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Steven H. Shiffrin 
Charles Frank Reavis Sr. Professor of Law
Books
The Religious Left and Church-State Relations (Princeton University Press 2009).

Dissent, Injustice, and the Meanings of America (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1999). (Paperback edition, Princeton Press, 2000).

The First Amendment, Democracy, and Romance (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1990); Princeton University Press paperback, 1993).
Casebooks

Leading Cases in Constitutional Law (with Choper, Fallon, Kamisar) (St. Paul, MN : Thomson/West, 2010.)

Leading Cases in Constitutional Law (with Choper, Fallon, Kamisar) (St. Paul, MN : Thomson/West, 2009.)
Leading Cases in Constitutional Law (with Choper, Fallon, Kamisar) (St. Paul, MN : Thomson/West, 2008.)
Leading Cases in Constitutional Law (with Choper, Fallon, Kamisar) (St. Paul, MN : Thomson/West, 2007.)
Supplement to The First Amendment: Cases, Comments, Questions (with Jesse H. Choper) (St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 4d ed., 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006).
The First Amendment: Cases, Comments Questions (with Jesse H. Choper) (St. Paul, MN: Thomson/West, 4d ed. 2006). 
Supplement to Constitutional Law: Cases, Comments, Questions (with Choper, Fallon, and Kamisar) (St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 10th ed. 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007)
Constitutional Law: Cases, Comments, Questions (with Jesse H. Choper, Richard H. Fallon, Jr., and Yale Kamisar) (St. Paul, MN: Thomson/West, 10th ed. 2006).
Supplement to The First Amendment: Cases, Comments, Questions (with Jesse H. Choper) (St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 3d ed., 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005).
The First Amendment: Cases, Comments, Questions (with Jesse H. Choper) (St. Paul, MN: West Group, 3d ed. 2001).
Supplements to Ninth Editions: Constitutional Law; The American Constitution; Constitutional Rights and Liberties (with Choper, Fallon,and Kamisar) (St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 9th ed. 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005)
Constitutional Rights and Liberties: Cases, Comments, Questions (with Fallon, Kamisar, and Choper) (St. Paul, Minn. : West Group, 9th ed., 2001).
The American Constitution: Cases - Comments - Questions (with William B. Lockhart, Yale Kamisar and Jesse H. Choper) (St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 9th ed. 2001).
Constitutional Law: Cases, Comments, Questions (with Jesse H. Choper, Richard H. Fallon, Jr., and Yale Kamisar) (St. Paul, MN: West Group, 9th ed 2001).
Supplement to The First Amendment: Cases, Comments, Questions (with Jesse H. Choper) (St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 2d ed., 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000).
The First Amendment: Cases, Comments, Questions (with Jesse H. Choper) (St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 2d ed. 1996).
Supplements to Constitutional Law, the American Constitution, Constitutional Rights & Liberties : Eighth Editions (with Lockhart, Kamisar, Fallon, and Choper) (St. Paul: West Publishing Co.,  8th ed. 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000).
Constitutional Rights and Liberties: Cases - Comments - Questions (with William B. Lockhart, Yale Kamisar and Jesse H. Choper) (St. Paul:West Publishing Co., 8th ed.1996).
The American Constitution: Cases - Comments - Questions (with William B. Lockhart, Yale Kamisar and Jesse H. Choper) (St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 8th ed. 1996).
Constitutional Law: Cases, Comments, Questions (with William B. Lockhart, Yale Kamisar, Jesse H. Choper, and Richard H. Fallon) (St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 8th ed. 1996).
Supplements to Constitutional Law, the American Constitution, Constitutional Rights & Liberties : Seventh Editions (with William B. Lockhart, Yale Kamisar, and Jesse H. Choper) (St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 7th ed. 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995).
American Constitution: Cases-Comments-Questions (with William B. Lockhart, Yale Kamisar and Jesse H. Choper) (St. Paul, Minn. : West Pub. Co., 1991.)
Constitutional Rights and Liberties: Cases, Comments, Questions (With Lockhart, Kamisar, Choper, and Fallon) (St. Paul, Minn. : West Pub. Co, 7th ed., 1991).
Constitutional Law: Cases, Comments, Questions (with William B. Lockhart, Yale Kamisar, and Jesse H. Choper) (St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 7th ed. 1991).
Supplements to The First Amendment: Cases, Comments, Questions (with Jesse H. Choper) (St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1st ed. 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995).
The First Amendment: Cases, Comments, Questions (with Jesse H. Choper) (St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1st ed. 1991).
Supplements to the 6th eds. of Constitutional Law: The American Constitution; Constitutional Rights and Liberties (St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, and 1990).
Constitutional Law: Cases - Comments - Questions (with William B.Lockhart, Yale Kamisar and Jesse H. Choper) (St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 6th ed. 1986).
The American Constitution: Cases - Comments - Questions (with William B.Lockhart, Yale Kamisar and Jesse H. Choper) (St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 6th ed., 1986).
Constitutional Rights and Liberties: Cases - Comments - Questions (with William B.Lockhart, Yale Kamisar and Jesse H. Choper) (St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 6th ed. 1986).
Supplement to 5th edition of Constitutional Law; The American Constitution; Constitutional Rights & Liberties (with Kamisar, Choper, Lockhart) (St. Paul, West Pub. Co. 5th ed., 1986).
Contributions to Books
"The First Amendment and the Meaning of America," in Identities, Politics, and Rights 307-45 (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, Austin Sarat and Thomas R. Kearns, eds. 1995).
Articles
"Ed Baker: Friend and First Amendment Scholar," 12 University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law 963 (2010). 
"The Pluralistic Foundations of the Religion Clauses," 90 Cornell Law Review 9-95 (2004).
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"Liberalism and the Establishment Clause," 78 Chicago-Kent Law Review 717 (2003)
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"The First Amendment and the Socialization of Children: Compulsory Public Education and Vouchers," 11 Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy 503-51 (2002).
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"A Reply to Professor Krotoszynski," 86 Cornell Law Review 725-28 (2001).
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"Antidiscrimination Laws and Artistic Expression" (with Gregory R. Smith), 16 Communications Lawyer 11 (1999).
"Religion and Democracy," 74 Notre Dame Law Review 1631-56 (1999).
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"Should Progressives Support the Constitution?," 4 Widener Law Symposium Journal 219-28 (1999).
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"Racist Speech, Outsider Jurisprudence, and the Meaning of America," 80 Cornell Law Review 43-103 (1994).
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"The Politics of the Mass Media and the Free Speech Principle," 69 Indiana Law Journal 689-721 (1994).
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"Alcohol and Cigarette Advertising: A Legal Primer," 4 Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews 623-34 (1993).
"California Dreamin'." 15 Cornell Law Forum 25 (1988).
"The First Amendment and Economic Regulation: Away From a General Theory of the First Amendment," 78 Northwestern University Law Review 1212-83 (1983).
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"Liberalism, Radicalism, and Legal Scholarship," 30 UCLA Law Review 1103-217 (1983).
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"Government Speech," 27 UCLA Law Review 565-655 (1980).
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"Defamatory Non-Media Speech and First Amendment Methodology," 25 UCLA Law Review 915-63 (1978).
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Book Reviews
"Liberal Theory and the ‘Loyal Opposition’ in Democratic Justice," 11 The Good Society 78 (2002). (reviewing Ian Shapiro, Democratic Justice).
Political Booknote, Washington Monthly 57-58 (Jan/Feb. 1992) (reviewing James MacGregor Burns & Stewart Burns, A People-s Charter: The Pursuit of Rights in America).
"Liberal Theory and the Need for Politics," 89 Michigan Law Review 1281-93 (1991) (Review of R. Bruce Douglas, Gerald M. Mars, and Henry S. Richardson, eds., Liberalism and the Good).
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"Rights v. Goals," The New York Times Book Review 24-25 (June 9, 1985), review of Ronald M. Dworkin, A Matter of Principle, 98 The Los Angeles Daily Journal, July 5, 1985 at B12.
"Government Speech and the Falsification of Consent," 96 Harvard Law Review 1745-57 (1983) (Review of Mark Yudof, When Government Speaks: Politics, Law, and Government Expression in America).
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Miscellaneous
SLAPPS: Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation in Government: August 19-20, 1994, San Francisco, California (Philadelphia: American Law Institute - American Bar Association Committee on Continuing Professional Education, 1994) (8 sound cassettes + ALI-ABA Course of Study Materials).