Ministers of the Law

I have now posted Lawmaking, Administration, and Traces of Civic Republicanism: Thoughts on Jean Porter's Ministers of the Law, a short paper I prepared for Villanova's recent Catholic Social Thought conference that was devoted to Porter's new book.  I heartily recommend the book (though there's plenty in it that I disagree with).  Some of my friends at the Fed Soc won't like some of what I've got to say in favor of Porter's account of the purpose of law, but that's okay.