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Contingency And Contestation In Christianity And Liberalism, Michael P. Moreland May 2023

Contingency And Contestation In Christianity And Liberalism, Michael P. Moreland

Notre Dame Law Review

What is the relationship of Christianity to liberalism? Answers include: Liberalism is a product of the moral legacy of Christianity, such as the dignity of individual human persons, equality, rights, perhaps even some forms of democratic institutionalism. Or liberalism is a hostile reaction against Christianity by way of an autonomous individualism set against divinely ordained creatureliness and dependence, democracy against authority, egalitarianism against hierarchy. Or liberalism is in a modus vivendi relationship with Christianity and vice versa. Or perhaps there is something true about each of these answers.

Critiques of liberalism in law and politics come in waves. The liberal-communitarian …


The Role Of Emotion In Constitutional Theory, J. Joel Alicea May 2022

The Role Of Emotion In Constitutional Theory, J. Joel Alicea

Notre Dame Law Review

Although the role of emotion in law has become a major field of scholarship, there has been very little attention paid to the role of emotion in constitutional theory. This Article seeks to fill that gap by providing an integrated account of the role of emotion within the individual, how emotion affects constitutional culture, and how constitutional culture, properly understood, should affect our evaluation of major constitutional theories.

The Article begins by reconstructing one of the most important and influential accounts of emotion in the philosophical literature: that of Thomas Aquinas. Because Aquinas’s description of the nature of emotion accords …


Someone Make Up My Mind: The Troubling Right To Die Issues Presented By Incompetent Patients With No Prior Expression Of A Treatment Preference, Steven M. Richard May 2014

Someone Make Up My Mind: The Troubling Right To Die Issues Presented By Incompetent Patients With No Prior Expression Of A Treatment Preference, Steven M. Richard

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.


Sign Of The Cross And Jurisprudence, Edward J. Murphy Mar 2014

Sign Of The Cross And Jurisprudence, Edward J. Murphy

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.


Sign Of The Cross And Jurisprudence, Edward J. Murphy Mar 2014

Sign Of The Cross And Jurisprudence, Edward J. Murphy

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.


Law, Morality, And Sexual Orientation, John M. Finnis Mar 2014

Law, Morality, And Sexual Orientation, John M. Finnis

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.


Atticus, Thomas, And The Meaning Of Justice, Teresa Godwin Phelps Mar 2002

Atticus, Thomas, And The Meaning Of Justice, Teresa Godwin Phelps

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.


Select Bibliography Of Works By Thomas L. Shaffer, Notre Dame Law Review Mar 2002

Select Bibliography Of Works By Thomas L. Shaffer, Notre Dame Law Review

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.


Kelsen And Aquinas On The Natural-Law Doctrine, Robert P. George Aug 2000

Kelsen And Aquinas On The Natural-Law Doctrine, Robert P. George

Notre Dame Law Review

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On The Dividing Line Between Natural Law Theory And Legal Positivism, Brian Bix Aug 2000

On The Dividing Line Between Natural Law Theory And Legal Positivism, Brian Bix

Notre Dame Law Review

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Love, Human Dignity, And Justice: Some Legacies From Protestant And Catholic Ethics, Harlan R. Beckley Jun 1999

Love, Human Dignity, And Justice: Some Legacies From Protestant And Catholic Ethics, Harlan R. Beckley

Notre Dame Law Review

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Book Review, Joel S. Newman Jan 1986

Book Review, Joel S. Newman

Notre Dame Law Review

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Book Reviews, Mark H. Aultman Jan 1982

Book Reviews, Mark H. Aultman

Notre Dame Law Review

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Practice Of Law As Moral Discourse, Thomas L. Shaffer Dec 1979

Practice Of Law As Moral Discourse, Thomas L. Shaffer

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.


Abortion-On-Demand: Whose Morality, Robert M. Byrn Oct 1970

Abortion-On-Demand: Whose Morality, Robert M. Byrn

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews, Roger Paul Peters, William B. Gould Jan 1967

Book Reviews, Roger Paul Peters, William B. Gould

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews, Edward F. Barrett, Edward J. Gray, David T. Link, Gerald M. Gallivan Aug 1961

Book Reviews, Edward F. Barrett, Edward J. Gray, David T. Link, Gerald M. Gallivan

Notre Dame Law Review

Book reviews by Edward F. Barrett, Edward J. Gray, David T. Link, James K. Stucko, and Thomas M. Clusserath.


Tax Law And Natural Law, Roger Paul Peters Oct 1950

Tax Law And Natural Law, Roger Paul Peters

Notre Dame Law Review

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Book Reviews, Charles S. Desmond, Godfrey P. Schmidt, Robert E. Sullivan, Louis C. Kaplan Oct 1950

Book Reviews, Charles S. Desmond, Godfrey P. Schmidt, Robert E. Sullivan, Louis C. Kaplan

Notre Dame Law Review

Book Reviews by Charles S. Desmond, Godfrey P. Schmidt, Robert E. Sullivan, Louis C. Kaplan, and Paul C. Bartholomew.


Book Reviews, Anton-Hermann Chroust, W. F. Cunningham, Louis Charles Kaplan, Luther M. Swygert May 1949

Book Reviews, Anton-Hermann Chroust, W. F. Cunningham, Louis Charles Kaplan, Luther M. Swygert

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.


De Legibus Of Francisco Suarez, Heinrich A. Rommen Oct 1948

De Legibus Of Francisco Suarez, Heinrich A. Rommen

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.