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Protecting Rights Without a Bill of Rights: Institutional Performance and Reform in Australia (Law, Justice, and Power)

By Tom Campbell , Jeffrey Goldsworthy , Adrienne Stone

Book information

Year
2006
ISBN
0754625583, 9780754625582, 9780754680437
LCC
KU2095 .P76 2006
Open Library ID
OL20025268M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1107588 bytes)
Pages
348\359
Topic
Jurisprudence Law
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Australia is now the only major Anglophone country that has not adopted a Bill of Rights. Since 1982, Canada, New Zealand and the UK have all adopted either constitutional or statutory bills of rights. Australia, however, continues to rely on the common law, statutes dealing with specific issues such as racial and sexual discrimination, a generally tolerant society and a vibrant democracy. This book focuses on the protection of human rights in Australia and includes international perspectives for the purpose of comparison and it provides an examination of how well Australian institutions - governments, legislatures, courts and tribunals - have performed in protecting human rights in the absence of a Bill of Rights.

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