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Drawing on Dignity in Judgment: Constitutional Adjudication in Comparative Perspective, part of CF Literature Highlights, Andrea Pin writes: "the more often the term dignity is used, the more variable and even controversial its meaning becomes." Learn more:canopyforum.org/2026/03/18/dig…

Sai Santosh Kumar Kolluru asks: "What makes a guardian of the rule of law conclude that her dharma lies elsewhere? What does Hindu ethics have to say about that moment of departure?" Explore these question with the recent CF article: canopyforum.org/2026/03/06/obl… #Law #Ethics #Dharma

In an adapted excerpt from The Cost of Racial Equality, Major G. Coleman writes: "The main costs of equality before the law are the perceived political costs in the courts and cultural costs for individual whites." Learn more with CF Literature Highlights: canopyforum.org/2026/03/04/mar…

In a recent CF article, Hennessey Star writes: "the Denver Sisters of the Good Shepherd reveal a willingness at both the state and federal level to depend on Catholic sisters for the purposes of incarcerating children." Learn more in the modern context: canopyforum.org/2026/02/27/sis…

In a recent Canopy Forum article, Jo Chitlik writes that "as a religiously grounded form of ADR, Mukim offers socially legitimate and accessible dispute resolution, particularly for communities underserved by formal courts." Learn more: canopyforum.org/2026/02/20/bey… #CommunityJustice

In a recent CF article about mediation systems in Pakistan, Muhammad Bakhsh Meskanzai writes: "the search for alternative pathways to justice has transitioned from a theoretical preference to an institutional necessity." Learn more: canopyforum.org/2026/02/13/eva… #Mediation #Pakistan

In a recent Canopy Forum article, Dr. R. Andrew Chesnut "theorizes Santa Muerte as a religious formation of Mexico’s necro-state, a regime in which the power to expose populations to premature death... organizes social life." Learn more: canopyforum.org/2026/02/06/sai… #SantaMuerte

In an upcoming book featured in CF Literature Highlights, Allen Hertzke writes that "compelling evidence points to religious freedom – rightly understood and generously protected – as pivotal to the kind of world we want to inhabit..." Learn more here: canopyforum.org/2026/02/04/why…

Selected for Canopy Forum's Literature Highlights, chapter twelve of George Walters-Sleyon’s book, The Rush for Black Diamonds, Volume Two, "argues for the necessity of a prison theology referred to as a Reformist Prison theology (RPT)." Read more: canopyforum.org/2026/01/28/ref…

In a recent CF Literature Highlights essay, David McIlroy introduces the book Christianity and the Making of Irish Law, which "explores these ideas through the work of 17 thinkers, from different centuries and across the theological spectrum." Learn more: canopyforum.org/2026/01/21/chr…

“Since its founding in 1947, Pakistan’s trajectory on women’s rights has been marked by a persistent tension between constitutional promises of equality and periods of legal ambiguity,” Jo Chitlik writes in a recent Canopy Forum article: canopyforum.org/2026/01/16/jus… #GenderEquality

In a recent Canopy Forum article, M. Christian Green writes: “Even as human rights challenges continue to plague the contemporary world, the modern, liberal human rights regime has come under criticism in recent decades.” Learn more: canopyforum.org/2026/01/15/gen… #HumanRights

According to Aaron Walayat, “Yoder is often considered a unique case, almost as unique and separate as the community it represented.” Learn more about the impact of today’s changing religious and legal landscapes on Yoder Park in a recent CF article: canopyforum.org/2026/01/09/yod…

In a recent CF article, Matteo Carmine Fiocca shows that the “Kingdom of Naples in the late eighteenth century offers a prime example of how jurisdictionalist theories could translate into deeply innovative forms of government practices.” Learn more: canopyforum.org/2026/01/08/the…

In a recent CF article, Anders Liman writes that "Kuyper witnessed firsthand how technological advancement, for all its promise, had created what he termed a 'deep-seated social need.'" Read more about how Kuyper's observations apply to the AI revolution: canopyforum.org/2025/12/19/tho…

"If the proposed consent decree in National Religious Broadcasters v. Werfel were approved, it would open a vast new channel for anonymous, taxpayer-subsidized political spending," according to Kevin Hancock. Learn more in the recent CF article: canopyforum.org/2025/12/18/nat…

In a recent CF article, Rebecca S. Markert writes: "A weakened or repealed Johnson Amendment blurs the constitutional line between government and religion..." Learn more about current challenges to the Johnson Amendment: canopyforum.org/2025/12/17/def… #JohnsonAmendment #ChurchAndState

In a recent CF article about the role of religion in U.S. Indian Policy, Kerri J. Malloy writes: "The very architecture of federal Indian law emerged from Christian doctrines of discovery and dominion that sacralized conquest and ownership." Read more: canopyforum.org/2025/12/12/fro…

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"Though enforcement has been inconsistent and federal signals in the past decade suggested a lighter touch... the perceived space for overt endorsement has widened," writes Michael J. Broyde about the Johnson Amendment in a Jewish Law context. Learn more: canopyforum.org/2025/12/05/end…