Religious Freedom and the Law in Australia

Title: Religious Freedom and the Law in Australia
Creator: Foster, Neil
Relation: Proceedings of the Samuel Griffith Society Vol. 27, p. 39-72
Relation: https://www.samuelgriffith.org/papers
Publisher: Samuel Griffiths Society
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2018
Description: In this paper I want to discuss how the law protects freedom of religion in Australia. While as is well known there is no overarching “Bill of Rights” in operation in Australia, protection of this “fundamental right” takes place, even in a fragmented way, under a number of laws. The paper considers the protection provided by the Constitution of Australia, the impact of international treaties, the effect of the common law, domestic charters in specific States, and the “balancing” provisions of discrimination legislation.
Subject: freedom of religion; Australia; Bill of Rights; descrimination legislation
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1440994
Identifier: uon:41284
Identifier: ISSN:1327-1539
Language: eng
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