'Religion' as a Bundle of Legal Proxies: Reply to Micah Schwartzman

Koppelman, Andrew

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'Religion' as a Bundle of Legal Proxies: Reply to Micah Schwartzman

Andrew Koppelman

Northwestern University School of Law

2014

51 San Diego L. Rev. 1079 (2014)
Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 15-04

Abstract:

The American legal tradition of giving religion special treatment is justified, I have argued, because when interpreted at a sufficiently high level of abstraction, religion serves as an indispensable legal proxy for a plurality of important goods. Micah Schwartzman argues, in response, that using religion as a legal proxy remains vulnerable to charges of unfairness toward those with secular ethical and moral convictions. I respond here to Schwartzman’s critique.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 7

Keywords: Religion, First Amendment

JEL Classification: K10, K30

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Date posted: January 22, 2015

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Koppelman, Andrew, 'Religion' as a Bundle of Legal Proxies: Reply to Micah Schwartzman (2014). 51 San Diego L. Rev. 1079 (2014); Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 15-04. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2552909

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