Upcoming Event
“The Claims of Conscience and the Rule of Law: Can They Coexist?”
29th Nathaniel L. Nathanson Memorial Lecture
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice
6:00 p.m.
Lecturer: William A. Galston
Since the rise of revealed religion, the relation between civil and religious authority has been a central question. In modernity, religious authority has often been seen in individual terms, as the conscience of the believer. In a constitutional democracy such as ours, how can we deal with the conflict between the aims of public law and the demands of individual conscience, which may require non-compliance or resistance? Galston will explore some of the ways in which this conflict plays out in jurisprudence and public policy.
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Past Events
“Is Religious Freedom in America at Risk?”
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Featured Debate Participants
- Richard Garnett, Notre Dame Law
- Andrew Koppelman, Northwestern Law
"Freedom of the Church in the Modern Era"
October 12-13, 2012
The institute hosted its inaugural conference titled "Freedom of the Church in the Modern Era" in October. The issue of freedom of the church has become urgent in recent years. This conference welcomed law and religion experts to discuss and debate the constitutional commitment to freedom of the church.
Presenters:
- Tom Berg, University of St. Thomas Law
- Alan Brownstein, University of California Davis Law
- Robert Cochran, Pepperdine Law
- Richard Garnett, Notre Dame Law
- Michael Helfand, Pepperdine Law
- Paul Horwitz, University of Alabama Law
- John Inazu, Washington University School of Law
- Andrew Koppelman, Northwestern Law
- Mark Rosen, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
- Lawrence Sager, University of Texas Law
- Richard Schragger, University of Virginia Law
- Micah Schwartzman, University of Virginia Law
- Maimon Schwarzschild, University of San Diego Law
- Nomi Stolzenberg, University of Southern California Law
- Nelson Tebbe, Brooklyn Law
- Rob Vischer, University of St. Thomas Law
- Patrick McKinley Brennan, Villanova Law
Commentators
- Caroline Corbin, University of Miami Law
- John Eastman, Chapman University Law
- Frederick Gedicks, Brigham Young University Law
- Kent Greenawalt, Columbia University Law
- Abner Greene, Fordham Law
- Marci Hamilton, Cordozo Law
- Michael Paulsen, University of St. Thomas Law
- Louis Michael Seidman, Georgetown Law
- Rodney Smith, Thomas Jefferson Law School
- Mark Tushnet, Harvard Law
