Articles of interest – August 20, 2012

Howard Friedman, Religion Clause 

From SSRN:

• Steven Aiello, Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi and Ella Ran, Religion and Politics, (Women in International Security Israel Middle East Review, Vol. 2, No. 5, August 2012).
• Natalie Schoon and Julinda Nuri, Comparative Financial Systems in Judaism, Christianity and Islam: The Case of Interest, (June 1, 2012).
• M. Mohsin Alam Bhat, ‘Religion’ Versus ‘Rights’: Why We are Wrong about ‘Defamation of Religions’,(September 15, 2011).
• Lorenzo Zucca, What is the Place of Sharia Law in European Legal Systems?, (Lorenzo Zucca, A Secular Europe. Law and Religion in the European Constitutional Landscape, Oxford: OUP, 2012).
• Steven G. Calabresi and Abe Salander, Religion and the Equal Protection Clause, (Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 12-19, Aug. 14, 2012).
• Rene Provost and Colleen Sheppard, Dialogues on Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, (René Provost & Colleen Sheppard eds, Dialogues on Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, Springer, 2012).

From SmartCILP:

• Winfried Brugger, Separation, Equality, Nearness: Three Church-State Models, [Abstract], 25 International Journal for the Semiotics of Law 263-281 (2012).
• Kristina Benson, Shar’ia Law and the Accommodation of Difference: Explaining the Emergence and Continued Importance of British Shar’ia Councils, [Abstract], 11 UCLA Journal of Islamic & Near Eastern Law 21-35 (2011-2012).