xiv, 285 pages, 22 pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 23 cm
Contents
Introduction -- Dramatis personae -- Chronological table -- Placing freedom of and from religion in the Australian constitution -- Freedom of and from religion, read down and out of the Australian constitution -- Three dining tables -- The people -- Political games -- The elephant in the room : state aid and the Labor Party -- Justice Aickin and a conflict of interest -- Who do courts belong to? -- Trial of facts -- High Court hearing -- Appendix 1. Justice Lionel Murphy's High Court dissent -- Appendix 2. Religious nature of church schools -- Appendix 3. Obituary to Raymond Norman Ungel Nilsen
Summary
The story the author has been asked to tell has been consistently written out of the mainstream media. It should be told to put the record straight. Some plaintiffs have died. Those remaining want to leave a signpost for the next generation who pass that way. The participants still have documentation, memories and stories