Australian Public Law

by Reilly, Alexander; Appleby, Gabrielle; Grenfell, Laura; Lacey, Wendy

• ISBN13: 9780195572292
• ISBN10: 0195572297
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-12-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

A comprehensive introduction to Australian public law

Author Biography

Alexander Reilly is Associate Professor in the Law School at the University of Adelaide. Gabrielle Appleby is a PhD Candidate in the Law School at the University of Adelaide. Laura Grenfell is a Senior Lecturer in the Law School at the University of Adelaide.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. x
Table of Cases	p. xii
Table of Statutes	p. xxi
Introducing Australian Public Law	p. 1
The Idea of Public Law	p. 3
Introduction	p. 4
The predominance of states	p. 4
Sovereignty and the origin of law's authority	p. 6
The nature of Law	p. 7
The breadth of public law	p. 9
The rule of law	p. 18
The values underpinning public law	p. 21
The Development of Public Law in Australia	p. 26
Introduction	p. 27
Inauspicious beginnings	p. 28
The assertion of British sovereignty	p. 29
The British system of public law	p. 32
The development of key institutions	p. 35
Making its own way: federation	p. 41
Post-federation developments	p. 45
The People and their Government	p. 49
Democracy and Representative Government	p. 51
Introduction	p. 52
Participation and deliberation in a democracy	p. 53
Effective democratic representation	p. 54
The foundations of representative government	p. 56
Free speech and democracy	p. 67
Protecting Australia's democracy	p. 70
Conclusion	p. 77
Parliamentary Process and Legislative Power	p. 79
Introduction	p. 80
Australian Parliaments	p. 80
Parliamentary privileges	p. 81
Parliamentary sovereignty	p. 83
Legislative power in the Australian federation	p. 92
The relationship between the houses of Parliament	p. 98
Parliament and the Executive: the quest for control	p. 101
Parliamentary committees	p. 104
Conclusion	p. 107
The Administrative State	p. 109
The Executive	p. 111
Introduction	p. 112
The Executive, executive power and accountability	p. 112
Executive power	p. 115
Regulating executive power: the Legislature	p. 129
Conclusion	p. 131
Executive Accountability	p. 133
Introduction	p. 134
Classifications of accountability	p. 135
Parliamentary accountability	p. 139
Judicial accountability	p. 145
Executive accountability	p. 148
Public accountability	p. 160
Conclusion	p. 166
The Courts167
The Judiciary and the Separation of Judicial Power	p. 169
Introduction	p. 170
Judicial power and the High Court	p. 170
The separation of powers	p. 176
Chapter III of the Constitution	p. 179
Principles derived from the separation of judicial power	p. 184
Rights, freedoms and implied guarantees	p. 192
Conclusion	p. 193
Judicial Review and the Rule of Law	p. 194
Introduction	p. 195
Judicial review	p. 197
The constitutional entrenchment of judicial review	p. 199
Adapting foundational principles	p. 203
The relevance of policy and rights considerations	p. 209
Conclusion	p. 212
The Internationalisation of Australian Public Law	p. 213
Public International Law	p. 215
Introduction: national law and international law	p. 216
The nature of international law	p. 217
The UN system	p. 218
Other influential bodies in the international sphere	p. 226
How is international law made?	p. 227
A distinct and separate paradigm?	p. 232
International Law and the Australian Legal System	p. 235
Introduction	p. 236
Dualism, federalism and the Constitution	p. 237
International law and the Executive	p. 240
International law and the Legislature	p. 243
International law and the Judiciary	p. 245
Conclusion	p. 256
Issues in Australian Public Law259
Human Rights in Australia	p. 261
Introduction: complacency and misinformation	p. 262
The national emergence of rights	p. 263
The international emergence of rights	p. 264
Human rights at the federal level	p. 269
Emerging human rights jurisprudence	p. 279
The Victorian Charter: a case study	p. 281
Current national debate and recommendations	p. 287
Conclusion	p. 290
Indigenous Peoples and Australian Public Law	p. 292
Introduction	p. 293
Who is an Indigenous Australian?	p. 293
The question of sovereignty	p. 295
Responsibility for Indigenous policy	p. 298
Basis for Indigenous claims	p. 300
Types of Indigenous claims	p. 302
Protecting Indigenous rights	p. 317
Conclusion	p. 319
Safeguarding Australia	p. 321
Introduction: the role of the state	p. 322
Legislative and executive responses to threats	p. 325
The public law framework	p. 338
Conclusion	p. 344
Appendix: The Australian Constitution	p. 346
Index	p. 384
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