The Magna Carta

There is a brief article in the Guardian here about legacy of the Magna Carta and the five-year celebrations planned as the 800-year anniversary approaches in 2015. Here is a link to a video interview with UK Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke on the relevance of the Magna Carta today. The Magna Carta connects a number of…

Interracial Marriage in the UK and the US

Marriage is both a religious and a legal act in most cases, whether we are speaking of a civil ceremony, a religious ceremony, a common-law marriage, or so on. While there have been laws at various times and places throughout history preventing interracial marriages, these normally seemed to have derived from social…

US Supreme Court decisions that reference foreign law

Justice Ginsburg of the Supreme Court of the United States recently made comments about the use of decisions of foreign law courts in U.S Court decisions. You can read an article about her comments here in a posting on the Wall Street Journal Law Blog, along with debate pro and con. I…

Pursuing a Law Degree: some introductory books

I have decided to pursue a law degree in addition to my PhD in theology. I was encouraged by many of our attorney friends to do so—they say my research and writing skills will be a natural fit, and my desire to write to a larger audience will benefit from…

A Research Law Degree

Having laboured as a part-time professor, researcher, writer, and editor for about ten years, I have decided to pursue a law degree. I had been discussing options with many friends, many of whom are attorneys. They suggested my skills as a researcher and a writer would make be a natural.…

“Is Capitol Punishment Ethical?” (Westmont Horizon article)

A colleague and I were asked  to write pro and con articles for the Horizon ThinkTank. We enjoyed the process and the assignment. I was given the “pro” side, with which I went about supporting theologically and biblically (though I question the use of the word “ethical” in task). I was happy…