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Freedom of Religion or Belief: Creating Constitutional Space for Fundamental Freedoms

The Adelaide Law School is delighted to announce that from 14 to 16 February 2018 it will partner with the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at the J Reuben Clark Law School at BYU (USA) and the University of Notre Dame Law School (Australia) to deliver an international conference entitled ‘Freedom of Religion or Belief: Creating Constitutional Space […]

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Balancing fairness and freedom in SA’s Equal Opportunity Laws

On 30 June 2016, the independent South Australian Law Reform Institute, based at the Adelaide University Law School, released its Report, ‘“Lawful Discrimination”: Exceptions under the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 (SA) to unlawful discrimination on the grounds of gender identity, sexual orientation and intersex status’. This Report is part of the Institute’s wider reference to […]

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Better balance needed in State’s equal opportunity laws

Helping to protect students, patients and employees from unfair treatment due to their sexual orientation or gender identity is at the heart of a range of reforms proposed for South Australia’s equal opportunity laws. In the latest report from the independent South Australian Law Reform Institute, based at the University of Adelaide, the Institute has […]

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Austria’s Law against Defamation of Religion – Public Lecture

When: Monday, 28 October, 2013 at 12.00 noon Where: Moot Court Room, Ligertwood Building, Law School Speaker: Professor Greg Taylor Professor Greg Taylor is an honorary Professor of the University of Marburg, Germany, and an associate professor of law at Monash University. His undergraduate education was in law and German language and literature at the […]

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Justice, Mercy and Conviction: Perspectives on Law, Religion and Ethics Conference

7-9 June 2013 Registrations are now open for “Justice, Mercy and Conviction: Perspectives on Law, Religion and Ethics, a conference being co-organised by The University of Adelaide Research Unit for the Study of Law, Religion and Society (RUSSLR). The Brochure and Registration materials are available here.

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RUSSLR Visiting Scholar: Dr Vanja-Ivan Savic

Dr Vanja-Ivan Savic, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Zagreb, Croatia, will present ‘What to Expect from Laws in Complex Religious and Ethnic Societies?: Insight into Bosnia and Lebanon‘ on 18 February at 1pm in Room 110.

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