Ravitch and Backer's Law and Religion: Cases and Materials, 5th

In the five years since the publication of the Fourth Edition the Supreme Court has dramatically changed the law under the Establishment Clause and under the Free Exercise Clause. The Fifth Edition is incredibly up to date, including all major cases decided through Summer 2026, including Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, Carson v. Makin, Mahmoud v. Taylor, and some of the post-Kennedy lower court cases that have tried to make sense of the baffling decision in Kennedy. As with prior editions the Fifth Edition explores the rich field of law and religion in an accessible and balanced way. It addresses the continuing debate over the meaning of the Religion Clauses of the First Amendment and the evolution of church/state Law. The Fifth Edition also updates key issues and developments in religious law systems, in the constitutional approaches to the protection of religious liberties outside the United States, and within the developing jurisprudence of regional and international human rights systems. The Fifth edition includes important recent developments from the Global South and the further refinement of European approaches to balancing religious obligations and state values, both in ways that may be distinguished from U.S. jurisprudence.