Steven D. Smith

Publications

• The Once and Future Freedom of the Church: Three Stories
  51 BYU L. REV. 1409 (2026) · BYU Law Review · 2026
• Jurisdictional Diversity, Tradition, and the Religion Clauses
  100 CHI.-KENT. L. REV. 729 (2025) · Chicago-Kent Law Review · 2025
• <i>Meyer</i>, <i>Pierce</i>, and the Formation of Persons
  26 J. CONTEMP. LEGAL ISSUES 55 (2025) · The Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues · 2025
• The Many Faces of Conscience: A Comment on Professor McLeod
  25 J. CONTEMP. LEGAL ISSUES 27 (2024) · The Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues · 2024
• Christians and/as Liberals?
  98 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 1497 (2023) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2023
• The Constitution, the Leviathan, and the Common Good
  37 CONST. COMMENT. 459 (2023) · Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 37 and later (2023–present) · 2023
• Michael Perry, Prophet of Progressive Collapse
  23 J. CONTEMP. LEGAL ISSUES 505 (2022) · The Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues · 2022
• One Step Enough
  47 PEPP. L. REV. 549 (2020) · Pepperdine Law Review · 2020

• The Case of the Exemption Claimants: Religion, Conscience, and Identity
  2019 BYU L. REV. 339 (2019) · BYU Law Review · 2019
• “Fixed Star” or Twin Star?: The Ambiguity of Barnette
  13 FIU L. REV. 801 (2019) · FIU Law Review · 2019
• Introduction to the Symposium
  56 SAN DIEGO L. REV. 247 (2019) · San Diego Law Review · 2019
• Wisdom and Reason in Law
  88 U. COLO. L. REV. 301 (2017) · University of Colorado Law Review · 2017
• The Tortuous Course of Religious Freedom
  91 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 1553 (2016) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2016
• Response: Situating Ourselves In History
  41 PEPP. L. REV. 983 (2014) · Pepperdine Law Review · 2014
• The Last Chapter?
  41 PEPP. L. REV. 903 (2014) · Pepperdine Law Review · 2014
• Introduction to the 2014 Editors’ Symposium: Laurence Claus’s Law’s Evolution and Human Understanding
  51 SAN DIEGO L. REV. 873 (2014) · San Diego Law Review · 2014
• Introduction for the Symposium
  51 SAN DIEGO L. REV. 971 (2014) · San Diego Law Review · 2014
• Nonestablishment, Standing, and the Soft Constitution
  85 ST. JOHN'S L. REV. (2014) · St. John's Law Review · 2014
• The Plight of the Secular Paradigm
  88 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 1409 (2013) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2013
• Introduction to the 2013 Editors’ Symposium: The Status of International Law and International Human Rights
  50 SAN DIEGO L. REV. 773 (2013) · San Diego Law Review · 2013
• Law as Language?
  63 MERCER L. REV. (2012) · Mercer Law Review · 2012
• Introduction to the 2012 Editors’ Symposium: The Philosophical Foundations of Intellectual Property
  49 SAN DIEGO L. REV. 955 (2012) · San Diego Law Review · 2012
• Religious Freedom and Its Enemies, or Why the <i>Smith</i> Decision May Be a Greater Loss Now Than It Was Then
  32 CARDOZO L. REV. 2033 (2011) · Cardozo Law Review · 2011
• Lessons from Lincoln: A Comment on Levinson
  38 PEPP. L. REV. (2011) · Pepperdine Law Review · 2011
• Constitutional Divide: The Transformative Significance of the School Prayer Decisions
  38 PEPP. L. REV. (2011) · Pepperdine Law Review · 2011
• In Memoriam
  48 SAN DIEGO L. REV. 53 (2011) · San Diego Law Review · 2011
• Introduction to the 2011 Editors’ Symposium: The Morality of Preventive Restriction of Liberty
  48 SAN DIEGO L. REV. 1075 (2011) · San Diego Law Review · 2011
• Why is Government Speech Problematic - The Unnecessary Problem, the Unnoticed Problem, and the Big Problem
  87 DENV. L. REV. 945 (2010) · Denver Law Review · 2010
• Response to Professor Kent Greenawalt's Lecture
  47 SAN DIEGO L. REV. 1157 (2010) · San Diego Law Review · 2010
• Introduction to the 2010 Editors’ Symposium: Freedom of Conscience: Stranger in a Secular Land
  47 SAN DIEGO L. REV. 899 (2010) · San Diego Law Review · 2010
• Persons All the Way Up
  55 VILL. L. REV. 1177 (2010) · Villanova Law Review (1956 - ) · 2010
• Reply to Koppelman: Originalism and the (Merely) Human Constitution
  27 CONST. COMMENT. 189 (2010) · Constitutional Commentary · 2010

• Higher Law Questions: A Prelude to the Symposium
  36 PEPP. L. REV. (2009) · Pepperdine Law Review · 2009
• How Is American Divided by God
  27 MISS. COLL. L. REV. (2008) · Mississippi College Law Review · 2008
• De-Moralized: <em>Glucksberg</em> in the Malaise
  106 MICH. L. REV. 1571 (2008) · Michigan Law Review · 2008
• Kent Greenawalt's Elusive Constitution
  25 CONST. COMMENT. 301 (2008) · Constitutional Commentary · 2008
• "Sectarianizing" Civil Religion? A Comment on Gedicks and Hendrix
  110 W. VA. L. REV. (2007) · West Virginia Law Review · 2007
• The (Always) Imminent Death of the Law
  44 SAN DIEGO L. REV. 47 (2007) · San Diego Law Review · 2007
• Metaphysical Perplexity?
  55 CATH. U. L. REV. 639 (2006) · Catholic University Law Review · 2006
• The Jurisdiction Establishment Clause: A Reappraisal
  81 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 1843 (2006) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2006
• That Old (But Not So Old) Time Jurisprudence
  51 AM. J. JURIS. 191 (2006) · American Journal of Jurisprudence · 2006
• Is the Harm Principle Illiberal
  51 AM. J. JURIS. (2006) · American Journal of Jurisprudence · 2006
• Science, Humanity, and Atrocity: A Lawyerly Examination
  104 MICH. L. REV. 1305 (2006) · Michigan Law Review · 2006
• What Doth It Profit? Pelikan's Parallels
  90 MINN. L. REV. 727 (2006) · Minnesota Law Review · 2006
• Taxes, Conscience, and the Constitution
  23 CONST. COMMENT. 365 (2006) · Constitutional Commentary · 2006
• What Does Religion have to do with Freedom of Conscience?
  76 U. COLO. L. REV. 911 (2005) · University of Colorado Law Review · 2005
• Cracks in the Coordination Account - Authority and Reasons for Action
  50 AM. J. JURIS. 249 (2005) · American Journal of Jurisprudence · 2005
• Nonestablishment under God - The Nonsectarian Principle
  50 VILL. L. REV. (2005) · Villanova Law Review (1956 - ) · 2005
• Legal Scholarship as Resistance to "Science"
  41 SAN DIEGO L. REV. 1775 (2004) · San Diego Law Review · 2004
• Recovering (From) Enlightenment?
  41 SAN DIEGO L. REV. 1263 (2004) · San Diego Law Review · 2004
• The Promise and Perils of Conscience
  2003 BYU L. REV. 1057 (2003) · BYU Law Review · 2003
• <em>Barnette</em>'s Big Blunder
  78 CHI.-KENT. L. REV. 625 (2003) · Chicago-Kent Law Review · 2003
• Missing Persons
  2 NV. L.J. FORUM 590 (2002) · Nevada Law Journal · 2002
• Desperately Seeking Serenity
  19 CONST. COMMENT. 523 (2002) · Constitutional Commentary · 2002
• Expressivist Jurisprudence and the Depletion of Meaning
  60 MD. L. REV. 506 (2001) · Maryland Law Review · 2001
• Religion, Democracy, and Autonomy: A Political Parable
  42 WM. & MARY L. REV. 685 (2001) · William & Mary Law Review · 2001
• Blooming Confusion: Madison's Mixed Legacy
  75 IND. L.J. (2000) · Indiana Law Journal · 2000

• Mother, May We?
  21 CARDOZO L. REV. 501 (1999) · Cardozo Law Review · 1999
• The Religion Clauses in Constitutional Scholarship
  74 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 1033 (1999) · Notre Dame Law Review · 1999
• Augustinian Liberal
  74 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 1673 (1999) · Notre Dame Law Review · 1999
• Legal Discource and the De Facto Disestablishment
  81 MARQ. L. REV. 203 (1998) · Marquette Law Review · 1998
• Losing Jerusalem - RFRA and the Vocation of Legal Crusader
  39 WM. & MARY L. REV. 907 (1998) · William & Mary Law Review · 1998
• Is a Coherent Theory of Religious Freedom Possible?
  15 CONST. COMMENT. 73 (1998) · Constitutional Commentary · 1998
• Natural Law and Contemporary Moral Thought: A Guide from the Perplexed
  42 AM. J. JURIS. 299 (1997) · American Journal of Jurisprudence · 1997
• Rationalizing The Constitution
  67 U. COLO. L. REV. 597 (1996) · University of Colorado Law Review · 1996
• Book Review of Rethinking Abortion: Equal Choice, the Constitution, and Reproductive Politics
  13 CONST. COMMENT. 357 (1996) · Constitutional Commentary · 1996
• Radically Subversive Speech and the Authority of Law
  94 MICH. L. REV. 348 (1995) · Michigan Law Review · 1995
• Free Exercise Doctrine and the Discourse of Disrespect
  65 U. COLO. L. REV. 459 (1994) · University of Colorado Law Review · 1994
• The Politics of Free Speech: A Comment on Schauer
  64 U. COLO. L. REV. 959 (1993) · University of Colorado Law Review · 1993
• Book Review of Natural Law Theory: Contemporary Essays
  10 CONST. COMMENT. 489 (1993) · Constitutional Commentary · 1993
• In Defense of Traditional Legal Scholarship: A Comment on Schlegel, Weisberg and Dan-Cohen
  63 U. COLO. L. REV. 627 (1992) · University of Colorado Law Review · 1992
• Book Reviews of Equal Separation: Understanding the Religion Clauses of the First Amendment; and Articles of Faith, Articles of Peace: The Religious Liberty Clauses and the American Public Philosophy
  8 CONST. COMMENT. 546 (1991) · Constitutional Commentary · 1991
• Book Review of A Government of Laws: Political Theory, Religion, and the American Founding
  8 CONST. COMMENT. 227 (1991) · Constitutional Commentary · 1991

• Law Without Mind
  88 MICH. L. REV. 104 (1989) · Michigan Law Review · 1989
• Book Reviews of Separation of Church and State: Historical Fact and Current Fiction, and Christianity and the State
  6 CONST. COMMENT. 541 (1989) · Constitutional Commentary · 1989
• Book Review of Freedom of Speech
  5 CONST. COMMENT. 497 (1988) · Constitutional Commentary · 1988
• Critics and the Crisis a Reassessment of Current Conceptions of Tort Law
  72 CORNELL L. REV. 765 (1987) · Cornell Law Review · 1987
• Symbols, Perceptions, and Doctrinal Illusions: Establishment Neutrality and the "No Endorsement" Test
  86 MICH. L. REV. 266 (1987) · Michigan Law Review · 1987
• Rhetoric and Rationality in the Law of Negligence
  69 MINN. L. REV. 277 (1984) · Minnesota Law Review · 1984

• Anatomy of a Near Murder of a Utah Joint Bank Account : Beehive State Bank v. Rosquist
  1972 UTAH L. REV. (1972) · Utah Law Review · 1972