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Howard Friedman, Religion Clause

From SSRN:

Steven Douglas Smith, Religious Symbols and Secular Government, (San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 12-096, Sept. 17, 2012).
Niclas Berggren and Christian Bjornskov, Does Religiosity Promote Property Rights and the Rule of Law?, (ICER Working Paper No. 2/2012, April 2012).
Allan Vestal, To Soften Their Obdurate Hearts: The Southern Baptist Convention and Marriage Equality, (Tulane Journal of Law and Sexuality, Vol. 21, p. 49, 2012).
Mary Szto, Contract in My Soup: Chinese Contract Formation and Ritual Eating and Drunkenness,(September 19, 2012).
Mauro Gatti, Autonomy of Religious Organisations in the European Convention of Human Rights and European Union Law, (Paper presented at the Conference ‘Fundamental Rights in Europe and China: Between Identities and Universalism’, Bologna, 28-29 May 2012).
David H. Michels, Seeking God’s Will: The Experience of Information Seeking by Leaders of a Church in Transition, ((2012) 36 (1-2) Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science 16-27).
Mark William Osler, A Biblical Value in the Constitution: Mercy, Clemency, Faith, and History, (University of St. Thomas Law Journal, 2013, Forthcoming).
Jay Michaelson, Hating the Law for Christian Reasons: The Religious Roots of American Antinomianism, (September 22, 2012).
John Hagan and Todd Haugh, Ethnic Cleansing as Euphemism, Metaphor, Criminology, and Law, (Forging a Convention for Crimes Against Humanity, ed. Leila Nadya Sadat, Cambridge University Press, 2011).

From SSRN– Islamic Law:

Cyra Akila Choudhury, Shari’ah as National Security Threat?, (Akron Law Review, Vol. 46, 2012).
Ahmad A. Alkhameed, International Arbitration and Shari’a Law: Context, Scope, and Intersections, (28 Journal of International Arbitration, Issue 3, pp. 255–264, 2011).
Brian J. Baker, Islamic Law and Refugees: Concept and Application, (September 17, 2012).
Mitali Srivastava, Family Law and Gender Justice: A Statutory Analysis & Case Study, (April 10, 2012).
Mohamed A. Arafa, Corruption and Bribery in Islamic Law: Are Islamic Ideals Being Met in Practice?, (18 Golden Gate Ann. Surv. Int’l & Comp. L. 171, Spring 2012).
Anant Gupta, Shah Bano Case and Related Issues, (September 21, 2011).
Lama Abu-Odeh, Of Wife and the Domestic Servant in the Arab World, (Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 12-135, 2012).

Articles of interest – September 24, 2012