- ABA’s Center for Professional Responsibility’s – “Model Rules of Conduct”
- Cornell’s Legal Information Institute – American Legal Ethics digital library
- Organized by topic, exploring the ethics of technology in the legal profession(Legalethics.com)
- Association of American Law Schools – Statements of Good Practices
- American Polygraph Association – Code of Ethics
Law: Professional associations and faith groups
Law: Syllabi
- Law and Religion in the Contemporary United States. Bill Long
- Jewish Law and American Legal Theory(.pdf). Professor Suzanne Last Stone and Rabbi Ozer Glickman, Yeshiva University
Law: Recent research
- Buckingham, Janet Epp. “Advocacy for religious freedom in Canadian law.” International Journal for Religious Freedom. Vol. 4, No. 1 (2011): 65-74.
- Feldman, Stephen F. “Law and Religion: Modernity, Religion and the Public Sphere.” Tulsa Law Review. Vol. 45 (Summer 2010).
- Garcia, Jose Antonio Rodriguez. “Religious Freedom and Terrorism in Spanish Case Law.” Journal of Church and State. Vol. 53, No. 3 (Summer 2011): 17 pps.
- Pollock, Scott D. “Immigration Law vs. Religious Freedom: Using the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to Challenge Restrictive Immigration Laws and Practices(.pdf).” Rutgers Journal of Law and Religion. Vol. 12, No. 2 (Spring 2011): 295-346.
Law: Journals
Law: Articles
- “Bans on the Wearing of Religious Symbols in British Schools: A Violation of the Right to Non-Discrimination?” by Erica Howard. Religion and Human Rights, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2011.
- “Ethnic conflict in Nigeria: Constitutional law and the dilemma of decision-making” by Ray Ikechukwu Jacob and Suhana Saad. Malaysia Journal of Society and Space, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Spring), 2011.
- “The Courts’ Inconsistent Treatment of Bethel v. Fraser and the Curtailment of Student Rights” by David L. Hudson, Jr. and John E. Ferguson Jr. The John Marshall Law Review, Vol. 36, No. 1 (Fall), 2002.
- “To Engage in Civil Practice as a Religious Lawyer” by James L. Nolan, reprinted from Fordham Urban Law Journal, Vol. XXVI, No. 4, April 1999.
- “Faith and the Attorney-Client Relationship: A Muslim Perspective” by Azizah Y. al-Hibri. Fordham Law Review, Vol. LXVI, No. 4, March 1998.
- “On Being a Muslim Corporate Lawyer” by Azizah al-Hibri. Texas Tech Law Review. Vol. 27: 947.
- “Huqūq Allāh and Huqūq al-‘Ibād: A Legal Heuristic for Natural Rights Regime” by Anver M. Emon. Islamic Law and Society. 13, no. 3 (2006): 325-91.Goodall, Kay.
- “Incitement to Religious Hatred: All Talk and No Substance?” Modern Law Review. 70, no. 1 (2006): 89-113.
- “Federal lawsuit claims Eastern Michigan University dismissed grad student from counseling program for her views on homosexuality” by Amanda Hamon. The Ann Arbor News. April 06, 2009.
- “Is This Arbitration?: Religious Tribunals, Judicial Review, and Due Process” by Michael C. Grossman. Columbia Law Review. 107, no. 1 (2007): 169-209.
- “Religion and Freedom of Speech: Portraits of Muhammad” by Robert Post. Constellations: An International Journal of Critical & Democratic Theory. 14, no. 1 (2007): 72-90.
- “Foucault, Law, and Power: A Reassessment” by Gary Wickham. Journal of Law and Society. 33, no. 4 (2006): 596-614.
- “The First Amendment Implications of Teaching the Theory of Evolution and Creationism In Public Schools” by E.Y. Brownfield, E.Y. Journal of Law & Education. 36, no. 1 (2007): 141-8.
- “‘The Most Hated Woman in America’: Madalyn Murray and the Crusade against School Prayer” by Bruce J. Dierenfield. Journal of Supreme Court History. 32, no. 1 (2007): 62-84.
- “Veiled Women and the Affect of Religion in Democracy” by Stewart Motha. Journal of Law & Society. 34, no. 1 (2007): 139-62.
- Wickham, Gary. “Foucault, Law, and Power: A Reassessment.” Journal of Law and Society. 33, no. 4 (2006): 596-614.
- “Afghan Law Ignites Debate on Religion, Sex” by Pamela Constable. The Washington Post, April 11, 2009.
- “Law and Religion in a Secular Society” by Anthony Bradney. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Law and Society Association, Hilton Bonaventure, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 27, 2008.
- Grossman, Michael C. “Is This Arbitration?: Religious Tribunals, Judicial Review, and Due Process.” Columbia Law Review. 107, no. 1 (2007): 169-209.
- “Sikh man’s challenge to helmet law dismissed” by Kirk Makin. The Globe and Mail (Canada), March 7, 2008.
- Post, Robert. “Religion and Freedom of Speech: Portraits of Muhammad.” Constellations: An International Journal of Critical & Democratic Theory. 14, no. 1 (2007): 72-90.
- “For God’s sake, why have blasphemous libel?” The Irish Times, April 30, 2009.
- “The Moral Responsibility of Business to Protect Homosexuals from Discrimination in the Workplace” by Paul Lansing and Cory Cruser. Employee Relations Law Journal, 35:1 (2009): 43-66.
- Emon, Anver M. “Huqūq Allāh and Huqūq al-‘Ibād: A Legal Heuristic for Natural Rights Regime.” Islamic Law and Society. 13, no. 3 (2006): 325-91.Goodall, Kay. “Incitement to Religious Hatred: All Talk and No Substance?” Modern Law Review. 70, no. 1 (2006): 89-113.
Law: Books
- Constitutional Illusions and Anchoring Truths: The Touchstone of the Natural Law. Hadley Arkes. Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (May 31, 2010).
- Across the Religious Divide: Women, Property, and Law in the Wider Mediterranean. Jutta Sperling and Shona Kelly Wray. Routledge (October 13, 2009).
- Encountering Religion in the Workplace: The Legal Rights and Responsibilities of Workers and Employers. Raymond F. Gregory. New York: Cornell University Press, 2011.
- Islamic Feminism and the Law by Qudsia Mirza. Routledge-Cavendish, 2011.
- A Correctional Administrator’s Guide to Islamic Religious Practices (.pdf)
- Law and Religion in Europe: A Comparative Introduction by Norma Doe. Oxford University Press USA, 2011.
- Religion and law: An introduction. Peter W. Edge. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2006.
- Law and religion: a critical anthology. Stephen M. Feldman. NYU Press, 2000.
- Religion and the Law in America: An Encyclopedia of Personal Belief and Public Policy. Scott A. Merriman. ABC-CLIO, 2007.
- Clash Of Orthodoxies: Law Religion & Morality In Crisis. Robert P. George. Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2001.
- God vs. the Gavel: Religion and the Rule of Law. Marci A. Hamilton. Cambridge University Press, 2007.
- Doing Justice to Mercy: Religion, Law, and Criminal Justice. Jonathan Rothchild (ed.) University of Virginia Press, 2007.
- Religion and International Law. Mark W. Janis and Carolyn Evans (eds.). Hotei Publishing, 2004.
- Prison Religion: Faith-Based Reform and the Constitution by Winnifred Fallers Sullivan. Princeton University Press, 2011.
- Peyote vs. the State: Religious Freedom on Trial by Garrett Epps. University of Oklahoma Press, 2009.
Law: More links
- Brookings Institution: Religious Expression in American Public Life
- First Amendment Center
- The Becket Fund, protecting free expression of all religious traditions, land use, legal issues
- Law Enforcement Official’s Guide to The Muslim Community
- A Correctional Administrator’s Guide to Islamic Religious Practices
- Religion and the Workplace law
- Religious Accommodation in the Workplace (Anti-Defamation League)
- Religion & the Law (The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life)
- Center for the Study of Law and Religion
- International Center for Law and Religion Studies
- Religion and Law International Document Database
- Law and Courts (ReligionLink)
- The Year in Review: Law and Religion in 2005, From “Intelligent Design,” to the Ten Commandments, to Supreme Court Staffing Changes, to Clergy Child Abuse Developments
- The Influence of Religion on Law (Canadian Institute for Law, Theology and Public Policy)
- Law & Religion – Church & State – Directory of Online Resources (AcademicInfo)
- “New Family Law for Sunni Women in Bahrain Not for Shiites” (IPS)
- American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
- Religion and Law in Contemporary Europe: European Law Research
Law: Case studies
- Dispute over Muslim cab drivers refusing to transport alcohol because of religious beliefs. Minnesota Public Radio News, Sept. 9, 2008.
- Lawsuit filed against Eastern Michigan University for dismissing a school counseling student for refusing to affirm homosexual relationships due to religious beliefs | Complaint/lawsuit(.pdf) | Dismissal letter(.pdf) | Transcript of hearing(.pdf)
Law: About the discipline
Many of the hottest legal issues today involve religion in the public square. Current First Amendment issues include church-state separation, God in the Pledge of Allegiance, and prayer in schools and public spheres. Ethical issues sometimes related to religious beliefs are also debated, such as potential bans on abortion or types of abortion, the death penalty, and how to rule or legislate in ways that offer freedom to practice religion but not against any particular practices or atheist beliefs. [Read more…]