Freedom of Religion or Belief

Edited by Paul T. Babie, Neville G. Rochow KC, Adelaide Law School, The University of Adelaide, Australia and Brett G. Scharffs, J Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, US

'Freedom of Religion or Belief is an exceptional contribution to the important debate over the potential conflicts between the freedom of religion and belief and other important freedoms. The book does a beautiful job of balancing chapters that explore the nature and importance of religious freedom and those that address the problems that can arise when religious freedom conflicts with the rights of others. Significantly, the book as a whole shows that these conflicts can be navigated without destroying religious freedom or other important freedoms.'--Frank S. Ravitch, Michigan State University, US'In this book, an impressive international cast of scholars provides an informative look at the protections for religious freedom in a variety of legal systems worldwide, together with a probing consideration of contemporary challenges to this freedom. The book constitutes a valuable contribution to the global discussion of the ''first freedom''.'--Steven Smith, University of San Diego, US

• Contents:1 Creating and conserving constitutional space 1Paul T. Babie, Neville G. Rochow QC and Brett G. ScharffsPART I THE CONCEPT OF CONSTITUTIONALSPACE AND FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF2 Religious freedom as an element of the human rightsframework 20Carolyn Evans and Cate Read3 The problem and the promise of religious liberty 40Joel Harrison4 ‘A la carte’ spirituality and the future of freedom of religion 58Jeremy Patrick5 Towards a constitutional definition of religion: challengesand prospects 92Alex Deagon6 Freedom of religion without a bill of rights: Australia’speculiar approach to tackling freedom of religion andother human rights issues 109Renae Barker7 The effect of s 116 of the Australian Constitution on theimplied freedom of political communication 131Joshua Forrester8 Conceptualising reasonable accommodation 164Brett G. Scharffsvi Freedom of religion or belief9 Protection of religious freedom under Australia’samended marriage law: constitutional and other issues 184Neil Foster10 Identifying faith-based entities for the purposes ofantidiscrimination law 207Mark FowlerPART II COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES11 Reconciling democracy and human rights: implementingthe expressive freedoms of the International Covenant onCivil and Political Rights in Australian law 232Paul M. Taylor12 It works better if it is not too secularised: the Croatianconstitutional model for regulating state–church relations 260Vanja-Ivan Savić13 Locating freedom of religion within the qualified rightsof the European Convention on Human Rights and in thejurisprudence of Strasbourg 283Mark Hill QC14 The Iraqi constitutional failure to protect the right tofreedom of religion or belief 298Ewelina U. Ochab15 An assessment of the constitutional space for secularityand equality in India 319Arvind P. Bhanu16 The development trend concerning administration ofreligion and religious affairs in China 339Ping Xiong17 Apostasy and freedom of religion in Malaysia 363Joshua NeohIndex 387