Australian Jurists and Christianity / editors Geoff Lindsay, Wayne Hudson, foreword by Bruce Kercher.

Alexandria, N.S.W. : The Federation Press, 2021.

1st edition

198673

Lawyers -- Australia -- Case Studies.

Christianity and law -- History.

Law -- Christianity -- History -- Australia -- Case Studies.

Law -- Religious aspects -- History -- Australia -- Case Studies.

Spirit in the Temporal

1. Lachlan Macquarie (1761-1824)

2. James Stephen (1789-1859)

3. Richard Bourke (1777-1855)

4. John Hubert Plunkett (1802-1869)

5. George Higinbotham (1826-1892)

6. Samuel Walker Griffith (1845-1920)

7. Andrew Inglis Clark (1848-1907)

8. Henry Higgins (1851-1929)

9. Alfred Deakin (1856-1919)

10. Edith Cowan (1861-1932)

11. Lord Atkin (1867-1944)

12. Robert Menzies (1894-1978)

13. Victor Windeyer (1900-1987)

14. Roma Flinders Mitchell (1913-2000)

15. Gough Whitlam (1916-2014)

16. Ronald Wilson (1922-2005)

17. Christopher Gregory Weeramantry (1926-2017)

18. Francis Gerard Brennan (b. 1928)

19. William Deane (b. 1931)

20. Robin Lorimer Sharwood (1931-2015)

21. Eddie Mabo (1936-1992)

22. Murray Gleeson (b. 1938)

23. Michael Kirby (b. 1939)

24. John Hatzistergos (b. 1960)

Rethinking "Religion" and "Law" in Australia.

Australian Jurists and Christianity provides new perspectives on the relationship between law and religion in Australia. It claims that the relationship between law and religion was more significant in Australia than has been suggested. Specifically, it suggests that Christianity was a significant influence on Australian jurists, both as public figures and as makers of Australian law. The volume does this by means of case studies of some 24 leading Australian jurists: Lachlan Macquarie, James Stephen, Richard Bourke, John Hubert Plunkett, George Higinbotham, Samuel Griffith, Inglis Clark, Henry Bournes Higgins, Alfred Deakin, Edith Cowan, Lord Atkin, Robert Menzies, WJV Windeyer, Roma Mitchell, Gough Whitlam, Ron Wilson, Christopher Weeramantry, Gerard Brennan, William Deane, Robin Sharwood, Eddie Mabo, Murray Gleeson, Michael Kirby and John Hatzistergos. The case studies are introduced by a substantive guide to the nature of Australian legal practice which brings out distinctive features of the Australian experience. The volume also offers suggestions for how the role of religion in Australian legal history might be rethought in the future. This volume forms part of the international series Great Christian Jurists produced under the auspices of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University and includes a foreword by Australia’s renowned legal historian, Bruce Kercher. - Publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781760022556

xv, 334 pages ; 24 cm