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English
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Toward a Mormon Jurisprudence
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Interpreter : A Journal of Mormon Scripture
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Orem, UT
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The Interpreter Foundation
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49-84
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This essay tries to identify what a "Mormon" jurisprudence would, and would not, look like. Beyond its immediate relevance to legal thought, this article might have broader applications in helping LDS scholars in other disciplines to think about, for exam
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"This essay tries to identify what a 'Mormon' jurisprudence would, and would not, look like. Beyond its immediate relevance to legal thought, this article might have broader applications in helping LDS scholars in other disciplines to think about, for example, what a Mormon theory of literary criticism might look like, or what would be distinctive about a Mormon approach to political theory or to any other discipline. I believe that any such Mormon academic approach (1) would be solidly rooted in all LDS scripture, (2) would be inclusivistic, privileging fullness and openness over closure and completeness, and (3) would be fundamentally pluralistic and not reductionistic. ...
"I would hope next to articulate the specific implications of these ideas with respect to legal attitudes toward statutory construction, judicial activism, the spirit and letter of the law, justice and mercy, equality and freedom, pacifism and justifiable use of force, corrections and forms of punishment, degrees of fiduciary duties, types of contracts, the foundations of family law, the principles of constitutional law, and many other topics. This development would utilize historical, scriptural, logical, ethical, and other analyses." [From the article]
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An Introduction to Mormonism
Antipolygamy Legislation
Copyright Laws and the 1830 Book of Mormon
Encyclopedia of Mormonism : The History, Scripture, Doctrine, and Procedures of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
How Wide the Divide? : A Mormon and an Evangelical in Conversation. [by] Blomberg, Craig L;[by] Robinson, Stephen E
Is Mormonism Christian? : Mormon Doctrine compared with Biblical Christianity
James Madison, John Witherspoon, and Oliver Cowdery : The First Amendment and the 134th Section of the Doctrine and Covenants
Joseph Smith and the 1834 D.P. Hurlbut Case
Joseph Smith and the Missouri Court of Inquiry : Austin A. King's Quest for Hostages
Joseph Smith and the Problem of Evil
Joseph Smith : Rough Stone Rolling
Joseph Smith's 1826 Trial : The Legal Setting
J. Reuben Clark, Jr., on American Sovereignty and International Organization
J. Reuben Clark : The Public Years
Jurisprudence and the Problem of Church Doctrine
LDS Doctrine Compared with other Christian Doctrines
Legal Scholarship and Membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints : Have They Buried Both an Honest Man and a Law Professor in the Same Grave?
Mormonism : A Very Short Introduction
Mormonism in Dialogue with Contemporary Christian Theologies
Mormonism's Open Canon : Some Historical Perspectives on Its Religious Limits and Potentials
Mormonism : The Story of a New Religious Tradition
Mormon Land Rights in Caldwell and Daviess Counties and the Mormon Conflict of 1838 : New Findings and New Understandings
Smith, Joseph : Legal Trials of Joseph Smith
Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith
The Doctrine of Divine Embodiment : Restoration, Judeo-Christian, and Philosophical Perspectives
The Legal Cases in the Book of Mormon
The Mormon Culture of Salvation : Force, Grace, and Glory
The Polygamous Prelude
The Principles of the Proclamation : Ten Years of Hope
The Refiner's Fire : The Making of Mormon Cosmology, 1644-1844
The Suppression of the Nauvoo Expositor
The Worlds of Joseph Smith : A Bicentennial Conference at the Library of Congress
What is the Proper Role of the Latter-day Saint with Respect to the Constitution?
Zion in the Courts : A Legal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1900