Law, religion and public discourse : course pack

2006·0.25 MB·English

by  Nedelsky, Jennifer

Law, Religion and Public Discourse
FALL 2006
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Jennifer Nedelskyand Roger Hutchinson
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COURSE PACK
UNIVERSITY OF
TORONTO
FACULTY OF LAW

Law, Religion and Public Discourse
FALL 2006
Jennifer Nedelsky and Roger Hutchinson
COURSE PACK
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University of Toronto
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Course Pack Table of Contents - Fall 2007
Week 1 - Introduction
Party Leaders’ responses Hand¬
out
Week 2 - Religion & Public Policies: Conflicting Viewpoints
Roger Hutchinson, “Towards ‘a pedagogy for allies of the oppressed’” 1
Roger Hutchinson, “Religion, Morality, and Law in Modem Society,” (basic
typology regarding interactions among religion, morality and law.) 6
OPTIONAL: Roger Hutchinson, “Comparative Ethics and the Mackenzie
Valley Pipeline Debate,” 13 pgs 29
Week 3 - Nedelsky
Jennifer Nedelsky, “Legislative Judgment and the Enlarged Mentality” 57 pgs 42
OPTIONAL: Jennifer Nedelsky, “Human Rights and Communities of
Judgment,” pp.245-282 99
Week 4 - John Rawls
John Rawls, “Idea of Public Reason Revisited,” pp. 131-180 120
Week 5 - Wolstertorff
Nicholas Wolterstorff, “The Role of Religion in Decision and Discussion of
Political Issues,” pp. 67-120, Religion in the Public Square by R.Audi and
N. Wolterstorff 172
Week 6 - Religion and Reason
Robert Audi, "Wolterstorff on Religion, Politics, and the Liberal
State," pp. 121-144 200
Jeffrey Stout, Democracy and Tradition, Ch. 3, pp. 63-91, pp. 314-316 (notes) 213
Week 7 - Sunder
Madhavi Sunder, “Piercing the Veil,” 26 pages 230
Week 8 - Muslim Family Law Tribunals in Canada
Anver M. Emon, “Islamic Law and the Canadian Mosaic: Politics,
Jurisprudence, and Multicultural Accommodation,” pgs 1-44 256
Week 9 - Suggestions re Economic Justice (solicited from the class)
Week 10 - Same Sex Marriage
Factum of Intervener re: The Interfaith Coalition on Marriage and Family, OCA,
31 pgs 300
Interfaith Coalition for Same-Sex Marriage, “Submission to the House of
Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights,” 18 February
2003, 10 pgs 334
Carl F. Stychin, “Essential Rights and Contested Identities: Sexual Orientation
and Equality Rights Jurisprudence in Canada,” 8 Canadian Journal of Law and
Jurisprudence: 49-66 345
Week 11 - Same Sex Marriage Judgments
Minister of Home Affairs v. Fourie (S. African Constitutional Court 2005):
http://concourt.law.wits.ac.za/summary.php7case id=l 3170
Chamberlain v. Surrey School District No. 36 (BSSC 1998) 364
COMMENTARY on Chamberlain BCSC decision: Centre for Cultural
Renewal, #25, "Court Misunderstands the Meaning of
'Secular,'": http://www.culturalrenewal.ca/lex/lex-25.htm
Chamberlain v. Surrey School District No. 36 (BSCA 2000): see
2000 CarswellBC 2009
80 B.C.L.R. (3d) 181, [2000] 10 W.W.R. 393, 191 D.L.R. (4th) 128, 143
B.C.A.C. 162, 235 W.A.C. 162, 26 Admin. L.R. (3d) 297, [2000] B.C.J. No.
1875, 10 W.W.R. 393, 2000 BCCA 519
COMMENTARY on Chamberlain BCCA decision: Centre for Cultural
Renewal #40, "Court corrects erroneous understanding
of the secular and respects parental rights,":
http://www.culturalrenewal.ca/lex/lex-40.htm
Chamberlain v. Surrey School District No. 36 (SCC 2002) 378
Week 12 -Abortion
Morgentaler v. The Queen (Summary of case & Wilson J.’s judgment) 20 pgs 440
The Anglican Church of Canada, “Abortion: An Issue for Conscience” (pp. 7,
15-20) 461
BC Civil Liberties Association, "Submission to the Legislative Committee on
Bill C-43: An Act Respecting Abortion." 464
The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, "Abortion in Canada: A Brief to the
Legislative Committee on Bill C-43." 467
Jean Porter, "Moral Reasoning, Authority, and Community in Veritatis
splendor." 473