Gerard V. Bradley

Notre Dame Law School

Professor of Law

P.O. Box 780

Notre Dame, IN 46556-0780

United States

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1.

The Blaine Amendment of 1876: Harbinger of Secularism

Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 07-02
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 30 Jan 2007
Gerard V. Bradley
Notre Dame Law School
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The New Natural Law Theory: A Reply to Jean Porter

Am. J. Juris. 39 (1994): 303, Notre Dame Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1756
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 04 Aug 2017
Gerard V. Bradley and Robert George
Notre Dame Law School and Princeton University
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Moral Philosophy, Natural Law, Ethics

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We Hold These Truths and the Problem of Public Morality

Catholic Social Science Review, Vol. 16, pp. 123-132, 2011, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 11-26
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 22 Jul 2011
Gerard V. Bradley
Notre Dame Law School
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public morality, john courtney murray s.j., cencorship, contraception, catholic social teaching, dignitatis humanae

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Life's Dominion: A Review Essay

Notre Dame L. Rev. 69 (1993): 329
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 23 Jun 2017
Gerard V. Bradley
Notre Dame Law School
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Ronald Dworkin, Abortion, Roe v. Wade

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The Death and Resurrection of the Establishment Clause

Liberty & Law Center Research Paper No. 22-06
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 26 May 2022 Last Revised: 31 May 2022
Gerard V. Bradley
Notre Dame Law School
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Bladensburg Cross, American Legion v. American Humanist Association, Lemon v. Kurtzman, Lemon test, religious liberty, religious freedom, Establishment Clause, constitutional law

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The Case Against Same-Sex 'Marriage'

Catholic Social Science Review 6 (2001): 87-94, Notre Dame Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1740
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 20 Jul 2017
Gerard V. Bradley
Notre Dame Law School
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same-sex marriage, legal philosophy

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Marriage and the Liberal Imagination

Geo. LJ 84 (1995): 301, Notre Dame Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1754
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 28 Jul 2017
Robert George and Gerard V. Bradley
Princeton University and Notre Dame Law School
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Homosexuality, Moral Philosophy, Same-Sex Marriage

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Response to Endicott: The Case of the Wise Electrician

Am. J. Juris. 50 (2005): 257
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 19 Jul 2017
Gerard V. Bradley
Notre Dame Law School
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Legal Theory, Jurisprudence

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Natural Law and Constitutional Law

Catholic Social Science Review 1 (1996): 36-42, Notre Dame Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1741
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 19 Jul 2017
Gerard V. Bradley
Notre Dame Law School
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Natural Law, Constitutional Law

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Same-Sex Marriage: Our Final Answer

Notre Dame JL Ethics & Pub. Pol'y 14 (2000): 729
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 20 Jul 2017
Gerard V. Bradley
Notre Dame Law School
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same-sex marriage, political philosophy, morality

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'And What Do You Say I Am?': The Meaning of the Kentucky Display

Engage Volume 6, Issue 2
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 19 Jul 2017
Gerard V. Bradley
Notre Dame Law School
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Ten Commandments, Establishment Clause

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Retribution and the Secondary Aims of Punishment

Am. J. Juris. 44 (1999): 105, Notre Dame Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1718
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 22 Jun 2017
Gerard V. Bradley
Notre Dame Law School
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Philolsophy of Punishment, Retribution, Sentencing

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Pope John Paul II and Religious Liberty

6 Ave Maria L. Rev. 33, Notre Dame Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1731
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 17 Jul 2017
Gerard V. Bradley
Notre Dame Law School
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John Paul II, religious liberty, Catholicism

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The Judicial Experiment with Privatizing Religion

Liberty UL Rev. 1 (2006): 17
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 19 Jul 2017
Gerard V. Bradley
Notre Dame Law School
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Religious Liberties, First Amendment, privatization

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Three Liberal-But Mistaken Arguments for Same-Sex Marriage

S. Tex. L. Rev. 50 (2008): 45, Notre Dame Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1729
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 17 Jul 2017
Gerard V. Bradley
Notre Dame Law School
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Lawrence v Texas, same-sex marriage

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The Bill of Rights and Originalism

U. Ill. L. Rev. (1992): 417, Notre Dame Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1753
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 28 Jul 2017
Gerard V. Bradley
Notre Dame Law School
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Constitutional History, First Amendment

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An Unconstitutional Stereotype: Catholic Schools as Pervasively Sectarian

Tex. Rev. L. & Pol. 7 (2002): 1, Notre Dame Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1744
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 22 Jul 2017
Gerard V. Bradley
Notre Dame Law School
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Catholic Schools, Establishment Clause, Stereotypes

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Book Review: The Role of the Family in Criminal Law

33 Harv. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 1151, Notre Dame Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1730
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 17 Jul 2017
Gerard V. Bradley
Notre Dame Law School
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family, criminal law, punishment

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Beguiled: Free Exercise Exemptions and the Siren Song of Liberalism

Hofstra L. Rev. 20 (1991): 245
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 23 Jun 2017
Gerard V. Bradley
Notre Dame Law School
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Oregon v Smith, free-exercise, exemptions

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The Enduring Revolution: Law and Theology in the Secular State

Emory LJ 39 (1990): 217
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 27 Jul 2017
Gerard V. Bradley
Notre Dame Law School
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religion and law, secularism, legal philosophy

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Imagining the Past and Remembering the Future: The Supreme Court's History of the Establishment Clause

Conn. L. Rev. 18 (1985): 827, Notre Dame Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1755
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 04 Aug 2017
Gerard V. Bradley
Notre Dame Law School
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First Amendment, Constitutional History, Establishment Clause

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The Pluralist Game: Francis Canavan on Law, Public Morality, and Pluralism in Contemporary America

Catholic Social Science Review 2 (1997): 13-19, Notre Dame Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1742
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 19 Jul 2017
Gerard V. Bradley
Notre Dame Law School
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Francis Canavan, S. J., Pluralism, Constitutional Law

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Law and the Culture of Marriage

Notre Dame JL Ethics & Pub. Pol'y 18 (2004): 189, Notre Dame Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1734
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 17 Jul 2017
Gerard V. Bradley
Notre Dame Law School
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Culture, Law, Marriage

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What's in a Name? A Philosophical Critique of 'Civil Unions' Predicated Upon a Sexual Relationship

The Monist, Vol. 91, No. 3/4, Marriage (JULY & OCTOBER 2008), pp. 606-631, Notre Dame Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1732
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 17 Jul 2017
Gerard V. Bradley
Notre Dame Law School
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civil unions, homosexuals and lesbians, moral philosophy

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Church Autonomy in the Constitutional Order: The End of Church and State

LA. L. REV. 49 (1988): 1057, Notre Dame Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1719
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 22 Jun 2017
Gerard V. Bradley
Notre Dame Law School
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Separation of Church and State, Christianity and the First Amendment, Constitutional Law

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The No Religious Test Clause and the Constitution of Religious Liberty: A Machine that Has Gone of Itself

Case W. Res. L. Rev. 37 (1986): 674, Notre Dame Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1758
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 15 Aug 2017
Gerard V. Bradley
Notre Dame Law School
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constitutional history, religious liberty, pluralism

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We Hold These Truths and the Problem of Public Morality

Catholic Social Science Review 16 (2011): 123-132, Notre Dame Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1743
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 19 Jul 2017
Gerard V. Bradley
Notre Dame Law School
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John Courtney Murray, Public Morality

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Religion at a Public University

Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 49 (2007): 2217, Notre Dame Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1733
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 17 Jul 2017
Gerard V. Bradley
Notre Dame Law School
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Public Display, Religion, Christianity, Public University

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Dogmatomachy - A ‘Privatization’ Theory of the Religion Clause Cases

Louis ULJ 30 (1985): 275, Notre Dame Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1717
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 22 Jun 2017
Gerard V. Bradley
Notre Dame Law School
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Religious Liberty, Constitution, Privatization

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Plea Bargaining and the Criminal Defendant's Obligation to Plead Guilty

S. Tex. L. Rev. 40 (1999): 65, Notre Dame Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1745
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 22 Jul 2017
Gerard V. Bradley
Notre Dame Law School
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Plea Bargaining, Retribution

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Does Autonomy Require Informed and Specific Refusal of Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment?

Issues L. & Med. 5 (1989): 301
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 26 Jun 2017
Gerard V. Bradley
Notre Dame Law School
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right-to-die, assisted suicide, moral philosophy

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Protecting Religious Liberty: Judicial and Legislative Responsibilities

DePaul L. Rev. 42 (1992): 253
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 23 Jun 2017
Gerard V. Bradley
Notre Dame Law School
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separation of powers, religious liberty, First Amendment

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Catholic Faith and Legal Scholarship

J. Legal Educ. 47 (1997): 13, Notre Dame Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1752
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 28 Jul 2017
Gerard V. Bradley
Notre Dame Law School
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Catholicism, Legal Philosophy

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Remaking the Constitution: A Critical Reexamination of the Bowers V. Hardwick Dissent

Wake Forest L. Rev. 25 (1990): 501
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 27 Jul 2017
Gerard V. Bradley
Notre Dame Law School
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natural law theory, sodomy, constitutional law

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Tribe's Jurisprudence of the Religion Clauses

Benchmark 4 (1988): 137, Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 1725
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 14 Jul 2017
Gerard V. Bradley
Notre Dame Law School
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Laurence Tribe, Constitutional Law, Religious Liberty

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Pluralistic Perfectionism: A Review Essay of Making Men Moral

Notre Dame Law Review 71.4 (1996): 671-706
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 27 Jul 2017
Gerard V. Bradley
Notre Dame Law School
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legal philosophy, morals laws, Robert George

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A Case for Proposition 209

Notre Dame JL Ethics & Pub. Pol'y 11 (1997): 97
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 27 Jul 2017
Gerard V. Bradley
Notre Dame Law School
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race discrimination, equality

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E Pluribus Unum: The Aftermath of September 11

Journal of The Historical Society 2.2 (2002): 193-201
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 19 Jul 2017
Gerard V. Bradley
Notre Dame Law School
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social theory, pluralism, solidarity

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Commentary on West & (and) Garvey

Notre Dame JL Ethics & Pub. Pol'y 4 (1989): 639
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 26 Jun 2017
Gerard V. Bradley
Notre Dame Law School
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Religion and the Constitution, Frazee v Illinois