…the later twentieth-century Supreme Court decisions ending such children’s legal disabilities. At the same time, and according to the same metric—children’s human rights and adults’ responsibilities to children—he notes that…
“Limited Dominion in Early Modern Political Theologies” by Elisabeth Rain Kincaid and Matthew P. Cavedon
…to tyrants or to those who attempt to limit the “worship of the one supreme and true God.” In addition, Saint Augustine describes the Church as possessing a separate authority,…
“Keeping the Faith: What Secular Law Has Taught Me About Religion” by Halim Dhanidina
…times frustrating, but ultimately fulfilling search for truth and understanding. Halim Dhanidina is an associate justice for the Second District of the California Court of Appeal, and the first Muslim…
“Defining the True Meaning of Racism: The Law & Religion of Colonial America (Part II)” by Audra L. Savage
…wear. Laws also proscribed the participation of Blacks in the militia and military service, as well as the use of their testimonies in court. Of obvious importance was the need…
“Soul Repair: A Jewish View (Part 1)” by David R. Blumenthal
…and he fasted, and he came and slept on the floor. The elders of his court rose to lift David up from the earth, but he would not, nor did…
“Pandemic Monitoring Without Scapegoating: Lessons from the Shincheonji Community of South Korea” by Massimo Introvigne
…to “deprogram” them and “de-convert” them from Shincheonji. South Korea’s persistence of deprogramming, a practice deemed illegal by American and European courts more than twenty years ago, attracted international condemnation…
“Conviction: A Series on Criminal Law and Religion” by Matthew P. Cavedon
…person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law 2a:a strong persuasion or belief” Canopy Forum is an online publication on the intersection of law and religion, and…
“Great Christian Jurists in German History” by Mathias Schmoeckel and John Witte, Jr.
…Germany but unknown by English and American historians. With regard to the politics of Emperor Louis IV, for example, William of Ockham and Marsilius of Padua of his court in…