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Monthly Archives: August 2012
Is Circumcision a Crime? A critique of the legal regulation of genital cutting in Germany and Australia
The Research Unit for the Study of Society, Law and Religion and the South Australian Chapter of the Australian Association of Constitutional Law present “Is Circumcision a Crime? A critique of the legal regulation of genital cutting in Germany and Australia” When: Thursday 13 September 2012 at 1pm-2pm Where: Moot Court Room, Adelaide Law [...]
Posted in Events Tagged circumcisio, crime, freedom of religion, Germany, right to bodily integrity Comments closed
Same-sex marriage in the States
On Saturday the Tasmanian Premier Lara Giddings announced that her government would introduce a Bill to allow same-sex marriage in that State. Giddings claimed she had legal opinions supporting the constitutionality of the measure, including from the Tasmanian Solicitor-General. UNSW constitutional law academic Professor George Williams has also written on the issue claiming State same-sex [...]
Posted in Constitutional Law, Research and commentary Tagged anti-discrimination, federalism, inconsistency, marriage, marriage equality, Same-sex marriage, standing, Tasmania Comments closed
Text, Doctrine and Tradition in Law and Religion
The South Australian Chapter of the Australian Association of Constitutional Law (AACL) and the Research Unit for the Study of Society, Law and Religion (RUSSLR) are proud to host TEXT, DOCTRINE AND TRADITION IN LAW AND RELIGION We inhabit different normative universes. We traverse different symbolic worlds. Symbolic worlds help us to orient ourselves within [...]
Posted in Constitutional Law, Events, General Tagged common law, law and religion, legal theory, religious discource Comments closed
Ritualistic masochism or necessary evil? COAG and Australian federalism
Is COAG suited to cooperative federalism? How would we measure that? Adelaide Law School PhD candidate Mark Bruerton considers these questions. The 24th of July bore witness once again to a governance ritual as old as the Australian nation itself. State and territory leaders met with the Prime Minister for a Council of Australian Government (COAG) meeting [...]
Posted in Constitutional Law, Research and commentary, Uncategorized Tagged COAG, cooperative federalism, Council of Australian Governments, intergovernmental relations, Premiers Conference Comments closed
If the Judiciary shouldn’t, who should advise the Governor-General?