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• Title:Australian public law / Gabrielle Appleby, Alexander Reilly, Laura Grenfell.
  
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• Author/Creator:Appleby, Gabrielle, author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Reilly, Alexander, author.
  Grenfell, Laura, 1974- author.
  
• Published/Created:South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia : Oxford University Press, 2014.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KU1710 .A98 2014
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Public law--Australia.
  
• Edition:Second edition.
  
• Description:xxxvii, 554 pages ; 25 cm
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780195525656 (pbk.)
  0195525655 (pbk.)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. I Introducing Australian Public Law
  ch. 1 Idea of Public Law
  Introduction
  predominance of states
  Sovereignty and the origin of law's authority
  nature of law
  breadth of public law
  rule of law
  values underpinning public law
  Conclusion
  ch. 2 Development of Public Law in Australia
  Introduction
  Inauspicious beginnings
  assertion of UK sovereignty
  English system of public law
  development of key institutions
  new chapter: federation
  Post-federation developments
  Conclusion
  ch. 3 Federal Commonwealth
  Introduction
  idea of federalism
  origins of the Australian federation
  structure of the Australian federation
  Commonwealth-State relations
  future of federalism
  Conclusion
  pt. II People and Their Government
  ch. 4 Democracy and Representative Government
  Introduction: participation and deliberation in a democracy
  Effective democratic representation
  foundations of representative government
  Free speech and democracy
  Protecting Australia's democracy
  Conclusion
  ch. 5 Parliamentary Process and Legislative Power
  Introduction
  Australian Parliaments
  Parliamentary privileges
  Parliamentary sovereignty
  relationship between the Houses of Parliament
  Parliament and the Executive: the quest for control
  Parliamentary committees
  Conclusion
  pt. III Administrative State
  ch. 6 Executive
  Introduction
  Crown and the Executive
  Executive power and accountability
  Sources and types of executive power
  Regulating executive power: the Legislature
  Conclusion
  ch. 7 Executive Accountability
  Introduction
  Parliamentary accountability
  Judicial accountability
  Executive accountability
  Public accountability
  Conclusion
  pt. IV Judiciary
  ch. 8 Judiciary and the Separation of Judicial Power
  Introduction
  Chapter III: framework and history
  Separation of federal judicial power
  Defining judicial power
  Conclusion
  ch. 9 Separation of Powers in Practice
  Introduction
  Rights, freedoms and implied guarantees
  Federal judicial power and detention
  Judges engaging in non-judicial functions
  Chapter III and State courts
  Conclusion
  pt. V Internationalisation of Australian Public Law
  ch. 10 Public International Law
  Introduction: national law and international law
  nature of international law
  UN system
  Other influential bodies in the international sphere
  How is international law made?
  Conclusion: a distinct and separate paradigm?
  ch. 11 International Law and the Australian Legal System
  Introduction
  Making treaties: the federal Executive
  Implementing treaties: Federal Parliament
  indirect effect of treaty ratification on Australian law
  Conclusion
  pt. VI Issues in Australian Public Law
  ch. 12 Human Rights in Australia
  Introduction: complacency and misinformation
  national emergence of rights
  international emergence of rights
  Human rights at the federal level
  Emerging human rights jurisprudence
  Victorian Charter: a case study
  Conclusion
  ch. 13 Indigenous Peoples and Australian Public Law
  Introduction
  Who is an Indigenous Australian?
  question of sovereignty
  Responsibility for Indigenous policy
  Bases for Indigenous claims
  Types of Indigenous claims
  Recognising Indigenous rights
  Conclusion
  ch. 14 Safeguarding Australia
  Introduction: the role of the state
  Traditional internal threats: law and order
  External sovereign threats
  threat of terrorism
  Migration control and border security
  Conclusion.