Marriage

Justice Blacklock Brings Home Again the Moral Meaning of Marriage

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We were alerted last week by several redoubtable alumni of our James Wilson Fellowship to a fine concurring opinion by Chief Justice James “Jimmy” Blacklock in the Benavides case, on marriage and guardianship in Texas. The Texas Supreme Court unanimously voided a divorce that was filed by the daughters of an elderly husband. The justices noted

Contra Koppelman: What Mere Natural Law Was About

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Editors Note: This piece originally appeared in the Per Curiam section of the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy as a response to a review by Prof. Andrew Koppelman of Hadley Arkes’s Mere Natural Law. It is reproduced here with permission from the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy.

PODCAST: Sohrab Ahmari on “The Unbroken Thread,” Part 2

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The James Wilson Podcast features noted author and New York Post opinion editor Sohrab Ahmari on his book on the failings of modernity to provide fulfilment in the West. Author and New York Post opinion editor Sohrab Ahmari joined JWI Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker and intern Guy Denton for a two-part discussion of his new book, The Unbroken

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