The principle of legality in Australia and New Zealand / Dan Meagher and Matthew Groves, editors.

Annandale, N.S.W. : The Federation Press, 2017.

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Justice, Administration of -- Australia.

Law -- Australia.

Justice, Administration of -- New Zealand.

Law -- New Zealand.

PART I: Doctrine and Theory

1. The Rationales for the Principle of Legality

2. The Principle of Legality and "The General System of Law"

3. The Principle of Legality: Constitutional Innovation

4. The Principle of Legality and Legislative Intention

PART II: Issues and Controversies

5. The Principle of Legality- An Unhelpful Label?

6. Rights-Promoting Statutory Interpretive Obligations and the "Principle" of Legality

7. The Principle of Legality and Proportionality in Australian Law

8. Common Law Rights have Justified Limits: Refining the "Principle of Legality

PART III: Substantive Law

9. The Principle of Legality and Administrative Discretion: A New Name for an Old Approach?

10. Legality and Lenity

11. The Treaty and Human Rights in New Zealand Law: Will the Common Law Presumptions Help or Hinder?

12. Confluence or Divergence? The Principle of Legality and the Presumption of Consistency with International Law

PART IV: Final Observations

13. The Principle of Legality in Australian and New Zealand Law - Final Observations.

"In this age of statutes and human rights the common law principle of legality has assumed a central importance. The principle holds that unless Parliament makes unmistakably clear its intention to curtail or abrogate a common law right, freedom or principle, the courts will not construe a statute as having that operation. As Lord Hoffmann famously observed, this "means that Parliament must squarely confront what it is doing and accept the political cost". 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?'" - Publisher's website.

Includes index.

9781760021252

xxii, 288 pages ; 25 cm