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

Talk About posts by Frank S. Ravitch:

• Mahmoud v. Taylor: Even When the Current Supreme Court Gets It Right the Supermajority’s Bias Is on Display