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Dr Paul Babie
The Law School
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Lecturer, Adelaide Law School
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Faculty of the Professions, Research Unit for the Study of Society, Law and Religion
The Research Unit for the
Study of Society, Law and Religion (RUSSLR) is a significant strategic
initiative for the University of Adelaide and the nation. RUSSLR is the first
centre or institute in Australia to study the relationship between society, law
and religion – putting it at the leading edge in Australia of what is already a
major research area worldwide. RUSSLR's principal objective is to create a space for dialogue on significant issues involving the relationship between society, law and religion in Australia. We seek to foster an environment where divergent views can be expressed with good will and respect. Based upon this objective, RUSSLR’s principal research
aims include robust debate on:
- the role of religion in
both creating and solving current social, moral and ethical issues;
- the protection of human
rights, including freedom of religion and privacy;
- religious fundamentalism;
- the role of religion in
education; and
- citizenship and
migration.
In exploring these issues, RUSSLR's focus includes secular and non secular perspectives. Within this framework, it aims to study the relationship between law and religion where:
- law acts as an arbiter
between religion and society/state
- religion has some
influence or potential influence upon law, such as in the case of moral goals
and imperatives;
- religions have their own
legal systems, such as Judaism, Islam and Hinduism;
- secular law applies to
modern society.
All of this is directed at understanding the place and role of religion and law in contemporary Australian
society.
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RUSSLR News Updates
Release of 2012 RUSSLR Research Report
The Director of RUSSLR, A/Prof Paul Babie, is pleased to release the 2012 RUSSLR Research Report.
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).
RUSSLR Visiting Scholar
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, 1pm, Room 110.
RUSSLR 2012 Law and Religion Oration Presented by Professor Robert J. Miller
Robert J. Miller is a professor at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon, USA. He is
the Chief Justice for the Grand Ronde Tribe’s Court of Appeals, and a citizen of the Eastern
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma.
Book Launch: Freedom of Religion under Bills of Rights
The Adelaide Law School, the University of Adelaide Research Unit for the Study of Society, Law and Religion (RUSSLR), and The University of Adelaide Press are very pleased to invite you to the launch of: Paul Babie and Neville Rochow (eds), Freedom of Religion under Bills of Rights (University of Adelaide Press, 2012)
RUSSLR Launch 2011 Research Report
The Religious Writings of Sir Richard Hanson, Second Chief Justice of South Australia
On Tuesday, 10 April, 2012 at 12:00pm Dr Greg Taylor will present a paper on the religious writings of Sir Richard Hanson.
RUSSLR to Co-Host Roundtable on Law and Religion Scholarship and Teaching in Australia
RUSSLR and the ANU College of Law are co-hosting a one-day Roundtable on Law and Religion in Australia to be held in Canberra on Friday, 22 June 2012.
RUSSLR 2011 Law and Religion Oration Presented by Professor John Witte, Jr.
John Witte, Jr is Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law, Alonzo L. McDonald Distinguished Professor, and Director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion Center at Emory University. His talk is entitled 'Rights, Resistance and Revolution Protestant Contributions to Western Rights Talk'.
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