Religion & Law

Recent Articles, Books & Movie of Interest

By Howard M. Friedman

• Tsun Hang Tey, Excluding Religion from Politics and Enforcing Religious Harmony, (Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, pp.118-142, July 2008).
• Haemala Thanasegaran, Growth of Islamic Insurance (Takaful) in Malaysia: A Model for the Region?, (Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, pp.143-164, July 2008).
• Oren Gazal-Ayal & Raanan Sulitzeanu-Kenan, Let My People Go? Ethnic Bias of Jewish and Arab Judges in Pretrial Detention Decisions in Israel, (September 14, 2008).
• Andrew M.M. Koppelman, Corruption of Religion and the Establishment Clause, (William & Mary Law Review, Vol. 50, 2008).
• Cynthia Lee, Hate Crimes and the War on Terror, (in Hate Crimes: Perspectives and Approaches, Barbara Perry, ed., 2008).
• Nicholas M. Gaunce & Robert Luther, Deliver Us from Evil: Why Bankruptcy Judges May Properly Rely on the Free Exercise Clause & RFRA to Protect Church Property from the Grasps of Tort-Creditors, (Valparaiso University Law Review, Vol. 43, 2009).
• Lyman P. Q. Johnson, A Role for Law and Lawyers in Educating (Christian) Business Managers about Corporate Purpose, (U of St. Thomas Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-22, Aug. 29, 2008).

From SmartCILP:

• Thomas Barfield, Culture and Custom in Nation-Building: Law in Afghanistan, 60 Maine Law Review 347-373 (2008).
• Jill Marshall, Conditions for Freedom? European Human Rights Law and the Islamic Headscarf Debate, 30 Human Rights Quarterly 631-654 (2008).
• Eric J. Segall, The Taxing Law of Taxpayer Standing, 43 Tulsa Law Review 673-696 (2008).
• John Witte, Jr. Prophets, Priests, and Kings: John Milton and the Reformation of Rights and Liberties in England, 57 Emory Law Journal 1527-1604 (2008).

Recent Books:

• Douglas W. Kmiec, Can a Catholic Support Him? Asking the Big Questions about Barack Obama, (The Overlook Press, Sept. 2008). (Excerpt on Beliefnet).
• Rodney Stark, What Americans Really Believe, (Baylor Univ. Press, 2008), reviewed in The Lariat.

New Movie:

• Bill Maher, Religulous (Lionsgate, Oct. 2008).

Full post as published by Religion Clause on September 22, 2008 (boomark / email).