- Applicability of the Laws and Ordinances of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, by Universal House of Justice (2001-02-08). List of laws and ordinances of the Aqdas not yet universally applied (as of 2001).
- Application of Bahá'í Laws, by Universal House of Justice (2000-02-23). On the application of Bahá’í law and how its procedures differ from civil law, with discussion of the examples of Huququ'llah, obligatory prayer, and fasting.
- Badí' (Bahá'í) Calendar: An Introduction, The, by Moojan Momen (2014-11). Summary of the nature of Bahá'í calendar, the way the Badí' calendar works, and the reason for the 2014 revisions inaugurated by the Universal House of Justice.
- Laws from the Kitab-i-Aqdas Not Yet Binding, by Universal House of Justice (1974-06-09). Which laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas are and are not currently (as of 1974) binding upon Western believers.
- Laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, Further Application of, by Universal House of Justice (1999-12-28). Announcement to the Bahá'í world that all elements of the laws dealing with obligatory prayer and fasting are now applicable.
- Legislating on Morality, by Universal House of Justice (1988-06-05). Areas in which the Universal House of Justice is refraining from legislating on, e.g. abortion and homosexuality.
- Light of the World: Selected Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, by Abdu'l-Bahá (2021). Tablets of ‘Abdul-Bahá describing aspects of the life of Bahá’u’lláh including the tribulations He suffered, events in His homeland, the purpose and greatness of His Cause, and the nature and significance of His Covenant.
- Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986: Third Epoch of the Formative Age, by Universal House of Justice Geoffrey W. Marks, comp. (1996).
- Monogamy, Sexual Equality, Marital Equality, and the Supreme Tribunal, by Universal House of Justice (1996-06-27). Questions about monogamy, the Supreme Tribunal, and the Bahá'í concept of equality of the sexes in light of some Bahá'í laws and history which appear to undermine it
- Reflections on the Concept of Law in the Bahá'í Faith, Some, by Roshan Danesh (2014). The concept of law in the Bahá’í Faith; its early Islamic context; the nature of legal language and discourse in Bahá’u’lláh’s writings. Religious law, rooted in conscious knowledge and the dynamics of love, rejects rigid and legalistic rules.
- Regarding the Implementation of the Badi` Calendar, by Universal House of Justice (2014-07-10). Message to the Bahá’ís of the world on the updated calendar of Bahá'í holy days. Includes a table of Bahá’í Dates 172 to 221 B.E., and a letter to an individual explaining the date of the astronomical new moon in Islamic and Bahá'í calendars.
- Universal House of Justice and the Principles of Jurisprudence, by Abdu'l-Bahá Universal House of Justice, trans. (2001-04). Authorized translation of an excerpt of a tablet on "the wisdom of referring certain important laws to the House of Justice."
- Universality of the Laws of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, The, by Bijan Samali (1996). The laws of the Aqdas focus on the individual; are applicable to everyone; facilitate the realisation of the oneness of human race; ensure the equality of the sexes; are adaptable to cultural diversities; and call for the elimination of all prejudices.
- Women on the Universal House of Justice, by Universal House of Justice (1988-05-31). Response to a paper presented at a Bahá'í Studies conference which raised the possibility that women could one day be eligible for membership on the Universal House of Justice.
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