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CSLR lectures from 2003 to the current academic year are available in their entirety through audio and video recordings (please note that the Sex, Marriage and Family series is only available through audio recording). Lectures are listed by name of lectureship, conference, or lecture series in alphabetical order.

Alonzo L. McDonald Lecture in Christianity and Law

The Power of Mercy in Biblical Law, March 27, 2013
Jesus and the Law of Marriage and Divorce, February 08, 2012
McDonald Lecture: Speaking Up for Rights, May 29, 2006
McDonald Lecture: Separation of Church and State: There is No Wall, March 02, 2005

Currie Lecture

Housing America’s Families: Investments, Risks, and Families, February 20, 2013
Freedom of Religion, Same-Sex Marriage and the Catholic Church, March 21, 2012
Cultivating the Inner Conditions for Genuine Happiness, October 18, 2010
Currie Lecture: Why Religion Matters in the Quest for Gay Civil Rights, March 30, 2009
The Future of Shari'a: Secularism from an Islamic Perspective, January 29, 2007

Decalogue Lecture

"The Bioethical Future: Some Jewish Thoughts on Reproductive Ethics", September 13, 2011
Happiness in the Jewish Perspective, October 18, 2010
The Catholic Church and the Death Penalty, October 07, 2008
Silver Anniversary: The Decalogue Lectures: Law, Religion, and the future of the African-American Family, October 25, 2007
Maimonides: Science Generates Faith, September 18, 2006
Where Will the Children Live? Decalogue Lecture, February 17, 2004

Don S. Browning Lecture

"Shari'a in the West? What Place for Religious Family Law in America and Other Western Democracies", January 25, 2012

Family Forum Series 2003-2004

Children: Will We Ever Get it Right?, October 27, 2003
What Happens to Children in Peril?, October 14, 2003
Who Cares for the Children?, September 22, 2003

Family Forum Series 2004-2005

Affirmative Action: Did the Supreme Court Save It?, April 11, 2005
The Intimacy Discount in Statutory Rape Cases, March 30, 2005
Challenges of Adolescence and Violence, March 23, 2005
Cosby's Call and Our Response: What the Church and Community Should Do, February 02, 2005
Spare the Rod: Legal and Religious Challenges in Raising Children of the Book, October 06, 2004
Why Churches Say No: Challenges Faith-Based Initiatives Pose to Religion and Family, September 27, 2004

Family Forum Series 2005-2006

Vocations of the Child: Do Kids Have a Responsibility?, September 29, 2005

Family Forum Series 2006-2007

Looking for the Wall: Impressions of a Newcomer to the Changing Church-State Landscape, April 11, 2007
The Future of Marriage and Family Life, January 17, 2007

From Silver to Gold: The Next 25 Years of Law and Religion

Silver Anniversary: The Alonzo McDonald Lectures, October 26, 2007
Silver Anniversary: The Future of Law, Religion, and International Affairs, October 26, 2007
Silver Anniversary: The Future of Law, Religion, and Human Rights, October 26, 2007
Silver Anniversary: The Future of Law and Religion, October 25, 2007
Silver Anniversary: The Future of Religious Liberty, October 25, 2007
Silver Anniversary: The Currie Lectures in Law and Religion, October 25, 2007
Silver Anniversary: The Future of Law, Religion, and Marriage, October 25, 2007
Silver Anniversary: The Decalogue Lectures: Law, Religion, and the future of the African-American Family, October 25, 2007
Silver Anniversary: The Future of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Legal Studies, October 25, 2007

Harold J. Berman Lecture

"Religious Freedom-- A Second Class Right?", September 20, 2011
Happiness and the Pursuit of Happiness-- The Islamic Perspective, October 18, 2010
Harold J. Berman Lecture: The Danger of a Nuclear and Genocidal Iran: The Responsibility to Prevent, March 16, 2009

Interfaith Summit on Happiness

Happiness in the Jewish Perspective, October 18, 2010
The Pursuit of Happiness in the Christian Tradition: Goal and Journey, October 18, 2010
Happiness and the Pursuit of Happiness-- The Islamic Perspective, October 18, 2010
Cultivating the Inner Conditions for Genuine Happiness, October 18, 2010
Interfaith Summit on Happiness, October 17, 2010
Reflections on the Interfaith Summit on Happiness, October 17, 2010

Sex, Marriage, and Family & the Religions of the Book: Modern Problems, Enduring Solutions

The Pursuit of Happiness 2010

Making Happiness in Early African America, September 28, 2010
Religion and the Pursuit of Happiness in the Anglo-American Context, September 21, 2010
Revenge, Forgiveness, Human Nature and the Happy Society: Some Lessons for Law, September 14, 2010
Prevail in the Pursuit of Happiness, March 31, 2010

What's Wrong with Rights for Children?

What's Wrong with Rights for Children?: Marty Keynote, October 21, 2005
What's Wrong with Rights for Children?: Should Religious Groups Oppose the Children's Convention?, October 21, 2005
What's Wrong with Rights for Children?: How Would States Apply the Children's Convention?, October 21, 2005
What's Wrong with Rights for Children?: What's Wrong with Children's Rights?, October 21, 2005
What's Wrong with Rights for Children? What Does the Children's Convention Require?, October 20, 2005
What's Wrong with Rights for Children?: Keynote, October 20, 2005
What's Wrong with Rights for Children? Why Did the U.S. Drive the Children's Convention and then Withdraw Support?, October 20, 2005

When Law and Religion Meet 2008-2009

Currie Lecture: Why Religion Matters in the Quest for Gay Civil Rights, March 30, 2009
Islamic Law in Britain: a Minor Problem or a Problem for the Minority?, March 18, 2009
Harold J. Berman Lecture: The Danger of a Nuclear and Genocidal Iran: The Responsibility to Prevent, March 16, 2009
The Catholic Church and the Death Penalty, October 07, 2008

When Law and Religion Meet 2011-2012

Freedom of Religion, Same-Sex Marriage and the Catholic Church, March 21, 2012
Jesus and the Law of Marriage and Divorce, February 08, 2012
"Shari'a in the West? What Place for Religious Family Law in America and Other Western Democracies", January 25, 2012
"Religious Freedom-- A Second Class Right?", September 20, 2011
"The Bioethical Future: Some Jewish Thoughts on Reproductive Ethics", September 13, 2011

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"An Apt and Cheerful Conversation on Marriage," February 7, 2001

In this essay, John Witte, Jr. argues that modern Anglo-American marriage law was formed out of two traditions–one rooted in Christianity, a second in the Enlightenment. Each of these traditions has... MORE

Notable Lectures and Essays

"An Apt and Cheerful Conversation on Marriage," February 7, 2001

"Freedom of Religion, Same-Sex Marriage, and the Catholic Church," March 21, 2012

"Jesus and the Law of Marriage and Divorce," February 8, 2012

"Shari'a in the West? What Place for Religious Family Law in America and Other Western Democracies," January 25, 2012

"Religious Freedom-- a Second Class Right?," September 20, 2011

Events in the News

CSLR to Open Digital Collection of Berman Writings
January 21 2011
CSLR to host 'Pursuit of Happiness' Lecture Series in September
August 09 2010
‘Happiness’ Event Offers CLE Credit
February 10 2010

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