Political High Court : How the High Courts Shapes Politics

by Solomon, David H.

• ISBN13: 9781864487169
• ISBN10: 186448716X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-07-01
• Publisher: Paul & Co Pub Consortium

Summary

Which minuscule non-elected group can force governments to change their policies? Which group can today be a barrier to reform, and then tomorrow set in train changes which alter the way politics is conducted? Which aspects of public life are exempt from the deliberations of the High Court?
In The Political High Court David Solomon surveys the many areas in which the decisions of the High Court have had a direct impact on the community. He also examines the continuing argument about how responsible the Court should be to political pressure and public opinion.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
'A structural creation ... in a very particular sense, political'	p. 3
Problem areas	p. 25
Mabo: the native title revolution	p. 27
Rights, implied and otherwise	p. 41
Destruction of the States	p. 62
Environmental invasion	p. 82
Taxation: who pays?	p. 100
Corporations: an acquired power	p. 117
Industrial relations: enter the judges	p. 131
Section 92: the nationalisation bogey	p. 148
Institutions	p. 163
Nationhood: slowly, an independent nation	p. 165
Institutional interference	p. 181
What the people say	p. 207
Judging judges	p. 218
Politics and the Court	p. 241
Justices of the High Court	p. 247
List of cases	p. 253
Bibliography	p. 259
Index	p. 265
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