Centenary essays for the High Court of Australia / edited by Peter Cane.

Chatswood, N.S.W. : LexisNexis, 2004

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Australia. -- High Court.

Speech / Murray Gleeson

Speech / Philip Ruddock

Opening speech / Michael Jeffrey

Speech / Aunty Agnes Shea, senior elder of the Ngunnawal people

Part I. The court in Australian society: 1. The vision and the reality

2. Its first and highest function: the framers' vision of the High Court as interpreter of the Constitution

3. The High Court's role in government and nation

4. The High Court and the media

5. The break with the Privy Council and the internationalisation of the common law

6. The break with the United Kingdom and the internationalisation of the common law

Part II. The jurisprudence of the Court: 7. Reconciling sovereignty: Canada and Australia's dialogue on Aboriginal rights

8. Land is susceptible of ownership

9. The most important of all judicial functions": criminal justice in the High Court

10. The jurisprudence of the court: criminal law and the criminal process: Moral blameworthiness - the "objective test" dilemma

11. Constitutional structure and Australian federalism

12. The High Court and federalism: a centenary evaluation

13. A methodology of duty

14. The golden thread at the heart of tort law: protection of the vulnerable

15. The profits of conscience: commercial equity in the High Court of Australia

16. Fiduciary obligation in the High Court of Australia

17. Judicial power and the limits of judicial control

18. The making of Australian administrative law

19. Human rights, international standards and the protection of minorities

20. The High Court and human rights

21. Centenary reflections on restitution and equity

22. The High Court's equity jurisprudence.

Includes index.

17. Judicial Power and the limits of Judicial Control - P. A. Keane, author.

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