Law

A selection of recent articles on this topic

Notes on the Culture Struggle: Dr. King in the Law Schools

Mary Ann Glendon

The suggestion has been made on occasion in these pages that Americans are engaged in a Kulturkampf,…

Constitutionalism and Modernity

Daniel Mahoney

Confronting the Constitution: The Challenge to Locke, Montesquieu, Jefferson, and the Federalists from Utilitarianism, Historicism, Marxism, Freudianism,…

Abortion and the Neutral State

Robert P. Hunt

The search for the American political mainstream is a risky enterprise. It can be a salutary and…

The Real John Courtney Murray

Keith L. Pavlischek

The Search for an American Public Theology: The Contribution of John Courtney Murray by robert w. mcelroy…

Polygamy, Peyote, and the Public Peace

Richard John Neuhaus

No one should be surprised that decisions of great constitutional moment are sometimes occasioned by cases that…

Editorial: Equality After Socialism

The Editors

Socialism is dead, and, except within certain academic and religious circles, there will be few mourners. A…

Academic Integrity Betrayed

Gerard V. Bradley

Abortion does funny things to the mind. Not necessarily the procedure itself: expert opinion on its mental…

Religious Freedom Denied

Richard F. Duncan

Imagine a country in which religious freedom is trammeled, and another country in which religious freedom is…

Wealth and Whimsy: On Economic Creativity

Richard John Neuhaus

The question is: What are the theological resources of the Christian tradition for understanding the production of…

Intra-Tribal Warfare

Mary Ann Glendon

Abortion: The Clash of Absolutes by laurence h. tribe norton, 259 pages, $19.95  Abortion: The Clash of…

Poverty and Morality

Lawrence M. Mead

The Undeserving Poor: From the War on Poverty to the War on Welfare by michael b. katz…

Schools on Purpose

Charles L. Glenn

For each of the past twenty-one years the Gallup Organization has conducted a nationwide poll on attitudes…

Black Dignity and the Common Good

Glenn C. Loury

(Editors’ Note: This paper was originally presented on February 12, 1990, as the Black History Month lecture…

Law, Laws, and Human Community

Mary Ann Glendon

All I have is a voice To undo the folded lie, The Romantic lie in the brain…

Taking Religious Freedom Seriously

Michael W. McConnell

Passage of the Religion Clauses of the First Amendment (“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment…