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dc.contributor.authorRajanayagam, Shawn
dc.contributor.authorEvans, Carolyn
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-30T04:41:31Z
dc.date.available2019-10-30T04:41:31Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.issn0082-0512
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/388769
dc.description.abstractAustralian and United States courts have recently been faced with the question whether corporations may hold the right to freedom of religion. In Christian Youth Camps Ltd v Cobaw Community Health Services Ltd, the Victorian Court of Appeal concluded that a corporation could not rely on a religious exemption applicable to 'persons'. In Burwell v Hobby Lobby Stores Inc, the United States Supreme Court held that two corporations were able to rely on statutory protection of religious freedom, also applicable to 'persons', to avoid an obligation to provide employees with certain contraceptives. In this article, we address the question whether corporations should be able to rely on the right to freedom of religion. We conclude that corporations should not be able to hold religious rights, although a limited group of religious corporations may sometimes be appropriate vehicles for bringing a claim on behalf of people whose religious freedom has been constrained.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherUniversity of Sydney Law School
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.publisher.urihttps://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=542447189684449;res=IELAPA
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom329
dc.relation.ispartofpageto356
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalThe Sydney Law Review
dc.relation.ispartofvolume37
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLaw
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1801
dc.subject.keywordsSocial Sciences
dc.subject.keywordsGovernment & Law
dc.subject.keywordsVEIL
dc.subject.keywordsSocial Sciences
dc.titleCorporations and Freedom of Religion: Australia and the United States Compared
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationRajanayagam, S; Evans, C, Corporations and Freedom of Religion: Australia and the United States Compared, The Sydney Law Review, 2015, 37 (3), pp. 329-356
dc.date.updated2019-10-28T23:04:17Z
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gro.griffith.authorEvans, Carolyn


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