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Speaker, “Religion’S Footnote Four: Church Autonomy As Arbitration”, Michael Helfand Nov 2012

Speaker, “Religion’S Footnote Four: Church Autonomy As Arbitration”, Michael Helfand

Michael A Helfand

No abstract provided.


No, Bloomberg Isn't Banning Circumcision, Michael Helfand Oct 2012

No, Bloomberg Isn't Banning Circumcision, Michael Helfand

Michael A Helfand

No abstract provided.


Speaker, “Religion’S Footnote Four: Church Autonomy As Arbitration”, Michael Helfand Oct 2012

Speaker, “Religion’S Footnote Four: Church Autonomy As Arbitration”, Michael Helfand

Michael A Helfand

No abstract provided.


Speaker, “Church Autonomy And Religious Arbitration: Two Models Of Legal Pluralism”, Michael Helfand Sep 2012

Speaker, “Church Autonomy And Religious Arbitration: Two Models Of Legal Pluralism”, Michael Helfand

Michael A Helfand

No abstract provided.


Postscript: Religious Boundaries, Michael Helfand Aug 2012

Postscript: Religious Boundaries, Michael Helfand

Michael A Helfand

No abstract provided.


Hebrew National Must Answer To A Higher Authority, Michael Helfand Aug 2012

Hebrew National Must Answer To A Higher Authority, Michael Helfand

Michael A Helfand

No abstract provided.


The Boundaries Of Religious Freedom, Michael Helfand Aug 2012

The Boundaries Of Religious Freedom, Michael Helfand

Michael A Helfand

No abstract provided.


Speaker, “Church Autonomy And Religious Arbitration: Two Models Of Legal Pluralism”, Michael Helfand Jul 2012

Speaker, “Church Autonomy And Religious Arbitration: Two Models Of Legal Pluralism”, Michael Helfand

Michael A Helfand

No abstract provided.


Speaker, “Litigating Religion”, Michael Helfand Jul 2012

Speaker, “Litigating Religion”, Michael Helfand

Michael A Helfand

No abstract provided.


Speaker, “Litigating Religion”, Michael Helfand Jun 2012

Speaker, “Litigating Religion”, Michael Helfand

Michael A Helfand

No abstract provided.


Speaker, “Litigating Religion”, Michael Helfand May 2012

Speaker, “Litigating Religion”, Michael Helfand

Michael A Helfand

No abstract provided.


Speaker, “Litigating Religion”, Michael Helfand May 2012

Speaker, “Litigating Religion”, Michael Helfand

Michael A Helfand

No abstract provided.


Speaker, “Taking Beth Din Judgments Into Secular Court”, Michael Helfand May 2012

Speaker, “Taking Beth Din Judgments Into Secular Court”, Michael Helfand

Michael A Helfand

No abstract provided.


Speaker, “Litigating Religion”, Michael Helfand Apr 2012

Speaker, “Litigating Religion”, Michael Helfand

Michael A Helfand

No abstract provided.


Speaker, “Litigating Religion”, Michael Helfand Feb 2012

Speaker, “Litigating Religion”, Michael Helfand

Michael A Helfand

No abstract provided.


Purpose, Precedent, And Politics: Why Concepcion Covers Less Than You Think (Video), Michael Helfand Feb 2012

Purpose, Precedent, And Politics: Why Concepcion Covers Less Than You Think (Video), Michael Helfand

Michael A Helfand

No abstract provided.


Symposium Introduction: The Competing Claims Of Law And Religion: Who Should Influence Whom?, Michael Helfand Dec 2011

Symposium Introduction: The Competing Claims Of Law And Religion: Who Should Influence Whom?, Michael Helfand

Michael A Helfand

This introduction provides a preface to the Pepperdine Law Review symposium from the Third Annual Religious Legal Theory Conference on "The Competing Claims of Law & Religion: Who Should Influence Whom." As the introduction notes, the relationship between law and religion is both fraught with tension but also provides great opportunity. In so doing, the introduction sketches some of the varied responses to conflicts between law and religion, providing a brief overview of the papers included in the symposium issue.


Purpose, Precedent, And Politics: Why Concepcion Covers Less Than You Think, Michael A. Helfand Dec 2011

Purpose, Precedent, And Politics: Why Concepcion Covers Less Than You Think, Michael A. Helfand

Michael A Helfand

This article sketches some possible limitations on the impact AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion will have going forward. While many have seen the Supreme Court’s decision as simultaneously signaling an end to the viability of class action lawsuits and undermining principles of federalism, there may be reasons to believe that it will not have implications quite so far reaching. Specifically, this article proposes three reasons why Concepcion’s impact may be limited. First, the decision lends itself to a more narrow reading, which simply demands that courts take the entire of an arbitration agreement into account before deploying common law defenses to …