Laura S. Underkuffler

Publications

• Lessons from the Making of Modern Property: Reinventing Roman Law in Europe and Its Peripheries, 1789–1950
  12 TEX. A & M J. PROP. L. 295 (2026) · Texas A&M Journal of Property Law · 2026
• "Simple Accommodation": A Solution for Conflicts Between Religious Claims and Secular Law?
  100 CHI.-KENT. L. REV. 509 (2025) · Chicago-Kent Law Review · 2025
• Ways of Knowing and the Law: A Tribute to Joseph William Singer
  10 TEX. A & M L. REV. 697 (2023) · Texas A&M Law Review · 2023
• Plessy Redux: Why the Human Rights of Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Citizens Lost to Religious Claims
  71 EMORY L.J. 1611 (2022) · Emory Law Journal · 2022
• Challenging Equality: Property Loss, Government Fault, and the Global Warming Catastrophe
  117 NW. U. L. REV. 335 (2022) · Northwestern University Law Review · 2022
• Do Property Owners Owe Duties to Others? It's a Simple Matter of Tort
  72 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 287 (2021) · Case Western Reserve Law Review · 2021
• The Holy Grail of Progressive Property: Essay in Honor of Greg Alexander
  29 CORNELL J. L. & PUB. POL'Y 717 (2020) · Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy · 2020

• Markets, Morals, and the Maintenance of Government
  27 CORNELL J. L. & PUB. POL'Y 601 (2018) · Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy · 2018
• Religious Freedom in an Egalitarian Age: Rejecting Doctrinal Nihilism in the Adjudication of Religious Claims
  31 J. CIV. RTS. & ECON. DEV. (2018) · Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development · 2018
• A Moral Theory of Property
  2 TEX. A & M J. PROP. L. 301 (2015) · Texas A&M Journal of Property Law · 2015
• Odious Discrimination and the Religious Exemption Question
  32 CARDOZO L. REV. 2069 (2011) · Cardozo Law Review · 2011
• The Politics of Property and Need
  20 CORNELL J. L. & PUB. POL'Y 363 (2010) · Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy · 2010

• A Statement of Progressive Property
  94 CORNELL L. REV. 743 (2009) · Cornell Law Review · 2009
• Religious Exemptions and the Common Good: A Reply to Professor Carmella
  110 W. VA. L. REV. (2007) · West Virginia Law Review · 2007
• The Just and the Wild
  18 YALE J. L. & HUMAN. 171 (2007) · Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities · 2007
• Through a Glass Darkly: Van Orden, McCreary, and the Dangers of Transparency in Establishment Clause Jurisprudence
  5 FIRST AMEND. L. REV. 59 (2006) · First Amendment Law Review · 2006
• Kelo's Moral Failure
  15 WM. & MARY BILL RTS. J. 377 (2006) · William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal · 2006
• Thoughts on Smith and Religious-Group Autonomy
  2004 BYU L. REV. 1773 (2004) · BYU Law Review · 2004
• Davey and the Limits of Equality
  40 TULSA L. REV. 267 (2004) · Tulsa Law Review · 2004
• Tahoe's Requiem: The Death of the Scalian View of Property and Justice
  21 CONST. COMMENT. 727 (2004) · Constitutional Commentary · 2004
• The Blaine Debate: Must States Fund Religious Schools
  2 FIRST AMEND. L. REV. 179 (2003) · First Amendment Law Review · 2003
• When Should Rights "Trump"? An Examination of Speech and Property
  52 ME. L. REV. 311 (2000) · Maine Law Review · 2000
• Vouchers and Beyond: The Individual As Causative Agent in Establishment Clause Jurisprudence
  75 IND. L.J. (2000) · Indiana Law Journal · 2000

• Agentic and Conscientic Decisions in Law: Death and Other Cases
  74 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 1713 (1999) · Notre Dame Law Review · 1999
• The Separation of the Religious and the Secular: A Foundational Challenge to First Amendment Theory
  36 WM. & MARY L. REV. 837 (1995) · William & Mary Law Review · 1995
• Individual Conscience and the Law
  42 DEPAUL L. REV. 93 (1993) · DePaul Law Review · 1993
• On Property: An Essay
  100 YALE L.J. 127 (1990) · Yale Law Journal · 1990

• "Discrimination" on the Basis of Religion: An Examination of Attempted Value Neutrality in Employment
  30 WM. & MARY L. REV. 581 (1989) · William & Mary Law Review · 1989