When the US Supreme Court ruled in favour of a company called Hobby Lobby in 2014, it was hailed by conservatives as a win for the religious freedom of business owners. Critics of the decision said it dealt a major blow to the rights of employees to access reproductive healthcare. But there's more to this case than meets the eye. Has the Hobby Lobby case rewritten the rules about what a corporation actually is? Guest: Associate Professor Steve Kourabas, Deputy Director, Centre for Comme...
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When the US Supreme Court ruled in favour of a company called Hobby Lobby in 2014, it was hailed by conservatives as a win for the religious freedom of business owners. Critics of the decision said it dealt a major blow to the rights of employees to access reproductive healthcare. But there's more to this case than meets the eye. Has the Hobby Lobby case rewritten the rules about what a corporation actually is? Guest: Associate Professor Steve Kourabas, Deputy Director, Centre for Comme...
Would you take a friend to court to settle a dispute? Awkward? This is what Australia did with Japan, a key friend and ally, in 2014 over Japan's refusal to stop killing whales in the Southern Ocean. Special guest Mark Dreyfus is Attorney-General of Australia. Mark represented Australia in the culmination of a 40-year diplomatic stoush between Australia and Japan which went all the way to the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Case: Whaling in the Antarctic (Australia v. Japan) (201...
Case In Point
When the US Supreme Court ruled in favour of a company called Hobby Lobby in 2014, it was hailed by conservatives as a win for the religious freedom of business owners. Critics of the decision said it dealt a major blow to the rights of employees to access reproductive healthcare. But there's more to this case than meets the eye. Has the Hobby Lobby case rewritten the rules about what a corporation actually is? Guest: Associate Professor Steve Kourabas, Deputy Director, Centre for Comme...
