Renae Barker is a lecturer in law at the University of Western Australia and an Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre for Muslim States and Societies. She completed her PhD at UWA in 2014. Her thesis traced the development of the relationship between the state and religion in Australia from 1788 through to modern Australia. Her current research focuses on the involvement of Muslims in western common law legal systems.
Experience
2013–present
Lecturer, University of Western Australia
Education
2014
University of Western Australia, Doctor of Philosphy
2007
Murdoch University, BEcons.
2007
Murdoch University , LLB (hons)
Publications
2018
State and Religion: The Australian Story,
2017
Burqas and Niqabs in the Courtroom: Finding Practical Solutions , The Australian Law Journal
2017
No No-Jab No Play, No Jab-No Play, No Exceptions: The Removal of Conscientious and Religious Exemptions from Australia’s Vaccination Policies, Quaderni di diritto e política ecclesiastica
2016
Under Most Peculiar Circumstances; The Church Acts in the Australian Colonies as a Study of Plural Establishment, Law and History
2016
Rebutting the Ban the Burqa Rhetoric: A Critical Analysis of the arguments for a Ban on the Islamic Face Veil in Australia, Adelaide Law Review
2015
Scientology: The Test Case Religion, Alternative Law Journal
2015
A Critical Analysis of Religious Aspects of the Australian Chaplaincy Cases, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion
2012
The Full Face Covering Debate: The Australian Perspective , University of Western Australia Law Review
2006
The Priest Penitent Privilege in Australia and its consequences , E-Law