Frank S. Ravitch

Michigan State University College of Law

Professor of Law

318 Law College Building

East Lansing, MI 48824-1300

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

25

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Scholarly Papers (25)

1.

Book Review, Guyora Binder and Robert Weisberg, Literary Criticisms of Law

MSU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 02-11
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 19 Oct 2004
Frank S. Ravitch
Michigan State University College of Law
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Be Careful What You Wish for: Why Hobby Lobby Weakens Religious Freedom

Brigham Young University Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 01 Apr 2015
Frank S. Ravitch
Michigan State University College of Law
Downloads 168 (354,069)

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religious freedom, religion and law, hobby lobby, first amendment, constitutional law

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Neutrality: Broad Principles, Formalism, and the Establishment Clause

Number of pages: 103 Posted: 16 Sep 2003
Frank S. Ravitch
Michigan State University College of Law
Downloads 154 (381,028)
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Religious Objects as Legal Subjects

MSU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 02-19
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 12 May 2005
Frank S. Ravitch
Michigan State University College of Law
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Some Thoughts on Religion, Abstinence-Only, and Sex Education in the Public Schools

Children's Legal Rights Journal, Vol. 26, No. 2, Summer 2006.
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 15 Mar 2015
Frank S. Ravitch
Michigan State University College of Law
Downloads 138 (416,345)

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Law and Religion, Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Sex Education, Education, Religion

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The Japanese Prime Minister's Visits to the Yasukuni Shrine Analyzed Under Articles 20 and 89 of the Japanese Constitution

Michigan State University College of Law Journal of International Law, Vol. 22, No. 3, 2014
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 15 Mar 2015
Frank S. Ravitch
Michigan State University College of Law
Downloads 129 (441,549)

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Japan, Yasukuni Shrine, Constitutional Law, Comparative Law

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Interpreting Scripture/Interpreting Law

Michigan State Law Review, Vol. 2009, 2009
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 15 Mar 2015
Frank S. Ravitch
Michigan State University College of Law
Downloads 113 (485,407)

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Law and Religion, Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Religion

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Law, Religion and Science - Determining the Role Religion Plays in Shaping Scientific Inquiry in Constitutional Democracies - The Case of Intelligent Design

Contemporary Readings in Law and Social Justice, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2012.
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 15 Mar 2015
Frank S. Ravitch
Michigan State University College of Law
Downloads 110 (495,038)

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Law and Religion, Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Science, Scientific Inquiry, Religion

9.

Struggling with Text and Context: A Hermeneutic Approach to Interpreting and Realizing Law School Missions

St. John's Law Review, Vol. 74, 2000
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 15 Mar 2015
Frank S. Ravitch
Michigan State University College of Law
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Hermeneutics, Law School, Law School Mission, Legal Education

10.

A Basic Introduction to Constitutional Free Exercise of Religion in the United States and Japan

Contemporary Readings in Law and Social Justice, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2012
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 15 Mar 2015
Frank S. Ravitch
Michigan State University College of Law
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Free Exercise of Religion, U.S. Constitution, Japanese Constitution, First Amendment, and Article 20

11.

Creating Chaos in the Name of Consistency: Affirmative Action and the Odd Legacy of Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena

Dickinson Law Review, Vol. 101, No. 2, 1997
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 15 Mar 2015
Frank S. Ravitch
Michigan State University College of Law
Downloads 92 (559,484)
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affirmative action, discrimination, Adarand Constructors Inc. v Pena, Adarand

12.

Balancing Fundamental Disability Policies: The Relationship between the Americans with Disabilities Act and Social Security Disability

Georgetown Journal on Fighting Policy, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1994
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 15 Mar 2015
Frank S. Ravitch
Michigan State University College of Law
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Disability, Law, ADA, American With Disabilities Act, Social Security

13.

Playing the Proof Game: Intelligent Design and the Law

Penn State Law Review, Vol. 113, 2008-2009
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 15 Mar 2015
Frank S. Ravitch
Michigan State University College of Law
Downloads 88 (579,093)

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Law and Religion, Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Religion

14.

The Unbearable Lightness of Free Exercise Under Smith: Exemptions, Dasein, and the More Nuanced Approach of the Japanese Supreme Court

Texas Tech Law Review, Vol. 44, 2011
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 15 Mar 2015
Frank S. Ravitch
Michigan State University College of Law
Downloads 84 (595,764)

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Law and Religion, Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Religion, Japan, Japanese Supreme Court

15.

The Supreme Court's Rhetorical Hostility: Defining Hostility Under the Establishment Clause

MSU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 02-03
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 26 Aug 2004
Frank S. Ravitch
Michigan State University College of Law
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Contextualizing Gender Harassment: Providing an Analytical Framework for an Emerging Concept in Discrimination Law

Detroit College of Law Review, Vol. 1995, 1995
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 15 Mar 2015
Frank S. Ravitch
Michigan State University College of Law
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harrassment, gender, gender harassment, sexual harassment

17.

Rights and the Religion Clauses

Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy, Vol. 3, 2008
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 15 Mar 2015
Frank S. Ravitch
Michigan State University College of Law
Downloads 76 (626,214)

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Law and Religion, Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Religion

18.

Beyond Reasonable Accommodation: The Availability and Structure of a Cause of Action for Workplace Harassment Under the Americans with Disabilities Act

Cardozo Law Review, Vol. 15, 1994
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 15 Mar 2015
Frank S. Ravitch
Michigan State University College of Law
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reasonable accommodation, ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, cause of action, harassment

19.

The Shinto Cases: Religion, Culture, or Both - The Japanese Supreme Court and Establishment of Religion Jurisprudence

Brigham Young University Law Review, Vol. 2013, 2013
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 15 Mar 2015
Frank S. Ravitch
Michigan State University College of Law
Downloads 72 (644,736)
Citation 1

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Law and Religion, Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Religion, Shinto, Japanese Supreme Court, Japan

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Locke V. Davey and the Lose-Lose Scenario: What Locke Could Have Said, But Didn't

Tulsa Law Review, Vol. 40, pp. 255-66, 2004, MSU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 03-06
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 30 Aug 2005
Frank S. Ravitch
Michigan State University College of Law
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21.

Religious Freedom and Israeli Law

Drake Law Review, Vol. 57, 2009
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 15 Mar 2015
Frank S. Ravitch
Michigan State University College of Law
Downloads 40 (837,449)

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Law and Religion, Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Israel, Religion

22.

Hostile Work Environment and the Objective Reasonableness Conundrum: Deriving a Workable Framework from Tort Law for Addressing Knowing Harassment of Hypersensitive Employees

Boston College Law Review, Vol. 36, 1994-1995
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 15 Mar 2015
Frank S. Ravitch
Michigan State University College of Law
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Hostile Work Environment, Harassment, Hypersensitive, Employees, Objective Reasonableness

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Intelligent Design in Public University Science Departments: Academic Freedom or Establishment of Religion

William & Mary Bill of Rights, Vol. 16, 2008
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 15 Mar 2015
Frank S. Ravitch
Michigan State University College of Law
Downloads 35 (878,184)

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Law and Religion, Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Science, Higher Education, Religion

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Grounded in Law-School Basics

Michigan Bar Journal, Vol. 87, 2008
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 15 Mar 2015
Frank S. Ravitch
Michigan State University College of Law
Downloads 23 (992,216)

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Law Schools, Legal Education, Law Practice Management

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The Americans with 'Certain' Disabilities Act: Title I of the ADA and the Supreme Court's Result Oriented Jurisprudence

Denver University Law Review, Vol. 77, 1999
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 15 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2015
Frank S. Ravitch and Marsha Freeman
Michigan State University College of Law and Barry University - Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law
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ADA, Americans With Disabilities Act, Discrimination, Disability, Supreme Court