A survey of law school teaching materials on religious liberty, law and religion

Howard Friedman, Religion Clause

 As the new semester begins at American law schools, here is a guide to in-print casebooks and  materials for teaching of law school courses on religious liberty or law and religion.  Books are listed by date of publication, most recent first:

• Edward J. Larson, Creationism in the Classroom: Cases, Statutes, and Commentary (West, 2013).
• John T. Noonan, Jr. and Edward M. Gaffney, Religious Freedom: History, Cases and Other Materials on the Interaction of Religion and Government, 3d (Foundation Press, 2011).
• Michael W. McConnell , John H. Garvey , Thomas C. Berg, Religion and the Constitution, Third Edition, (Wolters Kluwer, 2011).
• Understanding Islamic Law, (Lexis-Nexis, 2011).
• Leslie C. Griffin, Law and Religion, Cases and Materials, 2d (West, 2010).
• Arthur D. Hellman, William D. Araiza and Thomas E. Baker, First Amendment Law: Freedom of Expression & Freedom of Religion, Second Edition (Lexis-Nexis, 2010) with 2012 Supplement.
• Leslie C. Griffin, Law and Religion: Cases in Context, (Wolters Kluwer, 2010).
• Daniel O. Conkle, Constitutional Law – The Religion Clauses, 2d (Turning Point Series)  (Foundation Press, 2009).
• Alan E. Brownstein and Leslie Jacobs, Global Issues in Freedom of Speech and Religion: Cases and Materials (West, 2009).
• W. Cole Durham Jr. and Brett G. Scharffs, Law and Religion: National, International, and Comparative Law Perspectives, (Wolters Kluwer, 2009).
• Frank S. Ravitch, Law and Religion, A Reader: Concepts, Cases and Theory, 2d (West, 2008).
• Stephen G. Gey, Religion and the State, Second Edition, (Lexis-Nexis, 2006).
• James S. Serritella, et. al., Religious Organizations in the United States: A Study of Identity, Liberty, and the Law, (Carolina Academic Press, 2006).
• Eugene Volokh, The Religion Clauses and Related Statutes: Problems, Cases and Policy Arguments (Foundation Press, 2005).
• Martin H. Belsky and Joseph Bessler-Northcutt, Law and Theology, (Carolina Academic Press, 2005).
• Thomas C. Berg, The State and Religion in a Nutshell, 2d (West, 2004).
• Michael S. Ariens and Robert A. Destro, Religious Liberty in a Pluralistic Society, Second Edition (Carolina Academic Press, 2002).
• Rodney A. Smolla, The First Amendment: Freedom of Expression, Regulation of Mass Media, Freedom of Religion (Carolina Academic Press, 2000).
• Arnold H. Loewy, Religion and the Constitution: Cases and Materials (West, 1999), with 2002 Supplement.
• Justice Menachem Elon, Jewish Law (Mishpat Ivri): Cases and Materials, (Lexis-Nexis, 1999).