| Description |
xiii, 407 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Part 1: Fundamentals. Ch. 1. What are human rights? -- Ch. 2. Some questions about human rights -- Ch. 3. The Bill of Rights controversy. Part II: Existing Australian Legislation on Human Rights. Ch. 4. Rights in the Australian constitution -- Ch. 5. Human rights legislation -- Ch. 6. The Sex Discrimination Act and affirmative action -- Ch. 7. The Racial Discrimination Act -- Ch. 8. The legislation in action. Part III: Civil and Political Rights. Ch. 9. The right to life -- Ch. 10. The right to privacy -- Ch. 11. Other civil and political rights. Part IV: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Ch. 12. The right to an adequate standard of living -- Ch. 13. Some current issues in the implementation of economic, social and cultural rights |
| Summary |
This book discusses a range of real life issues, including the rights of families, the rights of women, the emerging rights of children, the rights of migrants and the rights of Aborigines. It outlines and provides content for the controversies that developed over the Australian Human Rights Commission and the Australian Bill of Rights. It also reviews the legal concepts associated with rights, gives an account of Australian case law, and provides a guide to Australian legislation and the rights provisions in the Australian Constitution. The book covers the whole field of human rights - civil, political, economic, social and cultural. It approaches the task from an international angle, but with the focus on the situation in Australia |
| Analysis |
Civil liberties |
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Human rights |
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Key item |
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Legislation |
| Notes |
For tertiary students |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Audience |
For tertiary students |
| Subject |
Civil rights -- Australia.
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Human rights -- Australia.
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Human rights.
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| LC no. |
90158057 |
| ISBN |
0409300578 |
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