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God Is A Woman: Feminism As A Religion Protected Under The Free Exercise Clause Of The First Amendment, Lalita Moskowitz Jan 2019

God Is A Woman: Feminism As A Religion Protected Under The Free Exercise Clause Of The First Amendment, Lalita Moskowitz

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Contemporary Aspects Of Female Genital Mutilation Prohibitions In The United States, Limor Ezioni Jan 2019

Contemporary Aspects Of Female Genital Mutilation Prohibitions In The United States, Limor Ezioni

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Paypal Or Plastic, Don't Matter The Court Won't Have It: Why The Case For Removing "In God We Trust" From The Dollar May Still Gain Traction Under The Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Olivia Firmand Jan 2019

Paypal Or Plastic, Don't Matter The Court Won't Have It: Why The Case For Removing "In God We Trust" From The Dollar May Still Gain Traction Under The Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Olivia Firmand

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Playing Outside The Joints: Where The Religious Freedom Restoration Act Meets Title Vii, Amanda Brennan Jan 2018

Playing Outside The Joints: Where The Religious Freedom Restoration Act Meets Title Vii, Amanda Brennan

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Many And The Few: Clash Of Values Or Reasonable Accommodation?, Marta Cartabia Jan 2018

The Many And The Few: Clash Of Values Or Reasonable Accommodation?, Marta Cartabia

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


Limitations On The Right To Manifest Religion In European Private Companies: Achbita V. G4s Secure Solutions Nv Under Article 9 Of The Echr And Article 18 Of The Iccpr, Shannon Riggins Jan 2018

Limitations On The Right To Manifest Religion In European Private Companies: Achbita V. G4s Secure Solutions Nv Under Article 9 Of The Echr And Article 18 Of The Iccpr, Shannon Riggins

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


Towards Establishing Parenthood By Agreement In Jewish Law, Yehezkel Hezi Margalit Jan 2018

Towards Establishing Parenthood By Agreement In Jewish Law, Yehezkel Hezi Margalit

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Saving Their Own Souls: How Rluipa Failed To Deliver On Its Promises, Sarah Gerwig-Moore Apr 2012

Saving Their Own Souls: How Rluipa Failed To Deliver On Its Promises, Sarah Gerwig-Moore

Legislation and Policy Brief

In the summer of 2001, as a graduate student in law and theology, I began work on a master’s thesis that examined the predicament of men of faith on San Quentin’s Condemned Row. I was working in the California Appellate Project—mostly assisting with direct appeals and state habeas petitions on behalf of men under a death sentence—when a colleague guided me into theological conversations with some of our clients. On Condemned Row, they waited—up to five years to be assigned a court-appointed appellate attorney, on judges’ rulings, and to find whether the legal system would ultimately exact the penalty it …


Referenda And The District Of Columbia's Human Rights Act: Voting On Same-Sex Marriage In The Nation's Capital, Jacob Stewart Jun 2011

Referenda And The District Of Columbia's Human Rights Act: Voting On Same-Sex Marriage In The Nation's Capital, Jacob Stewart

Legislation and Policy Brief

Beginning with Massachusetts in 2003, the courts and legislatures of many states have had to decide whether same-sex marriage is or should be a fundamental right under their respective constitutions. Although only five states and the District of Columbia legally perform same-sex marriages, a few other jurisdictions are in the process of proposing laws moving in that direction. However, the vast majority of states are holding fast to the traditional heterosexual definition of marriage. Thirty-eight states have adopted some sort of Defense of Marriage Act, constitutional amendment, or similar measure that defines marriage as the union between one man and …


Religious Exemption Or Exceptionalism? Exploring The Tension Of First Amendment Religion Protections & Civil Rights Progress Within The Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Richael Faithful Jan 2011

Religious Exemption Or Exceptionalism? Exploring The Tension Of First Amendment Religion Protections & Civil Rights Progress Within The Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Richael Faithful

Legislation and Policy Brief

The District of Columbia (D.C.) marked a landmark civil rights achievement in December 2009 when the city passed the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Equality Amendment Act. The law’s enactment allowed D.C. to become the sixth jurisdiction to sanction same-sex marriage in the United States. Supporters hailed the law as a victory for lesbian and gay equality, while detractors vowed that their efforts to traditionally define marriage would continue.

Among the most public opponents of the law was the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, which operates Catholic Charities, a leading service provider to low-income residents in the metropolitan area. The Catholic …


Unveiling The Complexities Surrounding The Right To Take Part In Cultural Life: The Effect Of General Comment No. 21 On The Legality Of The French Burqa Ban Under The Icescr, Alison Dean Jan 2011

Unveiling The Complexities Surrounding The Right To Take Part In Cultural Life: The Effect Of General Comment No. 21 On The Legality Of The French Burqa Ban Under The Icescr, Alison Dean

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


Liberté Religieuse En Europe: Discussing The French Concealment Act, Robert E. Snyder Jan 2011

Liberté Religieuse En Europe: Discussing The French Concealment Act, Robert E. Snyder

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Turkey: At The Crossroads Of Secular West And Traditional East Conference Introduction, Padideh Ala'i Jan 2009

Turkey: At The Crossroads Of Secular West And Traditional East Conference Introduction, Padideh Ala'i

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Substance Of Substantive Equality: Gender Equality And Turkey's Headscarf Debate, Rachel Rebouche Jan 2009

The Substance Of Substantive Equality: Gender Equality And Turkey's Headscarf Debate, Rachel Rebouche

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


The California Missions Preservation Act: Safeguarding Our History Or Subsidizing Religion?, Stacey L. Mahaney Jun 2006

The California Missions Preservation Act: Safeguarding Our History Or Subsidizing Religion?, Stacey L. Mahaney

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Under Grace: Legal Isolation And The Children Of The Old Order Amish, Jennifer Lavoie Jan 2006

Under Grace: Legal Isolation And The Children Of The Old Order Amish, Jennifer Lavoie

The Modern American

No abstract provided.


Arab Stereotyping: A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective, Rachel Saloom Jan 2006

Arab Stereotyping: A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective, Rachel Saloom

The Modern American

No abstract provided.


Living By The Sword: The Free Exercise Of Religion And The Sikh Struggle For The Right To Carry A Kirpan, Rishi S. Bagga Jan 2006

Living By The Sword: The Free Exercise Of Religion And The Sikh Struggle For The Right To Carry A Kirpan, Rishi S. Bagga

The Modern American

No abstract provided.


Rights Of Religious Minorities In Nigeria, Ismene Zarifis Jan 2002

Rights Of Religious Minorities In Nigeria, Ismene Zarifis

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Legislative Focus: The International And Religious Freedom Act Of 1998, Tom Lynch Jan 1999

Legislative Focus: The International And Religious Freedom Act Of 1998, Tom Lynch

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Field Report: The Right To Freedom From Religion In A Jewish State, Omri Kaufman Jan 1998

Field Report: The Right To Freedom From Religion In A Jewish State, Omri Kaufman

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Ancient Works, Modern Dilemmas: The Dead Sea Scrolls Copyright Case, Lisa Michelle Weinstein Jan 1994

Ancient Works, Modern Dilemmas: The Dead Sea Scrolls Copyright Case, Lisa Michelle Weinstein

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Gender-Related Persecution: A Legal Analysis Of Gender Bias In Asylum Law, Sunny Kim Jan 1993

Gender-Related Persecution: A Legal Analysis Of Gender Bias In Asylum Law, Sunny Kim

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.