Michael Perry, Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law and CSLR Fellow, lectured in China this summer, following the translation into Chinese and publication in China of two of his books.
Michael Perry, Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law and CSLR Fellow, lectured in China this summer, following the translation into Chinese and publication in China of two of his books.
John Joseph Wamwara (LLM 2017, SJD) was a judge and evaluator at the International Criminal Court Moot Court Competition in The Hague, Netherlands.
Perry focuses on human rights theory, political theory, and constitutional theory.
Pamela Slotte is a visiting scholar at CSLR.
Emory Law Professor Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na`im has received two major awards for his dedication to human rights: the 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award by the Journal of Law and Religion and the 2011 Johnson Medal by the James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference at Emory University.
A new book edited by CSLR Director John Witte, Jr. and CSLR Senior Fellow M. Christian Green explores how the intersecting roles of religion and human rights can build a more effective human rights culture in the world.
In today's highly divided political climate conversations concerning capital punishment, same-sex marriage, and abortion often result in heated debates. Does the U.S. Constitution guarantee gay and lesbian couples the right to marry? Should a fetus be granted the same rights as an adult woman? Is capital punishment 'cruel and unusual' in every circumstance?
CSLR Senior Fellow Michael J. Perry recently spoke on one of the nation's most contentious issues -- same-sex marriage as a human right -- at King College in Bristol, Tenn, where he was a featured speaker of the Buechner Institute Lecture Series.
Religion and Human Rights: An Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2012) by CSLR Director John Witte, Jr. and Senior Fellow M. Christian Green has been named an Outstanding Academic Book of 2012 by Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. Choice is the premier source for reviews of academic books, electronic media, and Internet resources of interest to those in higher education.
CSLR Founding Director Frank S. Alexander offered lessons learned from the U.S. mortgage foreclosure crisis to a global audience of policymakers and activists during the United Nations Habitat World Urban Forum (WUF) in Naples, Italy, in early September.
An upcoming lecture series at Emory University will explore what happens to deeply needy populations when the modern welfare state begins to collapse. ¿When Law and Religion Meet 2012-2013: The Rights of the Needy¿ begins September 13 at Emory Law.
Catholic bishops have been in the news lately saying that the federal mandate that private insurers cover contraceptive services violates religious freedom.