The Australian Journal of Law & Religion is a new journal that was launched in 2019. It is an international peer-reviewed journal published by Deakin University on behalf of the AJLR Editorial Committee, which consists of leading scholars from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, UK, Europe and USA.

The journal seeks to provide a forum for scholarly articles, research notes, commentaries, case studies and other submissions related to religious freedom; human rights protection across different traditions; comparative legal systems; constitutional guarantees relating to religious liberty; conflict resolution mechanisms within communities or states accommodating multiple ethnic/religious groups; state funding issues etc. It will also be looking at key policy concerns including religious education and schools curricula, political lobbying and influence, social welfare programs, discrimination laws and hate speech regulations where there are competing claims over ‘rights’ and values.

Some topics that have been covered so far include:
1- “Freedom of Conscience: The Limits of State Accommodation”
This article argues that if citizens want true freedom of conscience, they should take the right seriously as a non-derogable limit on state action rather than asking states to recognise and protect it through positive legislation.
2- “Religion and Human Rights: Some Conundrums and Contradictions for Secularism”
In this essay, I discuss some dilemmas that emerge when we consider how secularism deals with religions and their followers. The essay suggests that not only do these tensions undermine the idea of secularism but also the broader enterprise of universal human rights.
3- “Religious Diversity and Education Policy: Reflections From Recent Cases in England and Wales”
Which models of education – confessional, multicultural, or liberal democratic – might best achieve reconciliation between human dignity for each individual child who attends schools in diverse societies and plurality while maintaining public accountability? This paper examines the role and scope of state neutrality by considering three decisions made by courts in England and Wales since March 2017 dealing with the relationship between the school admission process
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