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(Hard) Core First Amendment "Protection"
Posted on March 21, 2011Here is a summary of a recent New York lower court decision, People v. Andujar, involving a prosecution for the unlicensed vending of condoms with "political" messages and caricatures: Charged with unlicensed general vending in violation of AC §20-453, defendant...
Woodward's "Memories of a Catholic Boyhood"
Posted on March 21, 2011In my view, this First Things essay by Kenneth Woodward is a delightful read, and also highly relevant to the question of "Catholic legal theory", in this way: The Catholic moral anthropology, cultural vision, and sensibility are, it is often...
More than a monologue?
Posted on March 20, 2011I recently came across an announcement for a four-session colloquium that will take place on four successive dates running from September to October 2011 that should be of interest and concern to the contributors and readers of the Mirror of...
Sure looks like a monologue to me
Posted on March 20, 2011Thank you, Fr. Robert, for providing a link to the program for the four-session colloquium, "More Than A Monologue: Sexual Diversity and the Catholic Church," being sponsored by members of the academic communities of Fordham and Fairfield Universities, Yale Divinity...
"Secular Power in Swedish Schools"
Posted on March 20, 2011A cautionary reminder about government involvement with, and support for, religious (?) schools, over at Sightings: Sweden, by some standards one of the world?s most secular countries, passed a new education law stipulating that public schools must teach their subjects...
On Italy's anniversary
Posted on March 20, 2011Here's George Weigel, reflecting on "Italy at 150." After explaining why -- despite the romantic regrets of some -- the loss of the Papal States to Garibaldi and his crowd was, in fact, a blessing for the papacy -- and...
O'Scannlain on "The Natural Law in the American Tradition"
Posted on March 20, 2011There has been, in relatively recent months, a fair bit of discussion around the Catholic and legal sections of the blogosphere about the Natural Law and its role / place / content / foundations. This lecture, delivered by Judge O'Scannlain...
Congrats to Rob Vischer!
Posted on March 19, 2011Our own Rob Vischer gets a great shout-out from National Jurist as one of 23 law professors "you should take before you die." Heck, no need to wait that long. . . .
Lautsi v. Italy: The Decision
Posted on March 18, 2011I've had a chance to read the Court's decision as well as the three concurring opinions and the dissent. I'm still processing it, but here are some highlights. The breakdown of votes was 15-2 on the central issue of whether...
Lautsi Surprise
Posted on March 18, 2011This early report indicates that the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights reversed the earlier decision on the permissibility of the crucifix in Italian public schools. They have been deemed permissible. More anon, after I've read the....
Conference: "The Theology of Work and the Dignity of Workers"
Posted on March 17, 2011Rob mentioned this a few weeks ago, but if you are in the New York City area tomorrow or Saturday, I hope you will consider coming to a conference organized by Professor David Gregory here at St. John's Law School,...
Obsession? Whose?
Posted on March 17, 2011So there is a debate about whether Christians are obsessed with homosexuality and abortion. Well, some people seem to be obsessed with homosexuality and abortion, but is it Christians? I don't think so. For heaven's sake, just tune in to...
In the matter of Kurowski
Posted on March 17, 2011Yesterday the New Hampshire Supreme Court issued its ruling on a dispute between divorced parents over their daughter's education. (HT: Volokh) The trial court ruled for the father, who wanted to send the daughter to public school, over the mother,...
Sixth Annual Conference on Catholic Legal Thought
Posted on March 17, 2011The Sixth Annual Conference on Catholic Legal Thought will convene at the University of Oklahoma College of Law two months from today. On May 17 we will spend the afternoon with Paul Griffiths, Warren Professor of Catholic Theology at Duke...
Introduction to Retributivism: Essays on Theory and Policy
Posted on March 17, 2011For those interested in retributive justice, Mark White has posted the introduction to a volume dedicated to the subject. The volume itself [self-promotion alert...check out the cool new cover!!] is here.
Human dignity and Private Manning
Posted on March 16, 2011Is there any justification for the conditions under which the Obama administration is holding Private Manning (the WikiLeaks soldier)?
Are Christians obsessed with gays and abortion?
Posted on March 16, 2011David French tackles the question by looking at the groups to which Christians donate their money. (My own anecdotal evidence supports French's observation: of my many conservative Christian friends and family members, I'm not aware of many who give money...
Public opinion on the family: some opinions aren't changing
Posted on March 15, 2011A new study shows that Americans are more accepting of families headed by a same-sex couple than they are of families headed by a single mom. And while the numbers on the same-sex couple question have moved dramatically in recent...
Miller & Schaengold on Aristotle & MacIntyre
Posted on March 15, 2011An interesting discussion at Public Discourse.
The Passing of William Stuntz
Posted on March 15, 2011I was not lucky enough ever to meet Professor William Stuntz, whose passing is noted today here. But I do know his very thoughtful piece (authored together with the force of nature that is Professor David Skeel) on Christianity and...
Weiler's Oral Testimony to the Grand Chamber
Posted on March 14, 2011Professor Weiler was kind enough to forward me a link to his oral testimony before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in the Lautsi case. Weiler represented pro bono all of the intervening states in the...
Kersch on Conservative Constitutionalism
Posted on March 14, 2011Professor Ken Kersch has posted a very interesting looking article on the development of conservative constitutionalism from the mid-20th century through 1980. I've only had a chance to skim it, but while the article focuses in parts on the influence...
The problem of tsunamis for believers
Posted on March 14, 2011The horrific scenes from Japan bring to mind a conversation we had on MoJ in the wake of the 2004 tsunami. Earthly suffering often is mitigated by God's comfort; that comfort, at least for me, is more elusive in these...
"Is Capital Punishment Pro-Life?"
Posted on March 14, 2011Tom Neven asks the question, at First Things. (Please read the piece before writing an outraged "of course not!" comment.) He concludes with this: [I]t is out of my deep respect for human life, created in God?s image, that I...
Gov. Daniels on school choice
Posted on March 14, 2011Indiana's governor, Mitch Daniels, has been working to expand school-choice in Indiana. Good for him. Here's a link to an interview with him about it. Indiana's teacher-unions, though, are strongly opposing these efforts. Too bad.
En Garde!
Posted on March 13, 2011David Bentley Hart and Hadley Arkes have posted some interesting criticisms of the decision in Snyder v. Phelps. Professor Hart's is particularly spirited in calling for the revival of duelling. A bit: [I]f we are going to grant that the...
"A New Science of Virtues"
Posted on March 12, 2011For the past few years, I have been a "Project Council" member for an interdisciplinary research program, funded generously by the John Templeton Foundation, of the Arete Initiative at the University of Chicago, on "A New Science of Virtues." My...
The Banal Hegemony of Garlic (o, Anticipando Lautsi)
Posted on March 12, 2011Every so often, I spend the whole day cooking. Generally it's Italian cuisine, though occasionally I will venture off as far as the hinterlands of France. Yesterday was a day in the kitchen: a Bolognese sauce, a lobster bisque, and...
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