Emergency powers in Australia / Hoong Phun (H.P.) Lee, Sir John Latham Chair of Law at Monash University, Michael Adams, Monash University, Victoria, Colin Campbell, Monash University, Victoria, Patrick Emerton, Monash University, Victoria.

A lucid analysis of the constitutional and legal issues arising from Australian governmental responses to various sorts of emergencies.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Authors: Adams, Michael W. R. (Author), Campbell, Colin (Author), Emerton, Patrick (Author), Lee, H. P., 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Edition:Second edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Contents; Preface; Notes on Authors; Cases; Statutes; Imperial; Australia; Commonwealth; Australian Capital Territory; Northern Territory; New South Wales; Queensland; South Australia; Tasmania; Victoria; Western Australia; South Africa; United Kingdom; United States; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Emergency Powers: Some General Themes; 1.1.1 Definition of 'Emergency'; 1.2 Dangers of Over-Reaction; 1.3 Emergency Powers: International Norms; 1.4 The Frequency of Emergencies; 1.5 Scope of the Book; 2 The Defence Power; 2.1 Introduction.
  • 2.2 Pre-Thomas v. Mowbray Phase of the Defence Power2.2.1 Farey v. Burvett; 2.2.2 Stenhouse v. Coleman; 2.2.3 Communist Party Case; 2.2.4 Marcus Clark & Co Ltd v. Commonwealth; 2.3 The Variable Scope of the Defence Power; 2.3.1 The Wartime Phase of the Defence Power; 2.3.2 The Post-War Phase of the Defence Power; 2.3.3 The Peacetime Phase of the Defence Power; 2.3.4 The Preparation for War Phase of the Defence Power; 2.4 The Defence Power Post-Thomas v. Mowbray; 2.5 The Proportionality Principle and the Defence Power; 2.6 The Limits of the Defence Power; 2.7 Conclusion.
  • 3 The Executive, the Prerogative and Emergencies3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Nature and Source of Executive Power; 3.2.1 The United Kingdom; 3.2.2 Australia; 3.3 Emergencies and the Executive
  • General Considerations; 3.4 Australian Emergency Powers; 3.4.1 Powers Arising under Statute; 3.4.2 The Capacities of a Legal Person; 3.4.3 Executive Power Appropriate to a National Government; 3.4.4 Requisitions in Times of War; 3.5 Conclusion; 4 Maintenance of Public Order; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Australia's Public Order Framework; 4.2.1 Constitutional Protections for Political Assembly.
  • 4.3 Regulating Public Assembly4.3.1 Unlawful Assembly and Obstruction Offences; 4.3.2 Permission Systems; 4.3.2.1 Notification Models; 4.3.2.2 Permit Models; 4.3.2.3 Delegated Control Models; 4.3.3 Protest and the Implied Freedom of Political Communication; 4.4 Anti-Assembly Powers; 4.4.1 Move-On Powers; 4.4.2 Anti-Protest Laws; 4.4.2.1 Preventing Protests at Businesses; 4.4.2.2 Preventing Protests at Abortion Clinics; 4.4.3 Anti-Association Measures; 4.4.3.1 Anti-Consorting Laws; 4.5 Special Public Disorder Emergency Powers; 4.6 Offences against the State: Sedition.
  • 4.6.1 The Australian Sedition Cases4.6.2 Subsequent Reforms; 5 Public Safety and the War on Terror; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Preventative Detention Orders and Control Orders; 5.3 Preventative Detention in Wartime; 5.4 The High Court and Control Orders; 5.4.1 The Separation of Judicial Powers; 5.4.2 Definition of Judicial Power; 5.4.3 The Persona Designata Doctrine; 5.4.4 Thomas v. Mowbray; 5.5 Judicially Authorised Warrants; 5.6 The Kable Principle and State Courts; 5.6.1 Totani v. The State of South Australia; 5.6.2 Institutional Integrity and Preventative Detention; 5.7 Conclusion.