Research Output per year
Personal profile
Biography
Renae Graduated from Murdoch University with a Bachelor’s degree in law with honours and Bachelor’s degree in economics. She subsequently completed her PhD at the University of Western Australia in 2014. Her thesis explored the development of the relationship between the state and religion in Australia from 1788 to modern Australia. She joined UWA as a lecture in 2013, having tutored at the university of a number of years.
Roles and responsibilities
Mooting Coordinator
Teaching overview
UNDERGRADUATE
LAWS3334 Law and Religion
LAWS3391 Special Unit: Law and Religion
JURIS DOCTOR
LAWS4101 Legal Process
LAWS5307 Special Unit: Mooting
LAWS3334 Law and Religion
LAWS3391 Special Unit: Law and Religion
JURIS DOCTOR
LAWS4101 Legal Process
LAWS5307 Special Unit: Mooting
Research
Renae researches in the area of law and religion. Her particular areas of interest are religion and education, freedom of religion and state funding of religion.
Her current research focuses on the engagement of Muslim’s in the common law legal system. This includes the issue of the wearing of Islamic face veils (burqa and niqab) by witnesses and other participants in the court process.
Renae’s Phd thesis was titled ‘The changing relationship between the State and religion in Australia: 1788 to modern Australia. What has changed?, What is the same? And what does that tell us?’. It covered State restrictions on religious practice, religion and education and State funding of religion.
Her current research focuses on the engagement of Muslim’s in the common law legal system. This includes the issue of the wearing of Islamic face veils (burqa and niqab) by witnesses and other participants in the court process.
Renae’s Phd thesis was titled ‘The changing relationship between the State and religion in Australia: 1788 to modern Australia. What has changed?, What is the same? And what does that tell us?’. It covered State restrictions on religious practice, religion and education and State funding of religion.
Previous positions
Advocate
Anglican Diocese of Bunbury
Anglican Diocese of Bunbury
Keywords
- Religion
- Law and religion
- Religion and education
- Religion and public policy
- Law and society
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Research Output 2006 2019
State and Religion: The Australian Story
Barker, R., Aug 2018, Australia: Routlege. 342 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Charting the Future of Religious Schools after the Ruddock Review by Understanding what came before
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Religions should be required to be transparent in their use of exemptions in anti-discrimination laws
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Submission to Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs on the Sex Discrimination Amendment (Removing Discrimination Against Students) Bill 2018
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Of burqas (and niqabs) in courtrooms: the neglected women's voice
Barker, R., Sep 2018, Research Handbook in Law and Religion . Ahdar, R. (ed.). 1 ed. United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 397-419Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter
Press / Media
Can a child consent to the practice pf religious beliefs?
3/09/18
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Freedom of Religion and Secularism in Australia
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