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Mr Oscar Kawamata

o.kawamata@uq.edu.au
W252, Desk 5

Publications

Book Chapter (1)
Journal Articles (3)
Research Report (1)

Book Chapter

Kawamata, Oscar H. (2026). To God or not to God: the implications of God's (non-) existence in the jurisprudences of early Buddhism and Thomas Aquinas. Jurisprudence and theology: the Australian school. (pp. 220-237) edited by Jonathan Crowe, Constance Youngwon Lee and Joshua Neoh. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9781003592464-17

Journal Articles

Kawamata, Oscar and Watson, Matt (2026). Buddhism, nature, and law: natural law thinking in early Buddhism. Australian Journal of Law and Religion, 7, 36-54. doi: 10.55803/w101f
Kawamata, Oscar H. (2024). Imperial enactments in Australia reconsidered: what are they and are they worth keeping?. The Australian Law Journal, 98 (4), 253-271.
Kawamata, Oscar H. (2023). Legal education, wellness and Buddhism: A student’s response to Crowe. Alternative Law Journal, 48 (1), 67-72. doi: 10.1177/1037969X221132587

Research Report

Kawamata, Oscar, McRuvie, Kirsty, Brown, Rory, Whitewood, Taylor, Behenna, Tian, Killen, Joe, Hyden, Jesse and Walsh, Tamara (2022). Expanding human rights for Queenslanders in the Human Rights Act 2019 (Qld). Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
UQ acknowledges the Traditional Owners and their custodianship of the lands on which UQ is situated. Reconciliation at UQ
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