…International Court of Justice. That tribunal found that intentionally targeting civilians and inflicting unnecessary harm on combatants are both war crimes. It urged the need for nuclear disarmament. But it…
“Ecce Homo: Pilate and Jesus in the History of Secularity” by David Lloyd Dusenbury
…a legislator, a law, or a law-court “secular”. The “secular” is a structural term. Whatever does not fall under the jurisdiction of the churches is “secular” – and there is…
“The Mainstreaming of Alt-Right Media” by Sarah Riccardi-Swartz
…infringement on his freedom of speech still lingers in the courts, the former reality star and president is using technology once again as his bully pulpit. The language of rights,…
“Sikh Studies and Its Publics: Positionality, Autonomy, and Responsibility” by Harjeet Grewal
…early modern period under the categories “Hindu” and “Musalmān,” as well as rejected the spheres within which they operated; the political courts of kings, the sociocultural court of the tabernacle,…
“Secular Law and Equity in Beth Din Decisions” by Rabbi Shlomo Weissmann
…beit din (rabbinic court) practice. But they immediately caught my attention because they neatly summarize the mechanisms very familiar to me in my work as Director of the Beth Din…
“Proposal for a Muslim American Alternate Dispute Resolution and Mediation Center” by Abed Awad and Lee Ann Bambach
…Islamic alternate dispute category for the American environment is what is known as taḥkīm, described in classical adab al-qāḍī works as a private alternative to the formal court system. Scholars…
“What the Theological Roots of Reasonable Doubt Might Teach Us” by Peter Wosnik
…consequences of the work that we do in courtrooms may bring us a degree of fear and trembling, even when the individuals deserve the sentences they receive. And it rightly…
“Religion, Law, and Governance in Premodern Hindu Political Theory” by John Nemec
…taking aggressive action against others with economic means, and keeping the social order meant punishing offenders, often inviting conflict thereby. Enemy armies and court intrigues, such as the threat of…
Reflecting on State Cooperation with Religion in Europe by Silvia Meseguer Velasco
Reflecting on State Cooperation with Religion in Europe Silvia Meseguer Velasco Image of European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France on Wikimedia by CherryX (CC BY-SA 3.0). The following…
“Transnational Aspects of Christian Nationalism” by Marietta van der Tol
…law. Some people call this democratic backsliding. Examples include putting political loyalists in the highest courts so the courts cannot do its work fully independently anymore, limiting the freedom of…