Most of you will know I have a keen interest in private law – especially the law of Torts! You will also probably know I have a keen interest in religion. What I want to do tonight, briefly, is to comment on some ways that the majority Western religious world view, Christianity, has had an impact on the shaping of private law in our legal system. You’ve already heard how we are not an explicitly Christian country. But of course we have a deeply Christian cultural heritage in the West, and that has had a significant impact on the doctrines of the common law (and even, as we will see, something of an impact on our statutes). I will be drawing on my own observations, but also on a recent paper called ‘Christianity and Torts’ by Michael P Moreland … (more)
[Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia, 8 September 2023]
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