Religion & Law

Recent Articles and Book of Interest

By Howard M. Friedman

• Saadiah Mohamad, Islamic Hedging: Gambling or Risk Management?, (August 27, 2008).
• Penelope Andrews, Who's Afraid of Polygamy? Exploring the Boundaries of Family, Equality and Custom in South Africa, (Utah Law Review, 2009).
• Joseph Vining, Is There an Implicit Theology in the Practice of Ordinary Law?, (Mercer Law Review Vol. 53, No. 3, Oct. 2008).
• Kenneth L. Marcus, Privileging and Protecting Schoolhouse Religion, (Journal of Law and Education, 2008).
• Rod Dixon, Pledging to God While Getting a Public Education: Why a Wall of Separation Divides Ceremonial Celebration from Religious Indoctrination: Elk Grove Unified School District V. Newdow and the Right of Parental Privacy, (October 13, 2008).
• Ann Piccard, Faith-Based and Community Initiatives: Unconstitutional Delegations of Executive Power, (Oct. 13, 2008).

From SmartCILP:

• Steven Wilf, The Ten Commandments Cases: A View from Within, (40 Connecticut Law Review 1329-1345, 2008).
• 25th Anniversary Issue. Islamic Law in a Globalized World: Implications for Contemporary Finance Law. Introduction by Faiza Soniya Yunus; articles by Mahmoud A. El-Gamal, Scheherazade S. Rehman, Mohammad H. Fadel, Michael J. T. McMillen, Hikmahanto Juwana, Yeni Salma Barlinti, Yetty Komalasari Dewi and Walid Hegazy. (25 Wisconsin International Law Journal 605-835 (2008)).
  

Recent Books:

• Mark A. Noll, God and Race in American Politics: A Short History, (Princeton Univ. Press, 2008), reviewed in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
• Michael Bachelard, Behind the Exclusive Brethren, (Scribe Publcibations, Oct. 2008), reviewed by GayNZ.com.

Full post as published by Religion Clause on October 20, 2008 (boomark / email).