Legal Spirits

Mattone Center for Law and Religion at St. John's Law

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Legal Spirits Episode 030: Supreme Court Blocks NY’s Covid Restrictions on Churches

Posted December 14, 202000:31:28

By a vote of 5-4, the Supreme Court recently granted a preliminary injunction against New York’s restrictions on church gatherings during the continuing...

Legal Spirits Episode 029: “What It Means to Be Human”–a Discussion with Professor Carter Snead

Posted November 24, 202000:32:46

What is the anthropology–the account of human nature and human flourishing–that grounds the American law of bioethics? Is it an appealing one, or...

Legal Spirits Episode 028: Oral Argument in Fulton v. Philadelphia

Posted November 9, 202000:34:12

Last Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, involving a dispute between Catholic Social Services of Philadelphia,...

Legal Spirits Episode 027: Contemporary America and Late Imperial Rome

Posted October 20, 202000:27:10

What are the primary sources of American notions of toleration: the Enlightenment or early Christianity? And why do so many see cultural parallels between...

Legal Spirits 026: Law in “A Man for All Seasons”

Posted August 26, 202000:36:17

In this episode, recorded especially for our 1Ls at St. John’s (and law students everywhere!), we explore legal themes in the classic film about Thomas...