Sacred Sites & Land-Based Ontologies Vs. Section 116 Of The Constitution: The Failure Of Religious Freedom In Australia
BIBBULLMUN SOVEREIGN NATION ARCHIVE • INDIGENOUS & ABORIGINAL CUSTOMARY LAW, NOONGAR & NYUNGAR ETHNOHISTORY, SOUTH-WEST WESTERN AUSTRALIA
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. The Eurocentric Architecture of Section 116
Section 116 of the Australian Constitution provides that the Commonwealth shall not make any law for establishing any religion, or for imposing any religious observance, or for prohibiting the free exercise of any religion.Complete AGLC4 Footnotes & Master References
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