| Description |
xxii, 278 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. The rationales for the principle of legality / Brendan Lim -- 2. The principle of legality and "the general system of law" / Stephen McLeish and Olaf Ciolek -- 3. The principle of legality : constitutional innovation / Philip A Joseph -- 4. The principle of legality and legislative intention / Jeffrey Goldsworthy -- 5. The principle of legality - an unhelpful label? / John Basten -- 6. Rights-promoting statutory interpretive obligations and the "principle" of legality / Kris Gledhill -- 7. The principle of legality and proportionality in Australian law / Dan Meagher -- 8. Common law rights have justified limits : refining the "principle of legality" / Hanna Wilberg -- 9. The principle of legality and administrative discretion : a new name for an old approach? / Matthew Groves -- 10. Legality and lenity / Jeremy Gans -- 11. The treaty and human rights in New Zealand law : will the common law presumptions help or hinder? / Kirsty Gover -- 12. Confluence or divergence? The principle of legality and the presumption of consistency with international law / Wendy Lacey -- 13. The principle of legality in Australian and New Zealand law - final observations / Matthew Groves and Dan Meagher |
| Summary |
The principle of legality is now central to the operation of Australian and New Zealand public law. Yet its content, methodology and scope remain elusive and has never been examined in detail. This book fills that gap by drawing together leading judges, practitioners and scholars to explore a range of interesting issues and challenges for the application of the principle of legality and its future trajectory: How does the principle operate? Which rights and freedoms fall within its scope and why? What is its relationship to the (so-called) common law bill of rights? Has proportionality a role to play in its application? How, if at all, does it differ from the presumption with international law? And in the construction of statutes does the principle serve to fulfil or frustrate the will of Parliament? |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Justice, Administration of -- Australia -- Congresses.
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Justice, Administration of -- Australia.
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Justice, Administration of -- New Zealand.
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Law -- Australia -- Interpretation and construction.
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Justice, Administration of -- New Zealand -- Congresses.
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Law -- New Zealand -- Interpretation and construction.
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Law -- Australia.
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Law -- Australia -- Interpretation and construction -- Congresses.
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Law -- New Zealand -- Interpretation and construction -- Congresses.
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Law -- New Zealand.
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Rule of law -- Australia -- Congresses.
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Rule of law -- New Zealand -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
French, Robert, writer of foreword
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Groves, Matthew, editor
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Meagher, Dan (Dan Richard), editor
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| ISBN |
9781760021252 |
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