Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Huma Tahir & Iffat Tahira, Freedom of Religion and Status of Religious Minorities in Pakistan, (International Journal of Management Sciences and Business Research, Vol. 5, Issue 12, Dec. 2016).
• Elizabeth Sepper, The Role of Religion in State Public Accommodations Laws, (60 St. Louis University Law Journal, Forthcoming).
• Valentino Cattelan, Legal Pluralism, Property Rights and the Paradigm of Islamic Economics, (JKAU: Islamic Economics, 30 (1) (2017)).
• John Witte & Joel A. Nichols, 'Come Now Let Us Reason Together’: Restoring Religious Freedom in America and Abroad, (Notre Dame Law Review, 92:1, 2016).
• John Witte, “Foreword,” to Rafael Domingo, God and the Secular Legal System, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016), ix-xii).
• Dimitry Gegenava, Recognition of the Religious Marriage in Georgian Legislative Reality, (Journal of Law, #1, 2015).
• Seema Mohapatra, Assisted Reproduction Inequality and Marriage Equality, (Chicago-Kent Law Review, Forthcoming).
• Jessica A. Clarke, Protected Class Gatekeeping, (New York University Law Review, Vol. 92, No. 1, 2017).

Recent Articles and Books of Interest

From SSRN:

• Neil James Foster, Protection of Religious Free Speech in Australia, (Australian Christian Lawyers Conference 2016 - Freedom of Religious Speech).
• Helge Årsheim, Secularist Suspicion and Legal Pluralism at the United Nations, (Religion and Human Rights 11(2): 166-188, 2016).
• Bernard Jackson, Law and Narrative in the Book of Ruth: A Syntagmatic Reading, (August 8, 2016).
• Helge Årsheim, Internal Affairs? Assessing NGO Engagement for Religious Freedom at the United Nations and Beyond, (Anne Stensvold (ed.): Religion, State and the United Nations – Value Politics. London: Routledge, pp. 79-94, 2016).
• Suzanne A. Kim & Katherine A. Thurman, Social Rites of Marriage, (Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law, Vol. 17, No. 745, 2016).

Recent and Forthcoming Books:

• Daniel L. Dreisbach, Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers, (Oxford Univ. Press, Dec. 2016).
• Mark Juergensmeyer, Margo Kitts, & Michael Jerryson (eds.), Violence and the World's Religious Traditions, (Oxford Univ. Press, Dec. 2016).
• Kent Greenawalt, When Free Exercise and Nonestablishment Conflict, (Harvard Univ. Press,  May 2017).
• Christopher Lane, Surge of Piety: Norman Vincent Peale and the Remaking of American Religious Life, (Yale Univ. Press, Nov. 2016).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Yinka Olomojobi, Marriage in Nigeria Across Ages: Problems and Prospects,(September 24, 2016).
• Effie Fokas, Comparative Susceptibility and Differential Effects on the Two European Courts: A Study of Grasstops Mobilizations Around Religion, (Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, 0, 1-33, 2016).
• Eva Brems, Corina Heri,  Saïla Ouald Chaib & Lieselot Verdonck, Head-Covering Bans in Belgian Courtrooms and Beyond: Headscarf Persecution and the Complicity of Supranational Courts, (Forthcoming, Human Rights Quarterly, Fall 2017).
• Keren Weinshall Margel, Udi Sommer, & Ya'acov Ritov, Ideological Influences on Governance and Regulation: The Comparative Case of Supreme Courts, (Regulation & Governance, Forthcoming).
• Ioannis Iglezakis, The Legal Regulation of Hate Speech on the Internet and its Conflict with Freedom of Expression, (December 26, 2016).

From SmartCILP:

• Curtis Schube, A New Era in the Battle Between Religious Liberty and Smith: SOGI Laws, Their Threat to Religious Liberty, and How to Combat Their Trend, 64 Drake Law Review 883-917 (2016).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Belinda Carpenter, Gordon Tait, Carol Quadrelli & Ian Thompson, Investigating Death: The Emotional and Cultural Challenges for Police, (Policing and Society, 26(6), pp. 698-712 (2015)).
• Neil James Foster, Churches and the Law of Sanctuary in Australia, (March 4, 2016).
• Neil James Foster, How Should Religious Marriage Celebrants Respond If Same Sex Marriage Is Introduced in Australia?, (September 25, 2015).
• Fabienne Bretscher, The Swiss Judiciary and International Human Rights Bodies: A Closer Look at Muslim Religious Practices in Public Schools, (June 14, 2016).
• Joel Nolette, Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt: Judicial Review When the Court Wants To, (Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy, Vol. 14, No. 2, 2016).
• Susan A. Bandes, Compassion and the Rule of Law, (International Journal of Law in Context vol. 13 issue 2 (2017 Forthcoming)).
• Eric Franklin, A More Charitable Charity: Administrative Necessity Provides an Opportunity to Promote Altruism in Charities, (December 14, 2016).

From SSRN (Islamic Law);

• Ibrahim Nuruddeen Muhammad, Waqf Based Philanthropy: A Definition and Obstacles to Waqf Knowledge Acquisition in North-Western Nigeria, (1st Kano Waqf International Conference (KWIC) (Dec. 2016).
• Sakirman MSI, Indonesia Islamic Law Study on Children Nasab,  (December 21, 2016).
• Avner M. Emon, Fiqh (A Historiography), (Fiqh: The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Law, Edited by Anver M. Emon and Rumee Ahmed (2016)).
• Avner M. Emon, Ijtihad, (Ijtihad: The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Law Edited by Anver M. Emon and Rumee Ahmed (2015).

From SmartCILP:

• Reza Afshari, LGBTs in the Islamic Republic of Iran. (Reviewing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights in Iran: Analysis from Religious, Social, Legal and Cultural Perspectives, by the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission), 38 Human Rights Quarterly 814-834 (2016).
• Nehaluddin Ahmad, Ahmad Masum & Abdul Mohaimin Ayus, Freedom of Religion and Apostasy: The Malaysian Experience, 38 Human Rights Quarterly 736-753 (2016).
• Jeffrey A. Herman, Resolving ERISA's "Church Plan" Problem, 31 A.B.A. Journal of Labor & Employment Law 231-256 (2016).
• B. Jessie Hill, The First Amendment and the Politics of Reproductive Health Care, 50 Washington University Journal of Law & Policy 103-122 (2016).

2016 Law and Religion Bibliography Published By AALS Section

The Association of American Law Schools Law & Religion Section has issued its Winter 2016 Newsletter which includes an extensive bibliography of books and articles on law and religion published during the past year.  It also includes news about the AALS section and its members.

Recent Articles and Book of Interest

From SSRN:

• Raphael Cohen-Almagor, Hate and Racist Speech in the United States: A Critique, (Philosophy and Public Issues, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 77-123, 2016).
• Niousha Roshani, Grassroots Perspectives on Hate Speech, Race, & Inequality in Brazil & Colombia, (Berkman Klein Center Research Publication No. 2016-18, Dec. 2016).
• Andrew Sellars, Defining Hate Speech, (Berkman Klein Center Research Publication No. 2016-20, Dec. 2016).
• Robert Faris, Amar Ashar, Urs Gasser & Daisy Joo, Understanding Harmful Speech Online, (Berkman Klein Center Research Publication No. 2016-21, Dec. 2016).
• Chinmayi Arun & Nakul Nayak, Preliminary Findings on Online Hate Speech and the Law in India, (Berkman Klein Center Research Publication No. 2016-19, Dec. 2016).

From SSRN:

• Aaron R. Petty, Religion, Conscience, and Belief in the European Court of Human Rights, 48 George Washington International Law Review 807-851 (2016).
• Vincent J. Samar, The Potential Impact of Hobby Lobby on LGBT Civil Rights, 16 Georgetown Journal of Gender & Law 547-591 (2015).

Recent Book:

• Jane Calderwood Norton, Freedom of Religious Organizations, (Oxford Univ. Press, Aug. 2016).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Kathleen Brady, The Disappearance of Religion from Debates About Religious Accommodation, (20 Lewis & Clark L. Rev., Issue No. 4, in Symposium, Law and Religion in an Increasingly Polarized America, Forthcoming).
• Andrew Koppelman, Lupu, Tuttle, and Singling out Religion, (111 Northwestern University Law Review Online 41 (2016)).
• Avishalom Westreich, Changing Motherhood Paradigms: Jewish Law, Civil Law, and Society, (Hastings Women's Law Journal, Vol. 28, No. 1, Forthcoming).
• Mitchell Landrigan, Protests Outside Abortion Clinics Constitutionally Protected Speech?, (Alternative Law Journal 41(1) 2016).

From elsewhere:

• Steven H. Sholk, A Guide to Election Year Activities of Section 501(c)(3) Organizations, (PLI, 2016 Revision).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Bruce Ledewitz, The Role of Religiously Affiliated Law Schools in the Renewal of American Democracy, (University of Massachusetts Law Review, Forthcoming).
• Mario Ricca, A Modest Proposal: An Overgrown Constitutional Path to Cultural/Religious Pluralism in Italy, (CALUMET – Intercultural Law and Humanities Review, p. 1-46, 11.9.2016).
• Aziz Z. Huq, The Uses of Religious Identity, Practice, and Dogma in 'Soft' and 'Hard' Counterterrorism, (Forthcoming in Security and Human Rights, (Liora Lazarus & Benjamin Goold, eds. Hart Pub. 2017)).
• Jeffrey A. Redding, Formal Marriage, (60 St. Louis U. L.J. 671 (2016)).
• Raphael Cohen-Almagor, Discrimination Against Jewish Women in Halacha (Jewish Law) and in Israel, (British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, December 2016).
• Jenni Millbank, Reflecting the ‘Human Nature’ of IVF Embryos: Disappearing Women in Ethics, Law, and Fertility Practice, (J Law Biosci (2016)).
• Nqobizwe Mvelo Ngema, Polygamy Versus Equality Rights: Is Polyandry a Solution?, (OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development, Vol. 09, No. 07, pp. 11-14, 2016).
• Mark A. Drumbl, The Kapo on Film: Tragic Perpetrators and Imperfect Victims, (Washington & Lee Legal Studies Paper No. 2016-13 (2016)).
• Adam Parachin, Charity, Politics and Neutrality, (The Charity Law & Practice Review, Volume 18, 2015).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Carissima Mathen & Michael Plaxton, Legal Education, TWU, and the Looking Glass, ((2016) 75 Supreme Court Law Review (2d) 223).
• Asli U. Bali & Hanna Lerner, Constitution Writing, Religion and Democracy: Introduction, (Constitution Writing, Religion and Democracy, Cambridge University Press, 2017, Forthcoming).
• Darrell A. H. Miller, Institutions and the Second Amendment, (66 Duke Law Journal 69 (2016)).
• Alexander Tsesis, Campus Speech and Harassment, (Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 101, 2017).
• Brian Christopher Jones & Austin Sarat, Justices As 'Sacred Symbols': Antonin Scalia and the Cultural Life of the Law, (British Journal of American Legal Studies (2017) Forthcoming.).
• David L. Sloss, Incorporation, Federalism, and International Human Rights, (Human Rights and Legal Judgments: The American Story (Austin Sarat ed., Cambridge Univ. Press 2017).
• Melissa Murray, Obergefell v. Hodges and Nonmarriage Inequality, (104 Calif. L. Rev. 1207 (2016)).
• Sandra Alcaide & Lynne Marie Kohm, Obergefell: A Game-Changer for Women, (14 Ave Marie L. Rev. 101 (2016)).

From SmartCILP and elsewhere:

• Luz E. Nagle & Bolaji Owasanoye, Fearing the Dark: The Use of Witchcraft to Control Human Trafficking Victims and Sustain Vulnerability, 45 Southwestern Law Reveiw 561-593 (2016).
• Stephanie N. Phillips, A Text-Based Interpretation of Title VII's Religious-Employer Exemption, 20 Texas Review of Law & Politics 295-340 (2016).
• Symposium Issue: Law, Stewardship, and the Dominion Mandate: Environmental Policy from a Christian Legal Perspective. Foreword by B. Keith Faulkner; introduction by Ian S. Lamont; articles by John Copeland Nagle, Lucia A. Silecchia, Tory L. Lucas and Edna Udobong. 10 Liberty University Law Review 331-500 (2016).
• Symposium on Religion and Family Law. University of Illinois Law Review, Vol. 2016, No. 4.

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Amos A. Israel-Vleeschhouwer, The Mandate System as a Messianic Alternative in the Ultra-Religious Jurisprudence of Rabbi Dr. Isaac Breuer, (49(3) Israel Law Review 339-363 (2016)).
• Scott Altman, Taking Precautions When Shaping a Child's Values, (USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 16-34 (2016)).
• Kathryn Chan, Corporate and Trust Law Dimensions of the Trinity Western University Law School Debate, (November 14, 2016).
• Mickell Branham, Listening to Victims, (in Death Penalty and the Victims, United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner, September 1, 2016).
• Brice Dickson & Conor McCormick,The Right to Education for Humanity, (67(4) Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 409-432).
• Joe Pratt, The False Materialism of America's Death Penalty, (November 16, 2016).

From SmartCILP:

• Garrett Epps, Public Funding and the Road to Damascus: The Legacy of Employment Division v. Smith, 94 Oregon Law Review 659-671 (2016).
• Marion Goldman, Dave Frohnmayer and the Apocalypse that Evaporated, 94 Oregon Law Review 633-657 (2016).
• Symposium. My Religion, My Rules: Examining the Impact of RFRA Laws on Individual Rights. Foreword by Bryan A. Hum; articles by Shai Stern, Scott D. Pollock and Bill Piatt. 79 Albany Law Review 621-704 (2015/2016).
• Symposium on the Meaning of Religious Liberty in the Anglo-American Legal Tradition. Articles by Matthew J. Franck, Andy G. Olree, Jonathan Den Hartog, Scott A. Merriman and Jeffrey B. Hammond. 7 Faulkner Law Review 1-128 (2015).
• Imani Jaafar, Practical Islamic Estate Planning: A Short Primer, 42 Mitchell Hamline Law Review 925-939 (2016).
• Charles J. Russo, Religious Freedom in Faith-Based Educational Institutions in the Wake of Obergefell v. Hodges: Believers Beware, 2016 BYU Education & Law Journal 263-308.
• Colloquium: Religious Liberty after Hobby Lobby: A Panel of the 2014 Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention. Introduction by William L. Saunders; Hon. Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, moderator; Kim Colby, William P. Marshall and Robin Fretwell Wilson, panelists. 48 Connecticut Law Review 969-1011 (2016) [Video of Panel Discussion].

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Steven Douglas Smith, Naturalism and the Trajectory of History, (San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 16-229 (2015)).
• Charles J. Reid, Same Sex Unions and the Catholic Church: How Law and Doctrine Evolve, (U of St. Thomas (Minnesota) Legal Studies Research Paper No. 16-27, 2016).
• Rinie Steinmann, The Core Meaning of Human Dignity, (Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, Vol. 19, 2016).
• Choice Ubangha, Hate Speech in Cyberspace: Why Education is Better than Regulation, (April 12, 2016).
• Robert J. Delahunty, An Epitaph for ISIS? The Idea of a Caliphate and the Westphalian Order, (U of St. Thomas (Minnesota) Legal Studies Research Paper No. 16-25, 2016).

Recent Articles and Book

From SSRN:

• Sally Tyler, Of Temples and Territory: The ICJ's Preah Vihear Decision and Implications for Regional Dispute Resolution, (University of the District of Columbia Law Review, Forthcoming).
• Shaun  Alberto de Freitas, Doctrinal Sanction and the Protection of the Rights of Religious Associations: Ecclesia De Lange v The Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa, (Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, Vol. 19, 2016).
• Nancy Levit, After Obergefell: The Next Generation of LGBT Rights Litigation, (84 UMKC L. Rev. 605 (2016)).
• Ashraf Booley, The Rights and Freedoms of Moroccan Women: Has the 2004 Reforms Benefited Moroccan Women?, (Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, Vol. 19, 2016).
• R.P.C.R. Rajapakse & Hiruni Nirmali Kaushala, Islamic Banking in Sri Lanka - A Literature Review, (Imperial Journal of Interdisciplinary Research (IJIR) Vol 2. Issue 6 pp. 1346-1352 (2016)).
• Mohamed Badar, The Self-Declared Islamic State (ISIS / Da‘Esh) and Ius Ad Bellum Under Islamic International Law, (The Asian Yearbook of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (2017) vol. 1).
• Muhammad Masum Billah, Extensive Use of Ḥilah in Islamic Banking and Finance, ((2015) 59.1 Islamic Quarterly 65-88).

From SmartCILP and elsewhere:

• F. Peter Phillips, Ancient and Comely Order: The Use and Disuse of Arbitration by New York Quakers, 2016 Journal of Dispute Resolution 81-114.
• Neil Foster, Freedom of Religion and Balancing Clauses in Discrimination Legislation, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion (2016).

New Book:

• Leslie C. Griffin, Law and Religion: Cases and Materials, Fourth Edition, (Foundation Press, 2016).

Recent Articles, Book and Video of Interest

From SSRN:

• Arthur J. Jacobson, The Messiah and the Law, (Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 502 (2016)).
• Alan C. Weinstein, Regulation of Religious Uses Under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, (Cleveland-Marshall Legal Studies Paper No. 16-296 (2016)).
• Nomi Maya Stolzenberg, It's about Money: The Fundamental Contradiction of Hobby Lobby, (Southern California Law Review, Vol. 88, 2015).
• Yinka Olomojobi, Legal Dimensions to Religious Freedom in Nigeria, (September 24, 2016).
• James Hill, Whose Best Interest? Why Michigan's New Adoption Law Is Unconstitutional and Prevents the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services from Helping Adoptable Children, (2 Admin. Law Rev. Accord 17, 2016).
• Paola Bergallo & Agustina Michel, Constitutional Developments in Latin American Abortion Law, (International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 135 (2016) 228–231).
• Yinka Olomojobi, Radical Islam & E-Terrorism in Africa, (October 24, 2016).
• Robert W. McGee, Toilets, Transgenders, and the Supreme Court, (October 29, 2016).
• Robert W. McGee, The New Prohibitionism: The Movement to Regulate Personal Behavior, (October 26, 2016).

From SmartCILP:

• Symposium: Religious Liberty and the Free Society: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Dignitatis Humanae. Keynote address by John H. Garvey; articles by Paul Horwitz, Thomas C. Berg, Christopher C. Lund, Vincent Phillip Munoz, Brett G. Scharffs, Anna Su, Marc O. DeGirolami, Mark L. Movsesian and Steven D. Smith. 91 Notre Dame Law Review 1287-1569 (2016).
• Karyn Ball, Post-Secular Messianism Against the Law: Judith Butler on Walter Benjamin and 'Sacred Life', [Abstract], 27 Law & Critique 205-227 (2016).
• Janeanne Lubin-Szafranski & Gregory J. Pepe, Catholic Doctrine and Aid in Dying, 34 Quinnipiac Law Review 667-689 (2016).
• Jennifer A. Marshall, Burwell v. Hobby Lobby: Protecting Religious Freedom in a Diverse Society, [Abstract], 10 N.Y.U. Journal of Law & Liberty 327-345 (2016).

Recent Book:

• Daniel P. Dalton, Litigating Religious Land Use Cases, Second Edition, (ABA Book Publishing, Oct. 2016).

New Video:

• European Court of Human Rights, (Oct. 17, 2016).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Susanna Mancini, Global Religion in a Post-Westphalia World, (Handbook on Global Constitutionalism (A. Lang & A. Wiener eds.), Elgar Publishing (2017 Forthcoming)).
• Steven Aiello, Islamic and Jewish Law Approaches to Killing, (October 15, 2016).
• Rangita de Silva de Alwis & Indira Jaising, The Role of Personal Laws in Creating A 'Second Sex', (New York University Journal of International Law and Politics, Vol. 48, Pg. 1085, 2016).
• Alan C. Weinstein, Regulation of Religious Uses Under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, (Local Government, Land Use, and the First Amendment, American Bar Association, 2017 Forthcoming).
• Effie Fokas, Banal, Benign or Pernicious? Religion and National Identity From the Perspective of Religious Minorities in Greece, (New Diversities, 2015, Vol. 17, No. 1, 47-62).
• Daphne Gilbert, Let Thy Conscience Be Thy Guide (But Not My Guide!): Physicians and the Duty to Refer, (McGill Journal of Law and Health 2016 10(2)).
• Neil Siegel, The Distinctive Role of Justice Samuel Alito: From a Politics of Restoration to a Politics of Dissent, (Yale Law Journal Forum, Vol. 126, p.164 (2016)).
• Fatmir Halili & Arif Riza, The Betrothal and Marriage - According to Islamic Law (Shariah) and Under the Secular System, (October 15, 2016).

From SmartCILP and elsewhere:

• Gregory M. Lipper, The Contraceptive-Coverage Cases and Politicized Free-Exercise Lawsuits, University of Illinois Law Review, Vol. 2016. pp. 1331- 1346.
• Yifat Bitton, Suspension, Hu(wo)man Rights and Torts: Discriminatory Religious Practices and Hu(wo)man Rights Suspension Tactics in Remedying Feminine Suffering Through Tort Law, 14 Seattle Journal for Social Justice 669-726 (2016).
• Charles Leben, Hebrew Sources in the Doctrine of the Law of Nature and Nations in Early Modern Europe, 27 European Journal of International Law 79-106 (2016).
• Marvin Lim, Human Dignity and Punishment in Judaic and Islamic Law: War and the Death Penalty, [Abstract], 22 Southwestern Journal of International Law 303-358 (2016).
• Shlomo C. Pill, Valuing Our Discordant Constitutional Discourse: Autonomous-Text Constitutionalism and the Jewish Legal Tradition, 64 Buffalo Law Review 349-411 (2016).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Jeffrey A. Redding, Shamim Ara and the Divorce Politics of a Secular and Modern India, (October 8, 2016).
• Shamsul Falaah, Theocratic Constitutionalism: A Discourse on the Political System, Democracy, Judiciary and Human Rights Under Islamic Theocratic Constitutionalism, (Waikato Islamic Studies Review, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2016).
• Sahar F. Aziz, The Headscarf Debates: Conflicts of National Belonging (Book Review), Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews, Vol. 45, Iss. 2, p. 204-206, 2016.
• Guido Calabresi & Eric S, Fish, Federalism and Moral Disagreement, (Minnesota Law Review, Forthcoming).
• Douglas NeJaime & Reva Siegel, What Obergefell v. Hodges Should Have Said, Concurring Opinion, (in What Obergefell v. Hodges Should Have Said (Jack Balkin ed., 2017 Forthcoming).
• Katherine M. Franke, Opinion of Justice Katherine Franke in Obergefell v. Hodges, (inWhat Obergefell Should Have Said (Yale U. Press 2017), Jack Balkin ed., Forthcoming).
• Ben Boer, Culture, Rights and the Post-2015 Development Agenda, (Heritage, Culture and Rights: Challenging Legal Discourses, A. Durbach, L. Lixinski, eds, Hart Publishing, UK, Forthcoming).
• Christoph Engel, The Solidarity Motive, (MPI Collective Goods Preprint, No. 2016/14 (2016)).

From SmartCILP:

• Special Issue: Islamic Law: Its Sources, Interpretation, Its Economics, Finance and the Translation Between It and Laws Written in English. Articles by Rafat Y. Alwazna, Abdul-Hakim Al-Matroudi, Mustafa Shah, Ramon Harvey, Shafi Fazaluddin, Valentino Cattelan, Sami Al-Daghistani, Abbas Mehregan, Daniel Vazquez-Paluch, Fahad Al-Zumai, Mohammed Al-Wasmi and Hanem El-Farahaty. 29 International Journal for the Semiotics of Law 251-501 (2016).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Christopher C. Lund, RFRA, State RFRAs, and Religious Minorities, (San Diego Law Review, Vol. 53, p. 163, 2016 (symposium)).
• Pranoto Iskandar, The Human Right to Non-Religious Beliefs: A Prospectus, (September 23, 2016).
• Christopher C. Lund, Keeping Hobby Lobby in Perspective, (in The Rise of Corporate Religious Liberty (Micah Schwartzman, Chad Flanders, and Zoë Robinson eds., Oxford University Press, 2016)).
• Joel A. Nichols & John Witte, Religious Law and Religious Courts as a Challenge to the State (National Report for United States of America), (Religious Law and Religious Courts as a Challenge to the State: Legal Pluralism from a Comparative Perspective, Ed. Uwe Kischel (Verlag Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, 2016), 83-111).
• Nelson Lund, Rousseau's Rejuvenation of Political Philosophy: A New Introduction, (Rousseau’s Rejuvenation of Political Philosophy, N. Lund, Palgrave, 2016).
• Michele Goodwin & Allison M. Whelan, Constitutional Exceptionalism, University of Illinois Law Review, 2016, (Forthcoming).
• Paul J. Heald, Christian Libertarianism and the Curious Lack of Religious Objections to the Patenting of Life Forms in the United States, (September 29, 2016).
• Engy Abdelkader, A Comparative Analysis of European Islamophobia: France, UK, Germany, Netherlands and Sweden, (UCLA Journal of Islamic and Near Eastern Law, Vol. 16, 2016).
• G. Michael Fenner, Same-Sex Marriage, Conscientious Objection and an Ambushed Pope, (Creighton Lawyer, Fall 2016).
• Katayoun Alidadi, The Limits of State Law in the Case of an Organized Secular-Humanist Community in the Southern Bible Belt: Model Behaviour Shaping Self-Restrained Law Use, (Rechtsphilosophie: Zeitschrift Fur Grundlagen Des Rechts, Forthcoming 2016).
• Jason N. E. Varuhas, Damages and Human Rights: Introduction, (Chapter 1 of JNE Varuhas, Damages and Human Rights (Hart Publishing, 2016)).
• Jeremy Waldron, What a Dissenting Opinion Should Have Said in Obergefell v. Hodges, (September 28, 2016).
• Iain T. Benson, Undazzling Equality, (September 24, 2016).
• Brian D. Galle, Valuing the Right to Sue: An Empirical Examination of Nonprofit Agency Costs, (September 28, 2016).

From SmartCILP:

• Rowan W. Dorin, "Once the Jews Have Been Expelled": Intent and Interpretation in Late Medieval Canon Law, 34 Law & History Review 335-362 (2016).
• Mohammad Rasekh, Sharia and Law in the Age of Constitutionalism, [Abstract], 2 Journal of Global Justice & Public Policy 259-276 (2016).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Farrah Ahmed, The Autonomy Rationale for Religious Freedom, Modern Law Review, Forthcoming.
• Jason C. Roberts, Unwinding Non-Native Control over Native America's Past: A Statistical Analysis of the Decisions to Return Native American Human Remains and Funerary Objects under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 1992–2013, (University of Hawaii Law Review, Vol. 38, 2016).
• James M. Oleske, Grand Theory or Discrete Proposal? Religious Accommodations and Health Related Harms, (73 Washington and Lee Law Review Online 387 (2016)).
• Amos A. Israel-Vleeschhouwer, Engaging Religious Laws, Players and Communities: Confronting Religious Dis-Empowerment, (in Kyriaki Topidi & Lauren Fielder (eds.), Religion as Empowerment: Global Legal Perspectives (Routledge, 2016), 149-181).
• Abhilasha Shrawat, The Dark Side of Personal Law: Gender Inequality, (September 19, 2016).

From SmartCILP:

• Rob Atkinson, Liberalism, Philanthropy, and Praxis: Realigning the Philanthropy of the Republic and the Social Teaching of the Church, 84 Fordham Law Review 2633-2675 (2016).
• Roni Adil Elias, Transforming the Business Corporation into a Religious Association: How Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. Made the Religious Values of Fictional Persons Mean More than the Reproductive Rights of Women, 40 N.Y.U. Review of Law & Social Change 1-27 (2016).
• Mark Strasser, Narrow Tailoring, Compelling Interests, and Free Exercise: On ACA, RFRA and Predictability, 53 University of Louisville Law Review 467-508 (2016).
• Symposium. Religion and the Law. Introduction by Eloisa C. Rodriguez-Dod; articles by Beverly Moran, Rahimjon Abdugafurov, Haider Ala Hamoudi, Karima Bennoune, Marie A. Failinger, Timothy J. Tracey, Shawn Markus Crincoli, Mary Anne Case, Frank S. Ravitch, Robert Katz, Asma T. Uddin and SpearIt. 11 Florida International University Law Review 1-219 (2015).
• Waris Husain, Simmering Shia Genocide in Pakistan: Early Warning and Action, 6 Human Rights & Globalization Law Review 3-28 (2015/2016).

Recent Articles and Upcoming Conference of Interest

From SSRN:

• James M. Oleske, A Regrettable Invitation to 'Constitutional Resistance,' Renewed Confusion Over Religious Exemptions, and the Future of Free Exercise, (20 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. in Symposium, 'Law and Religion in an Increasingly Polarized America', (Forthcoming)).
• Sarah M. Stephens, Employer Conscience after Hobby Lobby and the Continuing Conflict between Women's Rights and Religious Freedom, (2016).
• Richard W. Garnett, Justice Scala, Religious Freedom, and the First Amendment, Notre Dame Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1637 (2016).
• Nuel Chinonyelum Oji, Obergefell v Hodges and the Problem of Judicial Legislation, (University of Nigeria Bar Journal(UNBJ) 3 (2016) 147).
• Catherine Jean Archibald, Transgender Bathroom Rights, (Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy, Forthcoming).
• Riley Fredrick, Marriage Equality: The Paralleled Progress between Public Approval and Supreme Court Decision-Making, (Florida State University Law Review, Forthcoming).

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

• Paul Maginn & Graham Ellison, ‘Ulster Says No’: Regulating the Consumption of Commercial Sex Spaces and Services in Northern Ireland, (Urban Studies, Forthcoming).
• Aleksandra Gliszczynska-Grabias & Wojciech Sadurski, Law of Ritual Slaughter and the Principle of Religious Equality, (Journal of Law, Religion and State, Forthcoming).
• Jeffrey A. Redding, Transgender Rights in Pakistan?: Global, Colonial, and Islamic Perspectives, (September 11, 2016).
• Satvinder Juss, The Justiciability of Religion, (Forthcoming in the Journal of Law and Religion - Cambridge University Press).
• Howard Kislowicz, On Collective Constitutional Rights: Lessons for Religious Rights from Language Rights, ((2016) 75 S.C.L.R. (2d) 31).
• Solomon A. M. Ekwenze, Nigeria's Multi-Religious Platform: A Myth or Reality - Public Holidays a Question, (September 7, 2016).
• Federico Masera, State, Religiosity and Church Participation, (September 14, 2016).
• Connor M. Ewing, The Structural Articulation of 'Equal Dignity', (August 28, 2016).

From SmartCILP:

• Zachary Bray, RLUIPA and the Limits of Religious Institutionalism, (2016 Utah Law Review 41-103).
• Julia L. Ernst, How Should the South African Constitutional Court Approach Tensions Between Women's Rights and Religious Rights?, 60 New York Law School Law Review 493-516 (2015/16).
• Ruth C. Stern & J. Herbie DiFonzo, Dogging Darwin: America's Revolt Against the Teaching of Evolution, 36 Northern Illinois University Law Review 33-82 (2016).

Upcoming Conference:

• Religious Critiques of Law, Pepperdine University, March 9-10, 2017.

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Steven Menashi, How Great is the Threat to Religious Freedom, Really?, (Mosaic Magazine, August 17, 2015).
• Michael W. McConnell, Mark E. Schneider, Jay P. Lefkowitz & Steven Menashi, Brief of Amici Curiae Former Justice Department Officials in Support of Petitioners in Zubik v. Burwell, (2016).
• Shachar Eldar & Elkana Laist, The Irrelevance of Motive and the Rule of Law, (New Criminal Law Review, Forthcoming).
• Marc O. DeGirolami, Religious Accommodation, Religious Tradition, and Political Polarization, (Lewis & Clark Law Review, Forthcoming).
• Christopher C. Lund, Religious Exemptions, Third-Party Harms, and the Establishment Clause, (Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 91, p. 1375, 2016 (symposium)).
• John C. Eastman, No Free Lunch, But Dinner and a Movie (and Contraceptives for Dessert)?, (10 N.Y.U. J. L. & Liberty 282 (2016)).
• Robert Corn-Revere, Hate Speech Laws: Ratifying the Assassin's Veto, (Cato Institute Policy Analysis No. 791 (2016)).

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

• Effie Fokas, Directions in Religious Pluralism in Europe: Mobilizations in the Shadow of European Court of Human Rights Religious Freedom Jurisprudence, (Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, Vol 4, No.1, 54-74 (2015)).
• Luke Beck, The Case against Improper Purpose as the Touchstone for Invalidity under Section 116 of the Constitution, (Federal Law Review, Vol. 44, No. 3, Forthcoming).
• Gbohou Gnantin Hilaire Tegnan & Saldi Isra, Rule of Law and Human Rights Challenges in South East Asia: A Case Study of Legal Pluralism in Indonesia, (April 1, 2016).
• Preethi Kumar Mokshagundam, Dr. Ambedkar's Concept of Social Justice and Indian Constitution Protection for Dalits – A Recent Day Analysis, (August 23, 2016).
• Paul Dermine, Towards the Recognition of a Pan-European Right to Same-Sex Marriage – What If Light Came from the United States?, (June 1, 2016).
• Matthew S. Erie, Sharia, Charity, and Minjian Autonomy in Muslim China: Gift Giving in a Plural World, (American Ethnologist 43(2): 311-423 (2016)).

From SmartCILP:

• Walter C. Long, The Constitutionality and Ethics of Execution-Day Prison Chaplaincy, [Abstract], 21 Texas Journal on Civil Liberties & Civil Rights 1-33 (2015).
• Michael Stokes Paulsen, The Unconscionable War on Moral Conscience (reviewing Robert P. George, Conscience and Its Enemies: Confronting the Dogmas of Liberal Secularism), 91 Notre Dame Law Review Rev. 1167-1195 (2016).
• Mark Strasser, Hobby Lobby, RFRA, and Family Burdens, [Abstract], 25 Boston University Public Interest Law Journal 239-264 (2016).
• Special Issue: A Thousand Years of Infamy: The History of the Blood Libel. Edited by Richard H. Weisberg; preface by Richard H. Weisberg; articles by Jeffrey Mehlman, Hannah R. Johnson, Richard H. Weisberg, David Fraser and Vivian Grosswald Curran. 28 Law & Literature 1-95 (2016).

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:

• Marjorie A. Silver, Preface and Introduction: Transforming Justice, Lawyers and the Practice of Law, (Carolina Academic Press, 2016, Forthcoming).
• Adam Shinar, Religion and the Construction of the Urban Landscape, (Private Communities and Urban Governance 215 (Amnon Lehavi ed., Springer, 2016)).
• Mohammed Dejen Assen, Contested Secularism in Ethiopia: The Contention between Muslims and the Government, (May 26, 2016).
• Ira C. Lupu & Robert W. Tuttle, The Mystery of Unanimity in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church & School v. EEOC, (Forthcoming, 20 Lewis & Clark L. Rev, Issue #4, in Symposium, Law and Religion in an Increasingly Polarized America).
• Paula A. Monopoli, Inheritance Law and the Marital Presumption after Obergefell, (8 Estate Planning & Community Property Law Journal 437 (2016)).
• Iginio Gagliardone, et.al., Mechachal: Online Debates and Elections in Ethiopia - From Hate Speech to Engagement in Social Media, (May 1, 2016).
• Ji Ma & Sara Konrath, Thirty Years of Nonprofit Research: Scaling the Knowledge of the Field 1986-2015, (September 2, 2016).

From SmartCILP:

• Amy Barrow, Contested Spaces During Transition: Regime Change in Myanmar and Its Implications for Women, 22 Cardozo Journal of Law & Gender 75-108 (2015).