Ariel Liberman
Dr. Ariel Liberman is Assistant Professor of Law and Legal Studies in the Department of Political Science at Auburn University, USA. A legal scholar by training, his research has primarily focused on the broader interdisciplinary fields of ‘law and religion’ and ‘law and society,’ emphasizing especially topics at the intersection of education, democracy, and the rule of law.
He approaches these areas from a decisively Jewish perspective—often calling upon the Jewish legal tradition as a source for constructing approaches to perennial national and international challenges in his areas of interest.
His work on antisemitism primarily concerns its manifestation in law, policy and regulation as a tool for disenfranchising Jewish actors and communities. Dr. Liberman has written and forthcoming pieces on questions in the fields of antisemitism and democracy, antisemitism education, as well as historical and contemporary Jewish responses to antisemitic law and policy His first book, Law as Civic Education, was published by Routledge in 2025. Beyond his primary faculty appointment, Dr. Liberman is also Senior Fellow in Law and Judaism at the Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Emory University School of Law.
He has practiced as an attorney in the United States, served in leadership positions in the Jewish nonprofit space, as well as on board at religious and educational organizations.
Recent and Forthcoming Publications Books:
Ariel J. Liberman and Gregory Mancini, Making the Law Common: Envisioning Law Learning for a Shared Civic Life (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, Forthcoming 2026)
Ariel J. Liberman, Law as Civic Education: Reimaging a K-12 Curriculum for Democratic Citizenship and Individual Character (New York: Routledge, 2015)
Selected Articles:
Ariel J. Liberman, “Jews, Judaism and Politics in Latin America,” in Routledge Handbook of Religion and Politics in Latin America (ed. Dennis Petri) (London: Routledge, Forthcoming 2026).
Michael J. Broyde and Ariel Liberman, “The Antisemitic Assault on Jewish Rituals in Europe and America: A History of Jewish Oppression Through Law,” in Cambridge History of Antisemitism (ed. Steven Katz) (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Forthcoming 2026).
Michael J. Broyde and Ariel Liberman, “Chofetz Chaim (Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan),” Oxford Bibliographies (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2025). Ariel J. Liberman and Michael J. Broyde, “Learning Law in Elementary and High School: Innovating Civics Education for a More Empowered Citizenry,” 19 Northwestern J. L. & Soc. Policy 264 (2024).
Ariel J. Liberman, “It Takes a Village: Historic Religious Principles Behind ‘Public’ School Governance (1500-1700) and Why They Matter Today,” 22 Rutgers J. L. & Religion 1 (2024).
Ariel J. Liberman and Douglas Waters, Jr., “Education Administration in Federal Indian Law: Learning from A Colonial Project Turned Tool of Liberation,” 11 Am. Indian L. J. 1 (2023).
Michael J. Broyde and Ariel J. Liberman, “Learning Law Young: Towards a More Robust, Impactful, and Ethical Civic Education Modeled Off of Jewish Law Learning,” 52 J. L. & Education 1 (2023).
Ariel J. Liberman, “Educational Permutations: The Church’s Canon Law as Inspiration for Changes to American Education Regulation,” 35 Regent U. L. Rev. 257 (2022).
Shlomo Pill and Ariel J. Liberman, “Roadmap to Reconciliation II: Ruminations on the Need for Integrity in Intellectual Interfaith Engagement,” 38 Touro L. Rev. 847 (2022).
J.R. Rothstein, Shlomo Pill and Ariel J. Liberman, “Roadmap to Reconciliation: An Institutional and Conceptual Framework for Jewish-Muslim Engagement,” 38 Touro L. Rev. 101 (2022).
