Books

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Christians in the American Empire: Faith and Citizenship in the New World Order (2008)

What does it mean to be a Christian citizen of the United States today? This...

 

Contributions to Books

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Just Contracts and Catholic Social Teaching: A Perspective from American Law, The True Wealth of Nations (2010)
 
Catholic Social Thought and the New Urbanism -- A Shared Vision to Confront the Problem of Urban Sprawl, Recovering Self-Evident Truths: Catholic Perspectives on American Law (2007)
 

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Enter the Poor: American Welfare Reform, Solidarity and the Capability of Human Flourishing, Transforming Unjust Structures: The Capability Approach (2006)
 

Articles

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Reforming the Legal Profession through Faith-Based Service Learning for Law Students: Notre Dame's 'Just Communities' Project, Journal of College and Character (2009)

Major curricular reform is long overdue at many American law schools, and the current economic...

 

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Catholic Social Teaching and Global Migration: Bridging the Paradox of Universal Human Rights and Territorial Self-Determination, Seattle University Law Review (2009)

In this essay, I will consider how law, religion, and democratic pluralism revolve around a...

 

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No Bonds but Those Freely Chosen: An Obituary for the Principle of Forced Heirship in American Law, Civil Law Commentaries (2008)

This article explains the history of forced heirship in Louisiana and describes the negative implications...

 

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Pilgrim Law: Overcoming False Consciousness through the Witness of London’s Economic Migrants., Journal of Law and Religion (2007)
 
Justice, Community, and Solidarity: Rethinking Affirmative Action through the Lens of Catholic Social Thought, Journal of Catholic Social Thought (2004)
 

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A Crisis of Caring: A Catholic Critique of American Welfare Reform, Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy (2003)

The current deterioration of the American economy is bringing new attention to the problem of...

 

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The Community Reinvestment Act: Questionable Premises and Perverse Incentives (with Keith N. Hylton), Annual Review of Banking Law (1999)

Having just passed the twentieth anniversary of the enactment of the Community Reinvestment Act ("CRA"...

 

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Rediscovering Usury: An Argument for Legal Controls on Credit Card Interest Rates., University of Colorado Law Review (1996)
 

Popular Press

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Four Ways to Fix Law School, U.S. News and World Report (2013)
 

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Muscular liberalism or multiculturalism?, Contending Modernities (2011)
 

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Multicultural modernity in Montréal, Contending Modernities (2010)
 

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Is There Still a Catholic Vote in the US?, Spero News (2010)
 

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Real Americans, Real Catholics: Race, Religion and the 2008 Election, America (2009)
 
Politics and Communion: A Bishop's Response to Segregationists, Commonweal (2004)
 

Works in Progress

Steven Shiffin: The Religious Left and Church-State Relations, Journal of Law, Philosophy, and Culture, Vol. IV, No.1 (2011)

Forthcoming in the Journal of Law, Philosophy, and Culture, Vol. IV, No. 1

 

Selected Professional Activities

Global Migration, Citizenship, and Catholic Social Teaching, Rockhurst University Visiting Scholar Lecture Series (2013)
 
Appointment: Elected to the American Law Institute (2011)
 

Book Reviews

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Quality of Life: A Review of Martha Nussbaum's Creating Capabilities (2011)

When societal progress is viewed primarily in terms of the overall increase in economic wealth,...

 

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Soulful Pray-er: A Review of Charlene Smith and John Feister's Thea's Song: The Life of Thea Bowman (2010)
 

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A Freedom Under Fire: a Review of Martha Nussbaum's Liberty of Conscience: In Defense of America's Tradition of Religious Equality (2008)
 
Review of Peter H. Schuck's Diversity in America: Keeping the Government at a Safe Distance (2005)