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Did deeply held religious faith influence a high court judge?
The Religion and Ethics Report - Separate stories podcast
28 minutes 45 seconds
2 weeks ago
Did deeply held religious faith influence a high court judge?
The early 1990s was, for Catholics, a time of political ascendancy – a Catholic prime minister, governor-general, and five of the seven high court justices.
One of them was Sir Gerard Brennan, whose most famous judgement was the Mabo decision granting native title to indigenous Australians.
How did his religion influence his decisions as a judge?
His son, Jesuit priest Frank Brennan, has released a two volume-collection of his father’s articles and speeches, giving an extraordinary insight into the thinking of a jurist who helped shape Australian law.
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Father Frank Brennan Jesuit priest, human rights lawyer and academic
The Religion and Ethics Report - Separate stories podcast
The Religion and Ethics Report, where religion and ethics meet news and current affairs in Australia and around the world.