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The Accreditation Of Religious Law Schools In Canada And The United States, John Boersma
The Accreditation Of Religious Law Schools In Canada And The United States, John Boersma
BYU Law Review
Ongoing litigation in Canada suggests that the legal status of religiously affiliated law schools could be in jeopardy. In Canada, regulatory authorities have sought to deny accreditation status to a religiously affiliated law school (Trinity Western University) due to its commitment to a traditional Christian understanding of marriage. According to Canadian provincial authorities, this commitment has a discriminatory effect on LGBT students. Similar events could potentially occur in the United States. It is possible that American regulatory bodies could seek either to rescind or withhold accreditation from a religiously affiliated law school because of the discriminatory effects of its policies. …
The Legal Revolution Against The Place Of Religion: The Case Of Trinity Western University Law School, Barry W. Bussey
The Legal Revolution Against The Place Of Religion: The Case Of Trinity Western University Law School, Barry W. Bussey
BYU Law Review
The special legal status of religion and religious freedom in liberal democracies has become an issue of controversy among legal academics and lawyers. There is a growing argument that religion is not special and that the law should be amended to reflect that fact. This Article argues that religion is special. It is special because of the historical, practical, and philosophical realities of liberal democracies. Religious freedom is a foundational principle that was instrumental in creating the modern liberal democratic state. To remove religion from its current legal station would be a revolution that would put liberal democracy in a …