eds.), The European Court of Human Rights and the Freedom of Religion or Belief: The 25 Years since Kokkinakis (Leiden: Brill, 2019), pp. 178–208).
• Jianlin Chen & Junyu Loveday Liu, Managing Religious Competition in China: Regulating Provisions of Charitable Activities by Religious Organizations, (in Regulating Religion in Asia: Norms, Modes and Challenges 207-230 (Jaclyn L. Neo, Arif A. Jamal, & Daniel P.S. Goh eds., Cambridge University Press 2019)).
• Douglas Castro, The (Un)practical Secularization Process: International Law and Religion as Social Realities, (Brazilian Journal of International Law, v.15, n.33, 2018, p.33-48).

From SmartCILP:

• Carlo A. Pedrioli, Pope Francis, Poverty, and the Third Persona, [Abstract], 21 Journal of Gender Race & Justice 367-393 (2018).
• Maria Bhatti. The Role of Shari'a in International Commercial Arbitration, 36 Wisconsin International Law Journal 46-86 (2018).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Noa Ben-Asher & Margot J. Pollans, The Right Family, (Columbia Journal of Gender and Law, Forthcoming).
• Cathi Choi, Protection Against Good Intentions: The Catholic Role in the Campaign to Ban Proxy Adoption, 1956–1961, (Journal of Policy History, 31(2), 242-272 (2019).
• James J. Friedberg, Yitz and Ishmael: A Drama in One Very Long Act, (Minnesota Journal of International Law, Vol. 28, 2019).
• Khaled A. Beydoun & Cyra Akila Choudhury, Islamophobia and the Law: Introduction, (Cyra Akila Choudhury & Khaled A. Beydoun, Islamophobia and the Law (Cambridge University Press 2019), Forthcoming).
• Zehra Valencia, Breyon Williams & Robert Pettis, Pride and Prejudice: Same-Sex Marriage Legalization Announcements and LGBT Hate-Crimes, (March 26, 2019).
• Katherine Macfarlane, Procedural Animus, (Alabama Law Review, Vol. 71, Forthcoming).
• Siti Ibrahim, et. al., Commitment in Waqf Development Through Cross-Sector Collaboration between Islamic Financial Institutions and State Islamic Religious Councils: Innovative Strategy of Value-Based Intermediation for Sustainability, (J. Fin. Bank. Review 4 (1) 29–35 (2019)).

From SmartCILP:

• Wedding Cakes, Religion, and Sexual Orientation Discrimination. Foreword by Paul M. Secunda; contributions by William D. Araiza, Scott R. Bauries, Richard Carlson, Marcia L. McCormick, Elizabeth Sepper, Jessica L. Roberts, Kerri Lynn Stone. 19 Marquette Benefits & Social Welfare Law Review 109-264 (2018).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Linda R. Meyer, Unreasonable Revelations: God Told Me to Kill, (Pace Law Review, Forthcoming).
• Philip Ostien, Ahmed Garba & Musa Abubakar, Nigeria's Sharia Courts,  (Chapter 2 of Sharia Implementation in Northern Nigeria Twenty Years On: Six Research Reports and an Overview, M. Tabiu, A.R. Mustapha and P. Ostien, eds., Forthcoming).
• Lisa Whitacre, Putting the Squeeze on Lemon: Lund, Bormuth, and the False Line Between Chaplain-Led and Legislator-Led Prayer, (March 17, 2019).
• Bridget J. Crawford & Emily Gold Waldman, Ministerial Magic: Tax-Free Housing and Religious Employers, (University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law Online, Forthcoming).
• Amanda Harmon Cooley, Justiciability and Judicial Fiat in Establishment Clause Cases Involving Religious Speech of Students, (March 30, 2019).
• Gautam Bhatia, Religious Speech, (The Oxford Handbook for Free Speech (Forthcoming)).
• Nicholas Aroney & Benjamin Saunders, Freedom of Religion in Australia, (in Matthew Groves, Daniel Meagher and Janina Boughey (eds), The Legal Protection of Rights in Australia (Hart Publishing, Forthcoming)).
• Kyle Velte, Straightwashing the Census, (March 22, 2019).

From SmartCILP:

• Helen Y. Chang, A Brief History of Anglo-Western Suicide: From Legal Wrong to Civil Right. 46 Southern University Law Review 150-194 (2018).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• John Vlahoplus, Foreign-Born Children of Disloyal Parents: Adam Muthana, Mary Arcedeckne and the Natural Born, (St. John's Law Review, Forthcoming).
• Eliza Bateman, 'His Garden a Wilderness' - The Balance between Equality and Freedom of Religion in Australia and Canada, (March 18, 2019).
• Scott D. Gerber, Law and Liberty of Conscience in Colonial Pennsylvania, (NYU Journal of Law & Liberty, Vol. 12, No. 3, 2019, Forthcoming).
• Martin Kwan, Human Gene Editing and Human Rights: An Uncertain Future, (Human Rights Series, 2019).
• Nitish Nawsagaray, Misuse of the Prevention of Atrocities Act: Scrutinising the Mahajan Judgment, 2018, (Economic & Political Weekly, June 2, 2018 vol. LIII no. 22).

From SmartCILP:

• The Question of Religious Freedom: From John Courtney Murray, SJ and Vatican II to the Present. Articles by Miguel H. Diaz, Robin W. Lovin, Barry Sullivan, Leslie C. Griffin, Hille Haker, Kathleen A. Brady, Carmen Nanko-Fernandez, Thomas C. Berg. 50 Loyola University Chicago Law Journal 1-209 (2018).
• Kristina M. Campbell, Sanctuary, Temporary Protected Status, and Catholic Social Teaching, 96 University of Detroit Mercy Law Review 25-53 (2018).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Caroline Mala Corbin, Christian Legislative Prayers and Christian Nationalism, (Washington and Lee Law Review, Vol. 75, 2019).
• Christopher C. Lund, Martyrdom and Religious Freedom, (Connecticut Law Review, Vol. 50, p. 959, 2018 (symposium)).
• Levi Cooper, Polish Hasidism and Hungarian Orthodoxy in a Borderland: The Munkács Rabbinate, (Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry 31 (2019): 199-223 [pre-publication version]).
• Brendan Thomas Beery, Free Exercise Standing: Extra-Centrality As Injury In Fact, (St. John's Law Review, Forthcoming).
• Doug Magendanz, Church Power, Sovereignty and Freedom of Religion in Thomas Hobbes, (March 19, 2019).
• G. V. Mahesh Nath, Constitutional Morality - A Need for Consensus on the Concept, (March 16, 2019).
• Barton Beebe & Jeanne C. Fromer, Immoral or Scandalous Marks: An Empirical Analysis, (April 4, 2019).

From SmartCILP:

• Ann E. Blankenship-Knox & Brett A. Geier, Taking A Day Off to Pray: Closing Schools for Religious Observance in Increasingly Diverse Schools, 2018 BYU Education & Law Journal 89-139.
• Religious Exemptions and Harm to Others. Articles by Gary J. Simson, Carl H. Esbeck, Eric Segall, Arnold H. Loewy, Elizabeth Sepper, Christopher C. Lund, William P. Marshall, Kathleen A. Brady, Catherine A. Hardee, Micah Schwartzman, Nelson Tebbe, Richard Schragger. 106 Kentucky Law Journal 535-812 (2017-2018).
• John Eidsmoe, Those Ten Commandments: Why Won't They Just Go Away?, 31 Regent University Law Review 11-29 (2018-2019).
• Rodney W. Harrell, State Religious Free-Exercise Defenses to Non-Discriminatory Laws: Still Relevant fter Masterpiece Cakeshop, 87 UMKC Law Review 297-333 (2019).
• Stephen M. Feldman, Having Your Cake and Eating It Too? Religious Freedom and LGBTQ Rights, 9 Wake Forest Journal of Law & Policy 35-62 (2018).