Law

A selection of recent articles on this topic

Church-State Conundrums

Keith Pavlischek

Original Intent: Chief Justice Rehnquist and the Course of American Church/State Relations by derek davis prometheus books,…

What Americans Really Think About Abortion

James Davison Hunter

At the foundation of any democratic society is the principle that the laws that order our lives…

Editorial: The Corruption of the Would-Be First Estate

The Editors

The fourth estate now considers itself to be the first estate, and not without reason. In public…

Suya Wars

Alan Jacobs

Most Americans believe, when they think of the issue at all, that our disputes over the role…

Academic Religion: Playground of the Vandals

Paul V. Mankowski

“When you say ‘hill,’” the Queen interrupted, “I could show you hills, in comparison with which you’d…

Natural Law and the Law: An Exchange

Hadley Arkes, Russell Hittinger, William Bentley Ball, and Robert H. Bork

The March issue of First Things featured an essay by Robert H. Bork, “Natural Law and the…

How To Restore Religious Freedom: A Debate

Mark E. Chopko et al.

The March issue of First Things included a Declaration in support of the proposed Religious Freedom Restoration…

God and the Economists

Robert A. Sirico

Reaching for Heaven on Earth: The Theological Meaning of Economics by Robert H. Nelson Rowman and Littlefield,…

The Church as Interest Group, Once More

Richard John Neuhaus

In the January issue, this section carried a commentary titled “The Catholic Church as Interest Group.” Among…

For the Religious Freedom Restoration Act

W. Cole Durham, Jr., Edward McGlynn Gaffney, Douglas Laycock, and Michael W. McConnell

For those who are committed to protecting the unborn and to preserving our traditional moral heritage, it…

The Big Economic Lie

Michael Novak

There they go again. The presidential election of 1992 is bringing out among politicians and the media…

Natural Law and the Constitution

Robert H. Bork

Natural law seems an unlikely topic for extensive television coverage, nor would one expect United States senators…

Religion & the Court: A New Beginning?

Mary Ann Glendon

Mention the First Amendment to any lawyer, and the odds are excellent that he or she will…

Coming to Terms with the East German Past

John P. Burgess

It has been more than two years since that fateful Thursday evening in East Berlin. At a…

Evangelicals and Capitalism

Amy L. Sherman

With Liberty and Justice for Whom? The Recent Evangelical Debate Over Capitalism by craig m. gay, foreword…