Casebook on Antisemitism and the Law
Casebook
The Center supports Professor Katz's work on Antisemitism and the Law (forthcoming from Carolina Academic Press), This timely and groundbreaking casebook provides an indispensable resource for understanding antisemitism and how it intersects with law.
It examines how law can be used to combat antisemitism, focusing primarily on efforts by Jewish advocates and non-Jewish allies to extend civil rights protection to Jews, enact hate crimes laws, curb antisemitic speech, and protect Jewish students from campus antisemitism. The book compares the U.S. approach with that of the UK, Commonwealth countries, and the Federal Republic of Germany.
The casebook also examines how hostile regimes have used law to persecute Jews, and considers landmark cases from across history and jurisdictions, including Blood Libel trials, the Spanish Inquisition, the Dreyfus Affair, the Leo Frank case, and Nazi Germany.
Lastly, it considers legal efforts to correct historic wrongs against the Jewish people, including the Nuremberg war crimes trials, the Second Vatican Council, and modern Germany.
The casebook project receives support from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), with additional support from the Leon Levy Foundation, the Academic Engagement Network (AEN), and the Rieders Foundation.
The casebook will support a 2-3-credit elective course on the subject for law students. The casebook or portions are also suitable for undergraduate and graduate level courses that include coverage of antisemitism.
Prof. Katz Hosts Workshop on Teaching Law and Antisemitism
Prof. Katz hosted a workshop on teaching antisemitism and the law at the 3rd Annual vs. Antisemitism Conference at Florida Int'l Univ. College of Law on February 25, 2024. Presenters included (R to L) Steven M. Freeman, ADL Senior Counsel, Legal Historian Victoria Woeste, and Kenneth Marcus, founder and chairman of The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law. Freeman and Woeste are contributing scholarship to the casebook. Marcus teaches a course on antisemitism and the law at George Washington University Law School.