Religion & Law

Recent Articles and Book of Interest

By Howard M. Friedman

• Andrew F. March, Marriage, Equality and Subsidizing Families in Liberal Public Justification: Is There a Right to Polygamy?, (February, 20 2009).


• Ali Khan, Speech Diversity under Islamic Law, (February 11, 2009).


• Andrew F. March, Are Secularism and Neutrality Attractive to Religious Minorities?, (Islamic Discussions of Western Secularism in the 'Jurisprudence of Muslim Minorities' (Fiqh Al-Aqalliyyat) Discourse, February, 18 2009).


• Natasha Bakht, Objection, Your Honour! Accommodating Niqab-Wearing Women in Courtrooms, (February 2, 2009).


• Geraldine Szott Moohr & Roger Sherman, Book Review: Religion in Criminal Justice by Monica K. Miller, (January 29, 2009).

From the Feb. 2009 issue of Engage:

• Kimberlee Wood Colby, Monumentally Speaking: Pleasant Grove City v. Summum.
• G. David Mathues, Two Visions, Two Results: Making Sense of the Disagreement over the Application of the Ministerial Exception to Teachers in Parochial Schools.
• Stuart J. Lark, Equal Treatment for Religious Expression after Colorado Christian University v. Weaver.

From SmartCILP:

• Anthony A. Braga, David Hureau & Christopher Winship, Losing Faith? Police, Black Churches, and the Resurgence of Youth Violence in Boston, 6 Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law 141-172 (2008).


• Kent Greenawalt, The Cultural Defense: Reflections in Light of the Model Penal Code and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, 6 Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law 299-321 (2008).

The Journal of Law and Religion, Vol. XXIV, No. 1 (2008-09) has recently been published.

Recent Book:

• Warren J. Blumenfeld, Khyati Y. Joshi & Ellen E. Fairchild (Eds.), Investigating Christian Privilege and Religious Oppression in the United States, (Sense Publishers, Dec. 2008), reviewed in the Ames Tribune.

Full post as published by Religion Clause on February 23, 2009 (boomark / email).