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Special Issue of The Western Australian Jurist, Volume 12In this book, various authors offer insights into the woke revolution sweeping Western nations, including the United States and Australia.CONTENTSIntroduction - Augusto Zimmermann and Joshua Forrester1 Wokery and High Court 'Otherness' - James Allan2 The Origins and Impact of Neo-Marxist Ideology and Cancel Culture on the Academy - Kevin Donnelly3 Freedom of Speech in the Woke Era: The Swastika Ban, Critical Race Theory and State Neutrality - Anthony Gray4 Critical Theory, Wokeshevism, and The Chasm of Incoherence - Peter Kurti5 The Genesis of Critical Theory and Cancel Culture - Michael McMahon6 Vilification Laws: Tools for Tyranny - Alexander Millard and John Steenhof7 Being Awake to Woke - Gabriel A Moens8 Cultural Vandalism: Lust to Rule, Road to Ruin - Steven Alan Samson9 "Get On Your Marx, Statue Topplers!" The Links Between Marxism, Racism and Genocide - Augusto Zimmermann10 Natural Law, God, and Human Dignity - Robert P George11 Psychological Harm and the Prohibition of 'Conversion Therapy' - Andrew Kulikovsky12 A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Women, Religion and the Law - Laurie StewartBook Review: Heart of Wokeness: A Review of Cynical Theories and Counter Wokecraft - Joshua ForresterEditor-in-ChiefProfessor Augusto ZimmermannSheridan Institute of Higher Education, AustraliaEditorJoshua ForresterSheridan Institute of Higher Education, Australia

From its inception, s 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) has been controversial. This law makes unlawful any act reasonably likely to offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate another person or group of people because of their race, colour, nationality or ethnicity. Serious concerns have been raised about s 18C's effect on freedom of expression. In this book, the authors argue that s 18C is too broad and too vague to be constitutional. They argue that relevant international treaties do not support the sweeping scope of s 18C. Further, they argue that s 18C's breadth and complexity impermissibly infringes the freedom of communication about government and political matters implied from the Commonwealth Constitution. In the course of their argument, the authors also cover issues relevant to Australia's common law legal tradition and liberal democratic heritage. This book makes a timely contribution to the fight for freedom of expression in Australia. Joshua Forrester: BA (Hons) (Murd), LLB (Hons) (UWA), PhD Candidate (Murdoch). Lorraine Finlay: BA (UWA), LLB (UWA), LLM (NUS), LLM (NYU), Lecturer in Constitutional Law, Murdoch Law School. Augusto Zimmermann: LLB (Hons), LLM cum laude, PhD (Mon) Senior Lecturer in Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, Murdoch Law School; Law Reform Commissioner, Law Reform Commission of Western Australia; Professor of Law (adjunct), University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney.