Journal of Christian Legal Thought
Journal of Christian Legal Thought Human > Rights 1 ANDREW R. DELOACH The Universal Declaration and the 8 Distortion of Human Rights ELYSSA KOREN AND PAUL COLEMAN Human Rights and their Counterfeits 11 ANGUS J. L. MENUGE Embodied and Disembodied Dignity 18 GRÉGOR PUPPINCK Addressing Violence and Persecution 27 Based on Religion or Belief EWELINA U. OCHAB The Independence of Judicial Conscience 34 BARRY W. BUSSEY VOL. 9, NO. 2 (2019) STATEMENT OF PURPOSE The mission of theJournal of Christian Legal Thought is to equip Journal of and encourage legal professionals to seek and study biblical truth as it relates to law, the practice of law, and legal institu- tions. Christian Legal Theological reflection on the law, a lawyer’s work, and legal institutions is central to a lawyer’s calling; therefore, all Chris- Thought tian lawyers and law students have an obligation to consider the nature and purpose of human law, its sources and develop- ment, and its relationship to the revealed will of God, as well VOL. 9, NO. 2 | 2019 as the practical implications of the Christian faith for their daily work. TheJournal exists to help practicing lawyers, law students, judges, and legal scholars engage in this theological PUBLISHED BY and practical reflection, both as a professional community and The Institute for Christian Legal Studies (ICLS), as individuals. a Cooperative Ministry of Trinity Law School and Christian The Journal seeks, first, to provide practitioners and stu- Legal Society. dents a vehicle through which to engage Christian legal schol-
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