Brauch, Jeffrey, and Robert Woods. “Faith, Learning and Justice in Alan Dershowitz’s The Genesis of Justice: Toward a Proper Understanding of the Relationship between the Bible and Modern Justice.” Valparaiso University Law Review 36, no. 1 (October 15, 2001): 1-71.
Abstract: We first want to commend you for undertaking the challenge to interweave your legal education with a biblical perspective. The Seminar correctly recognizes what generations of scholars have clearly demonstrated: the Bible is foundational to our modern American conceptions of law and justice.(FN1)
We were delighted to hear Professor Dershowitz’s report on the amount of interest in the Seminar when it was first offered at Harvard in the Fall of 1997: 150 students for twenty places!(FN2) The interest displayed for this class, not to mention the very existence of the Seminar itself, is consistent with what has been called the “religious revival” at American law schools that is changing the face of legal education as we know it.(FN3) And since we were unable to attend the Seminar, we have accepted Professor Dershowitz’s gracious invitation to “continue the dialogue” in this format and trust that our comments will be submitted to you so as to add to the “dialogue among generations.”(FN4)
