Frank S. Ravitch is Professor of Law and Walter H. Stowers Chair in Law and Religion at the Michigan State University College of Law; he also directs the university’s Kyoto Japan Program. His book publications include Freedom’s Edge: Religious Freedom, Sexual Freedom, and the Future of America (Cambridge University Press 2016); Marketing Creation: The Law and Intelligent Design (Cambridge University Press 2012);  Masters of Illusion: The Supreme Court and the Religion Clauses (NYU Press 2007); Law and Religion: Cases, Materials, and Readings (West 4th ed. 2021); and School Prayer and Discrimination: The Civil Rights of Religious Minorities and Dissenters (Northeastern University Press 1999). He is coauthor, with the late Boris Bittker and with Scott Idleman, of Religion and the State in American Law (Cambridge University Press 2015) and is coauthor, with Colin Jones, of The Japanese Legal System (West 2019) and Japanese Law in a Nutshell (West 2020). Ravitch’s articles, which have appeared in highly regarded journals, have primarily focused on law and religion in the United States and Japan. He speaks English, Japanese, and Hebrew.

Talk About posts by Frank S. Ravitch:

• Moving Toward Anti-Separation of Religion and State: Frank Ravitch on the Current U.S. Supreme Court
• Mahmoud v. Taylor: Even When the Current Supreme Court Gets It Right the Supermajority’s Bias Is on Display