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AACL Event: Proportionality in Rights Adjudication: Approaches to Balancing Competing Interests in Australia and Germany

The South Australian Chapter of the Australian Association of Constitutional Law (AACL) is proud to host Proportionality in Rights Adjudication: Approaches to Balancing Competing Interests in Australia and Germany  In her judgments and extra curial writings Justice Kiefel has discussed the development of a proportionality test in Australian constitutional law by reference to its origins […]

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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 […]

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Is the Circumcision of a Young Boy a Crime? Yes, According to a German Court

On Tuesday of this week a German Court decided that the circumcision of a four year old boy constituted the criminal offence of causing grievous bodily harm. The case made headlines around the world, including in Australia. Cornelia Koch discusses the cultural background to the case and the decision itself before reflecting on whether it […]

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The Sky is Falling if Judges Decide Religious Controversies! — Or is it? The German Experience of Religious Freedom Under a Bill of Rights

In a new publication Cornelia Koch challenges the view often put forward by opponents of Bills of Rights that morally and politically controversial questions are for the elected Parliament alone and are not suitable for determination by courts. She bases her challenge on an examination of two of the most controversial cases ever decided by […]

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