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Mr Jeremy Patrick


Name : Mr Jeremy Patrick
Position : Lecturer (Law)
Section : Faculty of Business and Law
School of Law
Office : Q416
Location : Toowoomba Campus
Phone : +61 7 4687 5374
Extension : 5374
E-mail :
Qualifications : BA CSC
JD Nebraska
LLM Toronto


Research Interests
Civil Liberties, Law & Religion, Constitutional Law

Recent Research Outcomes
Three most recent :
The Curious Persistence of Blasphemy, 23 Fla. J. Int'l L. 187 (2011).

Beyond Case Reporters: Using Newspapers to Supplement the Legal-Historical Record, 3 Drexel L. Rev. 539(2011).

Canadian Blasphemy Law in Context: Press, Legislative, and Public Reactions, (2010) 16 Ann. Surv. Int’l & Comp. L. 129 (2010).
Most notable :
Not Dead, Just Sleeping: Canada’s Prohibition on Blasphemous Libel as a Case Study in Obsolete
Legislation, (2008) 41 U.B.C. L. Rev. 193.

Civil Liberties Advocacy Organizations in Canada: A Survey and Critique, (2008) 32 Okla. City U. L. Rev. 187.

Church, State, and Charter: Canada’s Hidden Establishment Clause, (2006) 14 Tulsa J. Comp. & Int’l L. 25.

Creating a Federal Inmate Grievance Tribunal, (2006) 48 Can. J. Criminology & Crim. Just. 287.

Sexual Exploitation and the Criminal Code, (2006) 43 Alta. L. Rev. 1057.

Section 38 and the Open Courts Principle, (2005) 54 U. New Brunswick L. J. 218.

Strict Scrutiny for Denominational Preferences: Larson in Retrospect, (2005) 8 N.Y.C. L. Rev. 53.

The Religion Provisions of the Nebraska Constitution: An Analysis and Litigation History, (2004) 19 J. Law & Religion 331. Second-Place Winner of the Robert G. Simmons Law Practice Award Competition (2003).

· A Merit Badge for Homophobia? The Boy Scouts Earn the Right to Exclude Gays in Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, (2001) 10 Law & Sex. 93.