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A/PROF CAROLYN EVANS



Contact Details

Organization: Law
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
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Homepage: http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/staff/Carolyn%20Evans
Work: +61 3 834 41102
Room: 0801
Level: 08
Building: Law Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Religious freedom, church-state relations, bills of rights, parliaments and other non-judicial mechanisms for the protection of rights Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts/Law (Honours) University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1993
Doctor of Philosophy University of Oxford 31-Dec-2001

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Non-Discrimination Laws and Religious Freedom: Current Conflicts and Future Directions Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2007

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Books

  • Australian Bills of Rights: The Law of the Victorian Charter and ACT Human Rights Act
    Year: 2008
    Publisher: LexisNexis(Chatswood)
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  • Law and religion in theoretical and historical context
    Year: 2008
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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Book Chapters

  • Introduction
    Year: 2008
    Book: Law and Religion in Theoretical and Historical Context
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Cambridge)
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Journal Articles

Publications in 2007

Book Chapters

  • From local to global and back again: Religious freedom and women's rights
    Year: 2007
    Book: Rights Protection in the Age of Global Anti-Terrrorism
    Publisher: Federation Press(Sydney)
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  • Parliamentary deliberation about religious vilification legislation
    Year: 2007
    Book: Hate Speech and Freedom of Speech in Australia
    Publisher: Federation Press(Sydney)
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Journal Articles

  • Australian parliaments and the protection of human rights
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Papers on Parliament
    Volume: 47
    Page numbers: 17-39
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  • Religious freedom and non-discrimination laws
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Human Rights Defender
    Volume: 16
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 5-6
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  • Time for a treaty? The legal sufficiency of the declaration on the elimination of all forms of intolerance and discrimination
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Brigham Young University Law Review
    Volume: 2007
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 617-638
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Major Reference Works

  • Encyclopedia of World Constitutions:Australia: At-a-glance
    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: Encyclopedia of World Constitutions
    Publisher: Facts On File(New York)
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Publications in 2006

Books

  • Mixed Blessings: Laws, Religions, and Women's Rights in the Asia Pacific Region
    Year: 2006
    Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers(Leiden)
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Book Chapters

  • Situating the Issues, Framing the Analysis
    Year: 2006
    Book: Mixed Blessings: Laws, Religions, and Women's Rights in the Asia-Pacfic Region
    Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers(Leiden)
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Journal Articles

  • Church-State Relations in the European Court of Human Rights
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Brigham Young University Law Review
    Volume: 2006
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 699-725
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  • Evaluating The Human Rights Performance Of Legislatures
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Human Rights Law Review
    Volume: 6
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 545-569
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  • Legal redress under the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsilbilities
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Public Law Review
    Volume: 17
    Page numbers: 264-281
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  • Legislative Scrutiny Committees and Parliamentary Conceptions of Human Rights
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Public Law
    Volume: 2006
    Issue: Winter
    Page numbers: 785-806
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  • Strengthening the Role of the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Religion and Human Rights
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 75-96
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  • The 'Islamic Scarf' in the European Court of Human Rights
    Year: 2006
    Journal: The Melbourne Journal of International Law
    Volume: 7
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 52-73
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Papers from the Fulbright Symposium on peace and human rights education


     


    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Journal of Human Rights
    Volume: 11
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 1-11
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  • Book review: Equal before man, unequal before Allah
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Journal of Asian Law
    Volume: 7
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 198-200
    Publisher: The Federation Press(Sydney)
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  • Evaluating human rights education programs
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Journal of Human Rights
    Volume: 11
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 53-70
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  • Parliaments and the protection of human rights
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Alternative Law Journal
    Volume: 30
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 53
    Publisher: Legal Service Bulletin Co
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  • Religion in the world
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Law and Religion
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 169-172
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  • The double-edged sword: Religious influences on international humanitarian law
    Year: 2005
    Journal: The Melbourne Journal of International Law
    Volume: 6
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1-32
    Publisher: University of Melbourne Law Faculty(Melbourne)
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  • The human rights act and administrative law
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Ethos
    Volume: 197
    Page numbers: 13-14
    Publisher: Law Society(Canberra)
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Publications in 2004

Book Chapters

  • The special rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief
    Year: 2004
    Book: The challenge of religious discrimination at the dawn of the new millennium
    Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers(Leiden)
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Journal Articles

  • Human rights commissions and religious conflict
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Human Rights Defender
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 2-3
    Publisher: The Australian Human Rights Centre UNSW(Sydney)
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  • Human rights commissions and religious conflict in the Asia-Pacific region
    Year: 2004
    Journal: International and Comparative Law Quarterly
    Volume: 53
    Issue: July
    Page numbers: 713-729
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  • Responsibility for rights: The ACT Human Rights Act
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Federal Law Review
    Volume: 32
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 291-309
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  • Review of Bryan Horrigan, Adventures in law and justice
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian Law Librarian
    Volume: 12
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 36-37
    Publisher: Australian Law Librarians' Group(Melbourne)
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  • Review of Javaid Rehman, The weakness of international protection of minority rights
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian Journal of Asian Law
    Volume: 6
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 100-101
    Publisher: The Federation Press(Sydney)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Entrenching constitutional reform in Victoria
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Public Law Review
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 133-137
    Publisher: LBC Information Services
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Publications in 2002

Book Chapters

  • Criminal Liability for Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers in Australia.
    Year: 2002
    Book: The Convergence of Legal Systems in the 21st Century: An Australian Approach.
    Publisher: CopyRight Publishing(Brisbane)
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Journal Articles

  • Chinese Law and the International Protection of Religious Freedom.
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Church and State
    Volume: 44
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 749-774
    Publisher: Baylor University
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Publications in 2001

Books

  • Freedom of Religion under the European Convention on Human Rights
    Year: 2001
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(New York)
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