Stephen L. Carter is a 20th and 21st century American law professor, legal- and social-policy writer, and novelist.
His policy writings include the following books:
- Reflections of an Affirmative Action Baby (1992)
- The Culture of Disbelief (1994), which describes, and opposes, barriers to visibly religiously motivated participation in public life.
- Integrity (1997)
- The Dissent of the Governed: A Meditation on Law, Religion, and Loyalty (1998)
- Civility (1999)
- God's Name in Vain: The Wrongs and Rights of Religion in Politics (2001)
- The Emperor of Ocean Park (2002) which he describes as having been conceived before the confirmation hearings of Clarence Thomas for his U. S. Supreme Court associate-justice post, has its principal character experience significantly similar confirmation hearings.