Douglas Laycock

1.1k total citations
88 papers, 288 citations indexed

About

Douglas Laycock is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Law and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Douglas Laycock has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 288 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 23 papers in Law and 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Douglas Laycock's work include American Constitutional Law and Politics (50 papers), Legal Systems and Judicial Processes (14 papers) and Legal and Constitutional Studies (10 papers). Douglas Laycock is often cited by papers focused on American Constitutional Law and Politics (50 papers), Legal Systems and Judicial Processes (14 papers) and Legal and Constitutional Studies (10 papers). Douglas Laycock collaborates with scholars based in United States, Latvia and United Kingdom. Douglas Laycock's co-authors include Teresa A. Sullivan, Lea Brilmayer, Philip Hamburger, Robin Wilson, S. Α. Wurm, W. Cole Durham, Michael W. McConnell, Robert S. Summers, Edmund Leach and Leonard W. Levy and has published in prestigious journals such as Anaesthesia, The Yale Law Journal and Harvard Law Review.

In The Last Decade

Douglas Laycock

62 papers receiving 213 citations

Peers

Douglas Laycock
Suzanna Sherry United States
Rebecca Probert United Kingdom
Rudolph Peters Netherlands
Jesse H. Choper United States
Wilfrid Prest Australia
Hennie Kotzé South Africa
Frances Olsen United States
Barbara R. Joshi United States
John Dugard South Africa
Suzanna Sherry United States
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Fields of papers citing papers by Douglas Laycock

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All Works

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Laycock, Douglas. (2014). Religious Liberty and the Culture Wars. University of Illinois law review. 2014. 839–880. 5 indexed citations
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Laycock, Douglas. (2013). Protecting Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty. SSRN Electronic Journal. 99. 1–182.
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Laycock, Douglas, et al.. (2012). RLUIPA: Necessary, Modest, and Under-Enforced. ˜The œFordham urban law journal/Fordham urban law journal. 39(4). 1021–1072. 1 indexed citations
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Laycock, Douglas. (2012). Hosanna-Tabor and the Ministerial Exception. Harvard journal of law & public policy. 35(3). 839–862.
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Laycock, Douglas. (2011). "Noncoercive" Support for Religion: Another False Claim about the Establishment Clause. Valparaiso University law review. 26(1). 37–69.
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Laycock, Douglas. (2011). Reviews of a Lifetime. Texas law review. 89(4). 949–966. 3 indexed citations
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Laycock, Douglas. (2011). Government-Sponsored Religious Displays: Transparent Rationalizations and Expedient Post-Modernism. Case Western Reserve law review. 61(4). 1211–1252. 3 indexed citations
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Laycock, Douglas. (2011). The free exercise clause. 1 indexed citations
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Laycock, Douglas. (2008). Why the Supreme Court Changed Its Mind About Government Aid to Religious Institutions: It's a Lot More than Just Republican Appointments. Brigham Young University law review. 2008(2). 275–294. 1 indexed citations
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Laycock, Douglas, et al.. (2004). The Mistakes in Locke v. Davey and the Future of State Payments for Services Provided by Religious Institutions. SSRN Electronic Journal. 40(2). 227–254.
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Laycock, Douglas. (1998). Religious Freedom and International Human Rights in the United States Today. 12. 951–972. 2 indexed citations
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Laycock, Douglas. (1998). Conceptual Gulfs in City of Boerne v. Flores. William and Mary law review. 39(3). 743–792. 2 indexed citations
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Laycock, Douglas. (1996). Continuity and Change in the Threat to Religious Liberty: The Reformation Era and the Late Twentieth Century. Minnesota law review. 80. 1047–1103.
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Laycock, Douglas. (1995). RFRA, Congress, and the Ratchet. The Mathematics Enthusiast. 56(1). 7. 2 indexed citations
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Laycock, Douglas. (1992). Summary and Synthesis: The Crisis in Religious Liberty. 60. 841–856. 4 indexed citations
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Laycock, Douglas. (1991). Vicious Stereotypes in Polite Society. University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy (University of Minnesota). 8. 395–409.
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Laycock, Douglas. (1989). Scope and Significance of Restitution. Texas law review. 67. 1277–1293. 4 indexed citations
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Laycock, Douglas. (1987). Equality and the Citizens of Sister States. Florida State University law review. 15(3). 431–448.
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Laycock, Douglas. (1986). Equal Access and Moments of Silence: The Equal Status of Religious Speech by Private Speakers. Northwestern University law review. 81. 1–67. 6 indexed citations
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Laycock, Douglas. (1981). Taking Constitutions Seriously: A Theory of Judicial Review. Texas law review. 59. 343–394. 3 indexed citations

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