Patrick Mckinley Brennan

Publications

• A Catholic Way to Cook a Hamburger? The Catholic Case Against McLaw
  61 VILL. L. REV. 405 (2016) · Villanova Law Review (1956 - ) · 2016
• Judge John T. Noonan, Jr.: An Introduction
  59 VILL. L. REV. 649 (2014) · Villanova Law Review (1956 - ) · 2014
• “The Pursuit of Happiness” Comes Home to Roost? Same-Sex Union, the <em>Summum Bonum</em>, and Equality
  27 BYU J. PUB. L. 321 (2013) · Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law · 2013
• The Mighty Work of Making Nations Happy: A Response to James Davison Hunter
  39 PEPP. L. REV. (2013) · Pepperdine Law Review · 2013
• "Religious Freedom," The Individual Mandate, and Gifts: On Why the Church is Not a Bomb Shelter
  58 VILL. L. REV. 437 (2013) · Villanova Law Review (1956 - ) · 2013
• Conscience and the Common Good: An Alternative Perspective
  49 J. CATH. LEGAL STUD. (2013) · Journal of Catholic Legal Studies · 2013
• The Sixth Annual John F. Scarpa Conference on Law, Politics, and Culture: A Celebration of the Work of John Finnis - Introduction
  57 VILL. L. REV. 803 (2012) · Villanova Law Review (1956 - ) · 2012
• Comments on George Christie's "Judicial Decision Making in a World of Natural Law and Natural Rights"
  57 VILL. L. REV. 823 (2012) · Villanova Law Review (1956 - ) · 2012
• Are Catholics Unreliable from a Democratic Point of View - Thoughts on the Occasion of the Sixtieth Anniversary of Paul Blanshard's American Freedom and Catholic Power
  56 VILL. L. REV. 199 (2011) · Villanova Law Review (1956 - ) · 2011
• Are Legislation and Rules a Problem in Law - Thoughts on the Work of Joseph Vining
  55 VILL. L. REV. 1191 (2010) · Villanova Law Review (1956 - ) · 2010

• Persons, Participating, and "Higher Law"
  36 PEPP. L. REV. (2009) · Pepperdine Law Review · 2009
• Equality, Conscience, and the Liberty of the Church: Justifying the Controversiale Per Controversialius
  54 VILL. L. REV. 625 (2009) · Villanova Law Review (1956 - ) · 2009
• Introduction
  54 VILL. L. REV. 579 (2009) · Villanova Law Review (1956 - ) · 2009
• Harmonizing Plural Societies: The Case of Lasallians, Families, Schools - and the Poor
  45 J. CATH. LEGAL STUD. (2009) · Journal of Catholic Legal Studies · 2009
• Locating Authority in Law, and Avoiding the Authoritarianism of Textualism
  83 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 761 (2008) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2008
• The Contributions of Catholics to the Socio-Political Order
  56 CATH. U. L. REV. 1221 (2007) · Catholic University Law Review · 2007
• A Quandary in Law? A (Qualified) Catholic Denial
  44 SAN DIEGO L. REV. 97 (2007) · San Diego Law Review · 2007
• The Decreasing Ontological Density of the State in Catholic Social Doctrine
  52 VILL. L. REV. 253 (2007) · Villanova Law Review (1956 - ) · 2007
• Law, Natural Law, and Human Intelligence: Living the Correlation
  55 CATH. U. L. REV. 731 (2006) · Catholic University Law Review · 2006
• Against Sovereignty: A Cautionary Note on the Normative Power of the Actual
  82 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 181 (2006) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2006
• Law and Who We Are Becoming
  50 VILL. L. REV. 189 (2005) · Villanova Law Review (1956 - ) · 2005
• Meaning's Edge, Love's Priority
  101 MICH. L. REV. 2060 (2003) · Michigan Law Review · 2003

• Free Exercise! Following Conscience, Developing Doctrine, and Opening Politics
  74 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 933 (1999) · Notre Dame Law Review · 1999
• Book Reviews
  43 AM. J. JURIS. 227 (1998) · American Journal of Jurisprudence · 1998