New from the Journal of Catholic Social Thought

I am happy to announce that the proceedings of the second annual Symposium on Catholic Social Thought and the Law ("Principles and Practices of Subsidiarity") have been published as vol 2, no.2 of Villanova's Journal of Catholic Social Thought (summer 2005). The issue includes papers by MOJ-ers Susan Stabile and Rob Vischer as well as law profs John Stinneford (Dayton/St. Thomas), Phil Pucillo (Ave Maria), and Pat Brown (Seattle), as well as other scholars. The issue was edited by yours truly (er, by my students, actually). Individual copies can be purchased for $30, and subscriptions for the 2 annual issues for $40, by writing to the Journal at PO Box 465, Hanover PA 17331. Checks only, no credit cards yet. If your library does not subscribe, please ask them to!

As I've announced before, our third annual CST/Law symposium will be here at Villanova on "The Legacy of John Courtney Murray for Law and Politics" on September 16, 2005. The day long confab is now shaping up, and will be quite interdisciplinary. We'll have a panel on JCM and Christian Social Ethics in America featuring MOJ-er Tom Berg and Fr. Michael Baxter (theology, ND); JCM and American Democracy featuring political theorists Ken Grasso (So. Texas) and Bill Gould (Fordham); and JCM and American Law with papers by MOJ-ers Bob Araujo, Rick Garnett and Susan Stabile. Villanova Law faculty Pat Brennan, Kathy Brady, Jeannie Heffernan and I will serve as commentators. We'll be sending around hard copy announcements shortly, as well as posting an electronic version. PS -- I'll need paper titles from those presenters who haven't provided them yet asap -- and you know who you are!

--Mark