Mirror Of Justice

A blog devoted to the development of Catholic legal theory.

Author: Law professor contributors include: Robert Araujo of Gonzaga University; Stephen Bainbridge of the University of California-Los Angeles (who also authors Professor Bainbridge; Thomas Berg, Elizabeth Schlitz, Greg Sisk, Susan Stabile and Rob Vischer of the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn. (Vischer also contributes to Legal Ethics Forum and The Religiously Affiliated Law Schools); John Breen is an associate professor at Loyola University Chicago; Patrick Brennan and Mark Sargent of Villanova University; Rick Garnett (who also contributes to PrawfsBlawg and The Religiously Affiliated Law Schools) and Elizabeth Kirk of the University of Notre Dame; Richard Myers of the Ave Maria School of Law; Michael Perry of Emory University; Eduardo Peñalver and Steve Shiffrin of Cornell University; Russell Powell of Seattle University; Mike Scaperlanda of the University of Oklahoma; Richard Stith of Valparaiso Univeristy; and Amy Uelmen of Fordham University.

Recent Posts from Mirror of Justice

The Great Saga Continues ...
NYT, 11/20/09 November 20, 2009, 9:07 pm Catholic Bishops Confront Senate Bill By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, fresh off their abortion victory on health care legislation in the House,…
Love and Control of those media "who claim to be Catholic"
For discussion of Cardinal George's statement in this regard, see http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/?p=5533
Church Outreach to Deaf Catholics
How would we learn about Catholic intitiatives like the one described below, if not for John Allen? Besides the news, his analysis in this article ("Rethinking the Catholic 'Box Score') is, as usual, keen. From…
That reasonable Washington Post editorial
Rick: I think the Washington Post is right in suggesting that the controversy about Catholic Charities in Washington, DC is about religious liberty concerns, not the definition of marriage; but the claim at the beginning…
Geoffrey Stone on Church, State, Kennedy, and Stupak
Prof. Geoffrey Stone contends, here, that the role of the Catholic Church, and Catholics in securing passage of the Stupak Amendment, and in rejecting a same-sex-marriage law without adequate religious-liberty exemptions, is in worrisome tension…
The Washington Post on SSM and religious liberty in DC
A reasonable editorial, I thought: YOU MIGHT not realize, given the fury between Catholic Charities and the D.C. Council, that the Catholic Church is not trying to prevent the legalization of same-sex marriage in the…
Are Catholic law schools wise stewards of their students' debt?
I agree with Rick that the legal profession's academic woes should not nececessarily reduce our commitment to the law as a humane discipline. However, I do believe that all law schools -- Catholic law schools…
Catholic Legal Theory and "The Death of Big Law School"
Over at Prawfsblawg, I weighed in on an ongoing discussion about the implications for law schools and legal education of the crisis / meltdown / downturn / setback in the legal-services business. I wrote: "Above…
Policing the Church
I sincerely thank Steve Shiffrin for his post on Cardinal George’s opening address delivered at the annual meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. I appreciate Steve’s comments, but I find it necessary…
Policing the Media and the Universities
According to Catholic New Service http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0905092.htm, Cardinal George in his opening address to the fall conference of Catholic bishops "noted that discussions have recently begun about how the bishops might strengthen their relationship to Catholic…