Religion & Law

Recent Articles and Books of Interest

By Howard M. Friedman

• Jessie Hill, Of Christmas Trees and Corpus Christi: Ceremonial Deism and Change in Meaning over Time, (Duke Law Journal, Vol. 59, January 2010).


• Caroline Mala Corbin, The First Amendment Right Against Compelled Listening, (Boston University Law Review, Vol. 89, 2009).

From SmartCILP and elsewhere:

• Mohamed R. Hassanien, International Law Fights Terrorism in the Muslim World: A Middle Eastern Perspective, 36 Denver Journal of International Law & Policy 221-253 (2008).


• Frank Ravitch, Playing the Proof Game: Intelligent Design and the Law, 113 Penn State Law Review 841-897 (2009).


• Mark Strasser, The Protection and Alienation of Religious Minorities: On the Evolution of the Endorsement Test, 2008 Michigan State Law Review 667-724.


• Symposium--First Amendment Rights in America's Public Schools: From the Schoolhouse Gate to the Courthouse Steps. Welcoming remarks by Rex R. Perschbacher and Alan Brownstein; articles by Vikram David Amer, Kenneth Starr, R. George Wright, Alan Brownstein, Erwin Chemerinsky, Steven K. Green, Joan W. Howarth, Melissa Rogers and Steven D. Smith. 42 UC Davis Law Review 631-1057 (2009).


• Symposium: Islam, Democracy, and Nation Building. Articles by Joseph N. Kickasola, John H. Johns, Stephen Schwartz, Mehrangiz Kar, Thomas Najjar and Jennifer Jefferis; note by Eva M. Robinson. 6 Regent Journal of International Law 271-499 (2008).


• Brian Leiter, Why Tolerate Religion?, 25 Constitutional Commentary 1-27 (2008).

• John Witte, The Sins of the Fathers: The Law and Theology of Illegitimacy Reconsidered, (Cambridge Univ. Press, April 2009), reviewed by the Center for the Study of Law and Religion.


• T. Jeremy Gunn, Spiritual Weapons: The Cold War and the Forging of an American National Religion, (Praeger Publishers, Dec. 2008), reviewed by the Center for the Study of Law and Religion.

Full post as published by Religion Clause on May 04, 2009 (boomark / email).