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JWI 2.0 Major Announcements

By The James Wilson Institute • Oct 16 2023

We are thrilled to announce the biggest news in our decade-long history! These three updates are the building blocks in the next era of JWI, what we like to call JWI 2.0. JWI receives the largest grant in the organization's history: …

Professor Hadley Arkes: "The Wages of Dobbs: And the Confusions of Conservative Jurisprudence"

By The James Wilson Institute • Oct 11 2023

In his article, The Wages of Dobbs: And the Confusions of Conservative Jurisprudence, written for the Summer 2023 issue of the Claremont Review of Books, Professor Hadley Arkes reflects on Dobbs v. Women’s Health Organization and how the…

Professor Hadley Arkes: “The Wages of Dobbs: And the Confusions of Conservative Jurisprudence”

Professor Hadley Arkes: “The Wages of Dobbs: And the Confusions of Conservative Jurisprudence”

By The James Wilson Institute • Oct 11 2023

In his article, The Wages of Dobbs: And the Confusions of Conservative Jurisprudence, written for the Summer 2023 issue of the Claremont Review of Books, Professor Hadley Arkes reflects on Dobbs v. Women’s Health Organization and how the overturning of Roe is true to form for the last four decades of conservative jurisprudence. The conservative Justices who cleverly avoid questions of rights and morality, he conjectures, maintain their integrity as judges and achieve desired ends, but do so in a way that results in judicial confusion and moral inaction.

2023 UT and UVA Natural Law Jurisprudence Seminars

By The James Wilson Institute • Sep 27 2023

In these last couple of weeks of September, we were ecstatic to host our Natural Law Jurisprudence Seminars at the University of Texas Law School and the University of Virginia Law School. Though it is customary for us to host only…

Legally Defining Real Religious Communities

By The James Wilson Institute • Sep 21 2023

Prof. Hadley Arkes's review of Prof. Mark Movsesian's article "Defining Religion in the Court."

2023 James Wilson Fellowship

By The James Wilson Institute • Sep 1 2023

In early August of 2023, we convened our annual James Wilson Fellowship. The class and the Fellowship can certainly be counted among our best yet. We share this report with you as a way of celebrating our 2023 Class. Early this spring, we…

Equal Protection for All - Josh Craddock '19 on the Overturn of Roe

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 28 2023

JWI Affiliated Scholar Josh Craddock '19 speaks on the momentous overturning of Roe v. Wade, and what are the next steps for the Pro-Life movement in ensuring the Equal Protection of the pre-born.

"Prof. Hadley Arkes Appearance on the Rules for Retrogades Podcast"

By The James Wilson Institute • May 27 2023

Professor Hadley Arkes recently appeared on Timothy J. Gordon's "Rules for Retrogrades" podcast to discuss his new book Mere Natural Law and the natural law principles he has advocated for decades. The two enjoyed a wide-ranging and…

"Hadley Arkes Addresses the Moral Reticence of Judicial Conservatism"- Gerard Bradley in the National Catholic Register

By The James Wilson Institute • May 17 2023

In this article for the National Catholic Register, Prof. Gerard Bradley discusses the points made by Prof. Hadley Arkes in his new book Mere Natural Law. Prof. Bradley emphasizes how the current textualist strain of originalism, which…

"Mere Natural Law" - Hadley Arkes on the Acton Line Podcast

By The James Wilson Institute • May 11 2023

JWI Founder & Director Hadley Arkes appeared on the Acton Line Podcast with Dan Hugger, Librarian and Research Fellow of the Acton Institute. They discussed Prof. Arkes's new book Mere Natural Law in a wide-ranging interview.…

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