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ISSUES

Volume 1 (2022)

Volume 1 (Complete Download)

ISSN 2653-5122 (Online)                   DOI: https://doi.org/10.55803/AH515A

 

CONTENTS

 

Volume 1, 2022   

 

Alex Deagon and Jeremy Patrick, Editorial (pp. i-ii)

 

Articles

Renae Barker, Law and Religion in the Classroom: Teaching Church-State Relationships (pp. 1-21)

Muhammad Latif Fauzi, The Formation of Islamic Law in Indonesia: The Interplay Between Islamic Authorities and the State (pp. 22-35)

Neil Foster, Religious Freedom, Section 109 of the Constitution, and Anti-discrimination Laws (pp. 36-56)

Andrew Hemming, Why the Jury in Pell v The Queen Must Have Had a Doubt and the High Court was Right to Quash the Guilty Verdicts (pp. 57-75)

Patrick Parkinson, Adolescent Gender Identity and the Sex Discrimination Act: The Case for Religious Exemptions (pp. 76-93)

 

Book Reviews

Katie Murray, Book Review: “Christians: The Urgent Case for Jesus in Our World” by Greg Sheridan (pp. 94-96)

Jeremy Patrick, Book Review: “Law and Religion in the Liberal State edited by Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan and Darryn Jensen (pp. 97-98)

 

Special Topic Forum: The Future of Law and Religion in Australia

Luke Beck, The Continued Existence of the Crime of Blasphemy in Australia (pp. 99-102)

Anthony Gray, Proportionality in Australian Constitutional Law: Next Stop Section 116? (pp. 103-105)

Joel Harrison, The Liberal and Post-Liberal Futures of Law and Religion in Australia (pp. 106-107)

Volume 2 (2023)

Volume 2 (Complete Issue)    ISSN 2653-5122 (Online)                                                                    DOI:https://doi.org/10.55803/ON772L

CONTENTS

Volume 2, 2023

Special Issue: Religious Freedom, Sexuality, and Gender Identity

 

Alex Deagon and Jeremy Patrick, Editorial (pp. i-iii)

 

Articles

Nicholas Butler, May Australian States Impose Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Non-Discrimination Obligations on Religious Schools? A Rejoinder to Foster (pp. 1-19)

Alex Deagon, Reconciling Freedom and Equality for Peaceful Coexistence: On the Need to Reframe the Religious Exemptions in the Sex Discrimination Act (pp. 20-35)

Mark Fowler, The Position of Religious Schools Under International Human Rights Law (pp. 36-55)

Rena MacLeod, Legislating Gender Prejudice: Religion and the Overturning of Roe v Wade (pp. 56-69)

Rhett Martin, Conversion Practices Legislation in Victoria – A Potential Crisis for Church Authority? (pp. 70-80)

Timothy Nugent, Statements of Belief as Political Communication (81-90)

 

Book Reviews

Barry W. Bussey, Review of Law and Religion in the Commonwealth: The Evolution of Case Law edited by Renae Barker, Paul T. Babie, and Neil Foster (pp. 91-92)

Jeremy Patrick, Review of The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice by Shon Faye (pp. 93-94)

 

Special Topic Forum: Religious Freedom, Sexuality, and Gender Identity

Nicholas Aroney, Cherry Picking Human Rights (pp. 95-100)

Patrick Byrne, What Does Gender Identity Mean in the Sex Discrimination Act 1984? (pp. 101-103)

Robert W. Hefner, The Politics of Indonesia’s New Criminal Code (pp. 104-106)

Volume 3 (2023)

Volume 3 (Complete Issue) Download   ISSN 2653-5122 (Online)

CONTENTS

 Volume 3, 2023

Alex Deagon and Jeremy Patrick, Editorial (pp. i-ii) Download

 

Articles

Ysabel Andrea Abordo & Alex Deagon, Religious Freedom and Freedom from Religious Discrimination: Implications for the Religious Discrimination Bill (pp. 1-19) Download

 

Guy Baldwin, Freedom of Religion Under the Australian Constitution: Is Proportionality the Answer? (pp. 20-36) Download

 

Samuel Blanch, Legal Pluralism and Islamic Law in Australia (pp. 37-51)  Download

 

David Goodwin & Paul Reynolds, Congregational Religious Trusts in Victoria’s Churches of Christ (pp. 52-68) Download

 

Andrew Hemming, Is Leaving God to Make the Choice an Answer to a Charge of Murder by Reckless Indifference to Human Life or Manslaughter? A Case Study of Queensland Criminal Law (pp. 69-90) Download

 

Book Reviews

Myriam Hunter-Henin, Review of A Principled Framework for the Autonomy of Religious Communities: Reconciling Freedom and Discrimination by Alex Deagon (pp. 91-93) Download

 

Benjamin Saunders, Review of Christianity and Constitutionalism by Nicholas Aroney and Ian Leigh (eds.) (pp. 94-95) Download

 

Special Topic Forum: Indigenous Spirituality and the Law

Darshan Datar, The Voice and Religious Freedom (pp. 96-100) Download

 

Ivan Ingram, Cultural and Spiritual Loss in Native Title (pp. 101-102) Download

 

Samsul Maarif, Indigenous Religious Freedom: A Goal to Pursue in Indonesia (pp. 103-107) Download

 

Laura Rademaker, Country, Tradition, and Christianity in the Law (pp. 108-110) Download

Volume 4 (2024)

Volume 4 (Complete Issue) Download   ISSN 2653-5122 (Online)

CONTENTS

 Volume 4, 2024

Special Issue: Theology and Jurisprudence

 

Constance Lee and Alex Deagon, Editorial (pp. i-ii) Download

 

Articles

Zachary R. Calo, The Catholic Modernity of Pope Benedict XVI: Healthy Secularity and Christian Jurisprudence (pp. 1-16) Download

 

Jonathan Crowe, Natural Law with and without God (pp. 17-33) Download

 

Alex Deagon, Christian Natural Law and a Foundation for Religious Freedom: Love, the True, and the Good (pp. 34-56)  Download

 

Constance Youngwon Lee, The Secularisation of Conscience: A Natural Law Critique (pp. 57-74) Download

 

Joshua Neoh, Kiergaard’s Works of Love: From Benedict’s Rule to More’s Utopia (pp. 75-83) Download

 

Lukas Opacic, Corporations, Compelled Compelled Speech, and the Common Good (pp. 84-100) Download

 

John Witte Jr with Harold J. Berman, Christianity and Law in the Enlightenment (pp. 101-114) Download

Volume 5 (2024)

 

Volume 5 (Complete Issue) Download   ISSN 2653-5122 (Online)

CONTENTS

Volume 5, 2024

 

Alex Deagon and Jeremy Patrick, Editorial (pp. i-ii) Download

 

Articles

Brady Earley, Religious Exemptions in Ancient China (pp. 1-13) Download

 

Neil Foster, Religious Freedom, the Sex Discrimination Act, and Section 109: A Surrejoinder to Butler (pp. 14-23) Download

 

Rosemary Teele Langford and Malcolm Anderson, Religious Charities in Australia: Implications for Governance Under Traditional Values and Outlooks (pp. 24-39) Download

 

Joseph Lee, Religious Institutions and Personal Injury Compensation Claims for Abuse: The Noteworthy Significance of Insurance (pp. 40-61) Download

 

Interviews

Hon. Michael Kirby, AC CMG, An Interview on Faith and Sexuality with Michael Kirby (pp. 62-70) Download

 

Book Reviews

Michael F Bird, Religious Freedom in a Secular Age: A Christian Case for Liberty, Equality, and Secular Government (Review by Jacob Carson) (pp. 71-73) Download

 

John Witte, Jr. and Rafael Domingo (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Christianity and Law (Review by Alex Deagon) (pp. 74-75) Download

 

Robert F. Cochran Jr., The Servant Lawyer: Facing the Challenges of Everyday Faith in Christian Law Practice (Review by Benjamin B Saunders) (pp. 76-78) Download

 

Special Topic Forum: The Rise of the Nones (co-published with Canopy Forum)

Rhys Gower and Adam Possamai, The 2021 Australian “Mark ‘No Religion’” Campaign (pp. 79-82) Download

 

Anna Halafoff, Andrew Singleton, and Elenie Poulos, Querying “No Religion”: State, Society, and Spirituality in Australia (pp. 83-88) Download

 

Jeremy Patrick, A Brief Rejoinder to Movsesian on ‘The New Thoreaus’ (pp. 89-91) Download

 

Jesse M. Smith and Ryan T. Cragun, The Push Away from Religion and the Pull Toward Secularity: The Rise of the Nones in the United States (pp. 92-96) Download

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