Barry Bussey

B.A. LL.B., M.A., LL.M., M.P.A.C.S., Ph.D. (Candidate)
Adjunct Associate Professor

Email: barry.bussey@nd.edu.au

• Biography

  Since July 2011 - Director of Legal Affairs at Canadian Council of Christian Charities. He has been involved with charity and religious freedom issues for over 23 years. He has argued religious freedom cases at all levels of court in Canada from tribunals to the Supreme Court of Canada. He has studied theology, law, political science, and peace & conflict studies.

• Teaching areas

  • Law and Religion
  • Charity Law - Advancement of Religion
  • Freedom of Religion
  • Church and State
  • Religion and Politics

• Research expertise and supervision

  • Law and Religion
  • Charity Law - Advancement of Religion
  • Freedom of Religion
  • Church and State
  • Religion and Politics

• Books

  Should I Fight? Essays on Conscientious Objection and the Seventh-day Adventist Church, (Belleville, Ontario: Guardian Books, 2011) ISBN 978-1-5542-578-2

• Book Chapters

  • Stewardship Handbook For Christian Ministries (Volume II) (Elmira, ON: Canadian Council of Christian Charities, 2013) ISBN 978-1-895199-35-2
  • Barry W. Bussey Chapter 7: Charitable Gifts, Grants, and Services - www.cccc.org/cart/view_item/stewardship_handbook_2
  • Rudolf Maier, and Hector Diaz, Editors, Church and Society: Missiological Challenges for the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Andrews University Press, (2015), ISBN 978-0-996030-5-26 Barry W. Bussey Chapter: Fatal Attraction: Politics, Partisanship and Religion Online:www.academia.edu/12847501/FATAL_ATTRACTION_POLITICS_PARTISANSHIP_AND_RELIGION

• Journal Articles and Proceedings

  • Barry W. Bussey, The Legal Revolution Against the Place of Religion: The Case of Trinity Western University Law School, 2016 BYU L. REV. 1127 (2017). Available at: http://digitalcommons.law.byu.edu/lawreview/vol2016/iss4/5

  Derecho, Estado & Religion

  • El Estado como padrastro. Comentario al caso S. L. v. Commission scolaire des Chênes Derecho, Estado & Religion (2015) Volume 1:152-156

  Article in Fides et Libertas:

  • Barry W. Bussey, "Religious Freedom in the Obama Administration: Seeking the Common Ground," 2008-2009 Fides et Libertas, 89-105. Online: http://www.irla.org/assets/public/files/fides/Fides_20082009.pdfOxford Journal of Law and Religion

  Case Comment: Oxford Journal of Law and Religion

  • Barry W. Bussey, "Space Enough for a Christian Law School," Ox. J Law Religion (2015) 4 (2):303-307

  Case Notes: Oxford Journal of Law and Religion

  • Trinity Western University v Nova Scotia Barristers' Society[2015] NSSC 25: Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Canada: Campbell J: 28 January 2015 
    Barry W. Bussey
    Ox J Law Religion (2015) 4 (2): 318-319. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ojlr/rwv015
    Published: 15 April 2015
    https://academic.oup.com/ojlr/article/4/2/318/1396344/Trinity-Western-University-v-Nova-Scotia?searchresult=1
  • Mouvement laïque québécois v Saguenay (City)2015 SCC 16: Supreme Court of Canada: McLachlin CJ, LeBel, Abella, Rothstein, Cromwell, Moldaver, Karakatsanis, Wagner, and Gascon JJ: 15 April 2015 
    Barry W. Bussey
    Ox J Law Religion (2015) 4 (3): 536-537. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ojlr/rwv043
    Published: 19 August 2015 https://academic.oup.com/ojlr/article/4/3/536/1557498/Mouvement-laique-quebecois-v-Saguenay-City-2015?searchresult=1
  • Trinity Western University v The Law Society of British Columbia   : 2015 BCSC 2326: The Supreme Court of British Columbia: Hinckson CJ: 10 December 2015 
    Barry W. Bussey
    Ox J Law Religion (2016) 5 (2): 372-374. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ojlr/rww017 Published: 26 May 2016
    https://academic.oup.com/ojlr/article/5/2/372/1752411/Trinity-Western-University-v-The-Law-Society-of?searchresult=1
  • Trinity Western University v The Law Society of Upper Canada   : [2015] ONSC 4250: Ontario Divisional Court, Canada: Marrocco ACJ, Then and Nordheimer JJ: 2 July 2015 
    Barry W. Bussey
    Ox J Law Religion (2016) 5 (2): 370-372. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ojlr/rww016 Published: 26 May 2016 https://academic.oup.com/ojlr/article/5/2/370/1752410/Trinity-Western-University-v-The-Law-Society-of?searchresult=1
  • Trinity Western University v The Law Society of Upper Canada:  2016 ONCA 518: Court of Appeal for Ontario, Canada: MacPherson, Cronk, Pardu JJ: 29 June 2016.
    Barry W. Bussey
    Ox J Law Religion 2017 rww081. doi: 10.1093/ojlr/rww081
    Published: 27 January 2017 https://academic.oup.com/ojlr/article/doi/10.1093/ojlr/rww081/2960792/Trinity-Western-University-v-The-Law-Society-of
  • The Nova Scotia Barristers' Society v Trinity Western University:  2016 NSCA 59: Court of Appeal For Nova Scotia, Canada: Fichaud, Beveridge, Farrar, Bryson, Bourgeois JJ: 26 July 2016. 
    Barry W. Bussey
    Ox J Law Religion 2017 rww080. doi: 10.1093/ojlr/rww080
    Published: 27 January 2017 https://academic.oup.com/ojlr/article/doi/10.1093/ojlr/rww080/2960791/The-Nova-Scotia-Barristers-Society-v-Trinity
  • Trinity Western University v The Law Society of British Columbia:  2016 BCCA 423: Court of Appeal for British Columbia, Canada: Bauman CJ, Newbury, Groberman, Willcock, Fenlon JJ: 1 November 2016 
    Barry W. Bussey
    Ox J Law Religion 2017 rww079. doi: 10.1093/ojlr/rww079
    Published: 27 January 2017
    https://academic.oup.com/ojlr/article/doi/10.1093/ojlr/rww079/2960790/Trinity-Western-University-v-The-Law-Society-of

  Book Reviews

  • Family Transformed: Religion, Values, and Society in American Life. By Tipton, Steven M. and John Witte, Jr.. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2005, 317 pp. $26.95 Journal of Church and State, Vol 48, Summer 2006, Number 3, by Bussey, Barry W.
  • Religious Liberty in America: Political Safeguards. By Louis Fisher. Lawrence, Kans.: University Press of Kansas, 2002. xii+380 pp. $35.00 cloth. Journal of Church and State, 1/1/04 by Bussey, Barry W. ·
  • Legislating Morality: Pluralism and Religious Identity in Lawmaking. By Lucinda Peach. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. 218 pp. $35.00. Journal of Church and State, 3/22/03 by Bussey, Barry W.
  • From Civil to Political Religion: The Intersection of Culture, Religion and Politics. By Marcela Cristi. Waterloo, Ontario, Canada: Wilfred Laurier University Press, 2001, 293 pp. $32.95. Journal of Church and State, 1/1/03 by Bussey, Barry W.
  • School Prayer and Discrimination: The Civil Rights of Religious Minorities and Dissenters. By Frank S. Ravitch. Boston, Mass.: Northeastern University … Journal of Church and State, 1/1/00 by Bussey, Barry W.

  Book reviews in the Journal of Law and Religion VOLUME XXII 2006-2007 NUMBER 2

  • Barry W. Bussey Hope for a Global Ethic, by Brian D. Lepard 585
  • Barry W. Bussey The Pilgrimage of Stephen Harper, by Lloyd Mackey 589

• In the Media

  Vancouver Sun

  • Opinion: Appeal court ruling on Trinity Western University is a game changer – November 14, 2016http://vancouversun.com/opinion/opinion-appeal-court-ruling-on-twu-is-a-game-changer
  • “Opinion: TWU Law School case was expected; we just didn’t know when,” AUGUST 26, 2015, online: www.vancouversun.com/life/Opinion+School+case+expected+just+didn+know+when/11319348/story.html

  Chronicle Herald – Halifax

  • “TWU ruling restores Charter rights balance,” February 6, 2015, online:thechronicleherald.ca/opinion/1267742-twu-ruling-restores-charter-rights-balance

  National Post

  • “On assisted dying, government should respect the beliefs of religious hospitals,” March 8, 2016, online: http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/barry-w-bussey-on-assisted-dying-government-should-respect-the-beliefs-of-religious-hospitals
  • “The case for the Office of Religious Freedom,” February 16, 2016, online: http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/barry-w-bussey-the-case-for-the-office-of-religious-freedom
  • “Trinity Western University — and religious freedom — wins again,” December 15, 2015, online:http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/barry-w-bussey-trinity-western-university-and-religious-freedom-wins-again
  • “Sorry, no Christian music in public,” November 13, 2015, online: http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/barry-w-bussey-sorry-no-christian-music-in-public

  
  Host of TV program Global Faith and Freedom for example see:

  • Interviewing John Witte, Jr., of Emory Law School: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aTkzNVyLzk
  • Interviewing John Witte, Jr., of Emory Law School: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4sZr7xncqw

• Professional Affiliations

  Law Society of Upper Canada, 1996
  Law Society of Newfoundland & Labrador, 1993

• Community Engagement

  Burman University - Board of Trustees (2011-present) 
  International Justice Mission Canada - Board of Directors (2007-2014)

• Awards

  Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of his work to support religious liberty in Canada and abroad.

• Other

  Editor, Fides et Libertas for 2009-2011 issues.