Is there an Atheism and the Law class at your school? Forum

abitaman6363 · Post by **abitaman6363** » Sat Nov 10, 2012 1:49 pm

I would like to start a reading group at school focusing on developments in legal scholarship and recent jurisprudence involving atheism.

Does anyone know of a similar course at their school? I would like to see how the class was structured and gain ideas for a syllabus.

Thanks!

Richie Tenenbaum · Post by **Richie Tenenbaum** » Sat Nov 10, 2012 2:24 pm

?

How about pretty much everything not involving natural law?

ETA: Not trying to be a dick, but really have not come across anything discussing the role of a lack of a belief in God in legal theory, unless it's in the context of the establishment clause, or something like that. Basically the starting place in most legal theory does not involve God, thus it never becomes a conversation. The only places I know that start with God are natural law theory and some forms of retributivism. That said, maybe check out Brian Leiter--he's got some rants against religion that may have a legal hook somewhere in there.

YankeesFan · Post by **YankeesFan** » Sat Nov 10, 2012 2:52 pm

Who the hell has time to read for fun in law school?

cinephile · Post by **cinephile** » Sat Nov 10, 2012 4:07 pm

YankeesFan wrote:Who the hell has time to read for fun in law school?

I do every day on the train.

PDaddy · Post by **PDaddy** » Sat Nov 10, 2012 4:23 pm

Judging by some of the anti-AA posts here, there's plenty of Atheism on this site.

...stuff is from the devil.

OklahomasOK · Post by **OklahomasOK** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 9:41 pm

No--I'm on the buckle of the bible belt. I'd be ostracized if I even mentioned the word "atheist/ agnostic"

FattyMcFatFat · Post by **FattyMcFatFat** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 9:50 pm

What is with all this atheist shit lately? As if secular humanism and the like are immune from the charges of moral dogma leveled at religion.

Amirite John Mill?

ibtl.

Richie Tenenbaum · Post by **Richie Tenenbaum** » Tue Nov 20, 2012 12:47 am

FattyMcFatFat wrote:What is with all this atheist shit lately? As if secular humanism and the like are immune from the charges of moral dogma leveled at religion.

Amirite John Mill?

ibtl.

What a valuable contribution to this thread.

OP: If you're still searching for ideas, these discussion might have some ideas that are relevant:
http://prawfsblawg.blogs.com/prawfsblaw ... hobia.html
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm? ... id=1147663

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