The Rise of Corporate Religious Liberty
ISBN: 9780190262563
Platform/Publisher: Oxford Academic / Oxford University Press
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Subjects: Company and Commercial Law Constitutional and Administrative Law;

What are the rights of religious institutions? Should those rights extend to for-profit corporations? Houses of worship have claimed they should be free from anti-discrimination laws in hiring and firing ministers and other employees. Faith-based institutions, including hospitals and universities, have sought exemptions from requirements to provide contraception. Now, in a surprising development, large for-profit corporations have succeeded in asserting rights to religious free exercise. The Rise of Corporate Religious Liberty explores this "corporate" turn in law and religion. Drawing on a broad range perspectives, this book examines the idea of "freedom of the church," the rights of for-profit corporations, and the implications of the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby for debates on anti-discrimination law, same-sex marriage, health care, and religious freedom.


Micah Schwartzman is the Edward F. Howrey Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law.

Chad Flanders is Associate Professor of Law at the St. Louis University School of Law.

Zo#65533; Robinson is Professor of Law at the DePaul University College of Law.

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