Steven D. Smith, J.D. Yale 1979, B.A. BYU 1976, is a Warren Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of San Diego, and Co-Director of that university's Institute for Law and Religion. Before moving to San Diego, he was the Robert and Marion Short Professor at Notre Dame Law School and the Byron R. White Professor of Law at the University of Colorado.
Professor Smith's first book, Foreordained Failure: The Quest for a Constitutional Principle of Religious Freedom (Oxford 1995), critically examines both the standard historical and normative accounts of religious freedom. This examination is continued in his most recent book, The Rise and Decline of American Religious Freedom (Harvard 2014), which offers a "revised account" in contrast to the standard story of religious freedom in this country. Recently described as a kind of "conservative Crit," Professor Smith has offered critical analyses of more general philosophical and jurisprudential themes in Law's Quandary (Harvard 2004) and The Disenchantment of Secular Discourse (Harvard 2010).
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Football, Bakers, and Mandate Breakers: A Religious Liberty Discussion
San Diego Lawyers Chapter
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP655 West Broadway, Suite 800
San Diego, CA 92101
The Rise and Decline of American Religious Freedom
Religious Liberties Practice Group Teleforum
TeleforumThe Rise and Decline of American Religious Freedom
Book Event Sponsored by the Faculty Division and the George Washington University Law School Student Chapter
The George Washington University Law School Tasher Great Room2000 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052
The First Freedom: Why Religion Must Be Free, Not Tolerated
San Diego Student Chapter
Warren Hall Grace CourtroomPanel IV: Is Originalism Possible? Normative Indeterminacy and the Judicial Role [Archive Collection]
1995 National Student Symposium
On April 7-9, 1995, the Federalist Society held its fourteenth annual National Student Symposium at...
Panel IV: Is Originalism Possible? Normative Indeterminacy and the Judicial Role [Archive Collection]
1995 National Student Symposium
On April 7-9, 1995, the Federalist Society held its fourteenth annual National Student Symposium at...
The Rise and Decline of American Religious Freedom - Podcast
Religious Liberties Practice Group Podcast
Familiar accounts of religious freedom in the United States often tell a story of visionary...