Carl H. Esbeck

Publications

• Church Autonomy, Textualism, and Originalism: SCOTUS’’s Use of History to Give Definition to Church Autonomy Doctrine
  108 MARQ. L. REV. 705 (2025) · Marquette Law Review · 2025

• Do Discretionary Religious Exemptions Violate the Establishment Clause?
  106 KY. L.J. (2018) · Kentucky Law Journal · 2018
• Religious Freedom, Church–State Separation, and the Ministerial Exception
  106 NW. U. L. REV. 175 (2015) · Northwestern University Law Review · 2015
• Defining Religion Down: <em>Hosanna-Tabor</em>, <em>Martinez</em>, and the U.S. Supreme Court
  11 FIRST AMEND. L. REV. 1 (2012) · First Amendment Law Review · 2012
• Uses and Abuses of Textualism and Originalism in Establishment Clause Interpretation
  2011 UTAH L. REV. (2011) · Utah Law Review · 2011

• When Accommodations for Religion Violoate the Establishment Clause: Regularizing the Supreme Court's Analysis
  110 W. VA. L. REV. (2007) · West Virginia Law Review · 2007
• "Play in the Joints Between the Religion Clauses" and Other Supreme Court Catachreses
  34 HOFSTRA L. REV. (2006) · Hofstra Law Review · 2006
• Dissent and Disestablishment: The Church-State Settlement in the Early American Republic
  2004 BYU L. REV. 1385 (2004) · BYU Law Review · 2004
• Statement before the United States House of Representatives Concerning Charitable Choice and the Community Solutions Act
  16 NOTRE DAME J. L. ETHICS & PUB. POL'Y 567 (2002) · Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy · 2002
• Religion and the First Amendment: Some Causes of the Recent Confusion
  42 WM. & MARY L. REV. 883 (2001) · William & Mary Law Review · 2001

• Myths, Miscues, and Misconceptions: No-Aid Separationism and the Establishment Clause
  13 NOTRE DAME J. L. ETHICS & PUB. POL'Y 285 (1999) · Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy · 1999
• Restatement of the Supreme Court's Law of Religious Freedom: Coherence, Conflict, or Chaos
  70 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 581 (1995) · Notre Dame Law Review · 1995
• Government Regulation of Religiously Based Social Services: The First Amendment Considerations
  19 UC L. CONST. Q. 343 (1992) · UC Law Constitutional Quarterly · 1992
• The Lemon Test: Should It Be Retained, Reformulated or Rejected
  4 NOTRE DAME J. L. ETHICS & PUB. POL'Y 513 (1990) · Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy · 1990

• Five Views of Church-State Relations in Contemporary American Thought
  1986 BYU L. REV. 371 (1986) · BYU Law Review · 1986
• Tort Claims against Churches and Ecclesiastical Officers: The First Amendment Considerations
  89 W. VA. L. REV. (1986) · West Virginia Law Review · 1986
• Establishment Clause Limits on Governmental Interference with Religious Organizations
  41 WASH. & LEE L. REV. 347 (1984) · Washington and Lee Law Review · 1984

• Employment Practices and Sex Discrimination Judicial Extension of Beneficial Female Protective Labor Laws
  59 CORNELL L. REV. 133 (1973) · Cornell Law Review · 1973