Ann Black
Biographic Data
| ID | 4302041 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ann Black |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ann |
| FAMILY NAME | Black |
| SIGNATURE | BLACK A |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Queensland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0433-8696 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Religious Freedom in Secular States
What constitutes the core values, tenets, cultural, historic, and ideological parameters of secularism in international contexts? In twelve chapters, this edited work examines current tensions in liberal secular states where myriad rights and freedoms compete regarding education, healthcare, end-of-life choices, clothing, sexual orientation, reproduction, and minority interests. It explores the legal complexity of defining a ‘religion’ through ju…
Modern Perspectives on Islamic Law
This well-informed book explains, reflects on and analyses Islamic law, not only in the classical legal tradition of Sharia, but also its modern, contemporary context. The book explores the role of Islamic law in secular Western nations and reflects on the legal system of Islam in its classical context as applied in its traditional homeland of the Middle East and also in South East Asia. Written by three leading scholars from three different back…
Court Ceremonies, Ritual and Symbolism
Islamic criminal law as it is practised in several Muslim nations has been condemned as anachronistic, oppressive or unforgiving. Responding to such criticism of Saudi Arabia’s criminal justice in the wake of the trial for the murder of Australian nurse Yvonne Gilford, Dr Ghazi Al-Gosaibi, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Britain at the time, simply noted that, ‘each country has a different system that it believes will best achieve justice.’1 How the…
Replicating ‘A Model of Mutual Respect’
Like other western nations with a Muslim minority, Australia too is debating the extent to which our government should recognize and make concessions to our small but growing Muslim population. In 2011, the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils made a submission to the government entitled 'Embracing Australian Values - Maintaining the Right to be Different', which advocated legal pluralism as the right of all Australians. It argued amongst ot…
Fatwas
In Australia, there has been confusion and misunderstanding surrounding the term fatwa . This goes both to its meaning and also to the role fatwas fulfil for Muslims, whether in Australia or in other parts of the world. This paper seeks to address both of these issues, first by demystifying fatwa through exploration of the distinctive place the have in Islamic jurisprudence, and second by identifying the methodology used by jurists in ifta (the g…
Accommodating Shariah Law in Australia's Legal System
African-American versus White Children and the Transition into Junior High School
This study aims to investigate differences between African-American (black) and white children as they make the transition from childhood to adolescence, from elementary to junior high school. Twelve K-6 schools from a midsize city were randomly drawn, and 512 children were followed from grades 6-7 for this analysis. Repeated measures analysis of variance is used on each of 71 dependent variables with race, gender, and grade in school as independ…
Problems of observer agreement in the infant control procedure
African-American versus White Children and the Transition into Junior High School
This study aims to investigate differences between African-American (black) and white children as they make the transition from childhood to adolescence, from elementary to junior high school. Twelve K-6 schools from a midsize city were randomly drawn, and 512 children were followed from grades 6-7 for this analysis. Repeated measures analysis of variance is used on each of 71 dependent variables with race, gender, and grade in school as independ…
Accommodating Shariah Law in Australia's Legal System
Problems of observer agreement in the infant control procedure
Problems of observer agreement in the infant control procedure
African-American versus White Children and the Transition into Junior High School
This study aims to investigate differences between African-American (black) and white children as they make the transition from childhood to adolescence, from elementary to junior high school. Twelve K-6 schools from a midsize city were randomly drawn, and 512 children were followed from grades 6-7 for this analysis. Repeated measures analysis of variance is used on each of 71 dependent variables with race, gender, and grade in school as independ…
Accommodating Shariah Law in Australia's Legal System
Fatwas
In Australia, there has been confusion and misunderstanding surrounding the term fatwa . This goes both to its meaning and also to the role fatwas fulfil for Muslims, whether in Australia or in other parts of the world. This paper seeks to address both of these issues, first by demystifying fatwa through exploration of the distinctive place the have in Islamic jurisprudence, and second by identifying the methodology used by jurists in ifta (the g…
Court Ceremonies, Ritual and Symbolism
Islamic criminal law as it is practised in several Muslim nations has been condemned as anachronistic, oppressive or unforgiving. Responding to such criticism of Saudi Arabia’s criminal justice in the wake of the trial for the murder of Australian nurse Yvonne Gilford, Dr Ghazi Al-Gosaibi, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Britain at the time, simply noted that, ‘each country has a different system that it believes will best achieve justice.’1 How the…
Replicating ‘A Model of Mutual Respect’
Like other western nations with a Muslim minority, Australia too is debating the extent to which our government should recognize and make concessions to our small but growing Muslim population. In 2011, the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils made a submission to the government entitled 'Embracing Australian Values - Maintaining the Right to be Different', which advocated legal pluralism as the right of all Australians. It argued amongst ot…
Modern Perspectives on Islamic Law
This well-informed book explains, reflects on and analyses Islamic law, not only in the classical legal tradition of Sharia, but also its modern, contemporary context. The book explores the role of Islamic law in secular Western nations and reflects on the legal system of Islam in its classical context as applied in its traditional homeland of the Middle East and also in South East Asia. Written by three leading scholars from three different back…
Religious Freedom in Secular States
What constitutes the core values, tenets, cultural, historic, and ideological parameters of secularism in international contexts? In twelve chapters, this edited work examines current tensions in liberal secular states where myriad rights and freedoms compete regarding education, healthcare, end-of-life choices, clothing, sexual orientation, reproduction, and minority interests. It explores the legal complexity of defining a ‘religion’ through ju…
Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · History (3 works) · Islam (3 works) · Islamic Studies and History (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works)