The 2019 Clark Lecture
with Professor Nicholas Aroney
Law, Education and Religion:
Pathways to the Good Society?
31 October 2019
The Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House
The Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House
While Australia has no Bill of Rights, its Constitution does protect certain rights. The foundation of Australian civil society was formed and shaped by a legal and religious tradition that sought to equip its people towards a robust and good society. With the rise of secularism and divergent public opinion pertaining to the role and influence of religion in Australian Schools, the pathways to a good society has splintered. Does Australia's current legal framework still help its people contribute to a just society? What role does religion play in the formation of Australia's population? Is our education system helping form young Australians holistically?
In his fascinating lecture, leading Professor of Constitutional Law, Professor Nicholas Aroney explored these realities and highlighted the various modalities in which the law, education and religion contribute to serve that which is common and good.
In his fascinating lecture, leading Professor of Constitutional Law, Professor Nicholas Aroney explored these realities and highlighted the various modalities in which the law, education and religion contribute to serve that which is common and good.
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About Professor Nicholas Aroney
Professor Nicholas Aroney is Professor of Constitutional Law at The University of Queensland. He is also a Fellow of the Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law, a Research Fellow of Emmanuel College at The University of Queensland, a Fellow of the Centre for Law and Religion at Emory University and an External Member of the Islam, Law and Modernity research program at Durham University.
Professor Aroney has published over 100 books, journal articles and book chapters in the fields of constitutional law, comparative constitutional law and legal theory. He is currently working on a monograph entitled Federal Constitutionalism: Theory, Principle and Practice and an edited volume entitled Christianity and Constitutionalism for Cambridge University Press.
Most recently, he was a Visiting Professor of the Institut Michel Villey at the University of Paris II (Panthéon-Assas) and a Visiting Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Study at Durham University in late 2017.
Learn more about Professor Aroney here
Professor Aroney has published over 100 books, journal articles and book chapters in the fields of constitutional law, comparative constitutional law and legal theory. He is currently working on a monograph entitled Federal Constitutionalism: Theory, Principle and Practice and an edited volume entitled Christianity and Constitutionalism for Cambridge University Press.
Most recently, he was a Visiting Professor of the Institut Michel Villey at the University of Paris II (Panthéon-Assas) and a Visiting Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Study at Durham University in late 2017.
Learn more about Professor Aroney here
