2023-10-21: Professor Augusto Zimmermann - Worshiping at the Altar of the Almighty State

Hope In Times Of Fear

Recorded on Saturday 21st October 2023 at the Irish Club of WA, Subiaco, Western Australia.

0:00 Introducing Professor Augusto Zimmermann (WALTA)
1:24 Professor Augusto Zimmermann - Worshiping at the Altar of the Almighty State

Professor Augusto Zimmermann
LLB, LLM, PhD, CIArb, DipEd.
Professor and Head of Law at Sheridan Institute
President of WA Legal Theory Association
WA Law Reform Commissioner (2012-2017)

Professor Augusto Zimmermann - "Worshiping at the Altar of the Almighty State - The Idolatry of Government in Australia"

Statism is a form of idolatry that offers no salvation except through the hope that governments can perfect our social environment and us. I will explain how many Australians blindly worship at the altar of the almighty State, expecting it to be their ultimate saviour and seeing in government the ultimate provider for all things. Call it a form of idolatry if you wish.

Professor Augusto Zimmermann PhD, LLB (Hons), LLM cum laude, DipEd, CIArb, is professor and Head of Law at Sheridan Institute of Higher Education. He is a former Commissioner with the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia and a former Associate Dean (Research) at Murdoch University School of Law. During his time at Murdoch, he was awarded the Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research. Professor Zimmermann is also Founder and President of the Western Australian Legal Theory Association (WALTA) and Editor-in-Chief of the Western Australian Jurist law journal. He is the author of numerous books, including "Christian Foundations of the Common Law - 3 Volumes" (Connor Court Publishing, 2018).

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