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Legal protection of religious freedom in Australia / Carolyn Evans.

Legal protection of religious freedom in Australia / Carolyn Evans.
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Record Number 21067
ISBN 9781862878136
Location 342.08 EVA
Author Evans, Carolyn Maree
Title Legal protection of religious freedom in Australia / Carolyn Evans.
Published Annandale, N.S.W. : Federation Press, 2012.
Collation xviii, 253 pages ; 21 cm.
Content types text
Carrier type volume
General Note Includes index.
Bibliography Note Includes bibliographic references and index.
Contents Note 1.Religious freedom: the Australian context -- 2. Freedom of religion or belief in international law -- 3. The Concept of a religion in australian law -- 4. The Australian Constitution and religious freedom -- 5. Legal approaches to protecting religious freedom -- 6. Non-discrimination laws: friend or foe of religious freedom? -- 7. Religious vilification/ Hate speech laws -- 8. Religious freedom and the Australian courts -- Extracts from selected international instruments on religious freedom.
Summary Note The book's "first part considers the social, political, international and constitutional contexts surrounding religious freedom. The analysis includes legal distinctions between religion and concepts such as race, ethnicity, culture, and sincere belief; the varying legal definitions of religion; and the High Court's narrow interpretation of Constitution s 116, at odds with more expansive conceptions used in international law and some other domestic legal systems. Part two of the book covers issues of particular contention or importance. It illustrates them with topical examples such as the wearing of religious clothing, the refusal of medical treatment and the recognition of religious marriages. Then follow chapters on the application of non-discrimination laws to religion; religious vilification laws; and the manner n which the court system deals with the protection of religious freedom, for example the taking of oaths and affirmations, face coverings, and the role of courts in intra-religious disputes or disputes where religious law may apply." - Back cover.
Subject Religion and law -- Australia
Freedom of religion -- Australia
Religious tolerance -- Australia
Religion and state -- Australia
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