Table of cases: pages [xxiii]-xxviii. Table of statutes: pages [xxix]-xli. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
pt. 1. Australia's Federal statutory human rights instrument for law making. Diverse Australian landscapes of law-making and human rights: contextualising law-making and human rights / Julie Debeljak and Laura Grenfell ; 2. Human rights scrutiny in the federal parliament: smokescreen or democratic solution? / Adam Fletcher ; 3. Evaluating the impact of Australia?s federal human rights scrutiny regime / Daniel Reynolds and George Williams ; 4. Allowing for dissent: opening up human rights dialogue in the Australian Parliament / Simon Rice ; 5. Economic and social rights in the Australian parliamentary human rights scrutiny process / Andrew Byrnes -- pt. II. Statutory human rights instruments in the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. 6. Human rights scrutiny under the Human Rights Act 2004 (ACT) / Helen Watchirs, Sean Costello and Renuka Thilagaratnam ; 7.Considering human rights in the development of legislation in Victoria / Chris Humphreys, Jessica Cleaver and Catherine Roberts ; 8. Parliamentary deliberation in the operation of the Victorian Human Rights Charter / Sharon Mo ; 9. Rights dialogue where there is disagreement under the Victorian Charter / Julie Debeljak ; 10. Impact of the Victorian Charter upon policy and legislative development / Joanna Davidson ; 11. Rights-vetting under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 / Paul Rishworth ; 12. Law-making in the rights-hostile environment of the United Kingdom / Merris Amos -- pt. III. Diverse practice across Queensland, New South Wales, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory. 13. Queensland: rights scrutiny in context / Charles Sampford ; 14. New South Wales: insights into influencing the shape of criminal law making / Luke McNamara and Julia Quilter ; 15. Western Australia: the case for more formalised and heightened rights protection / Sarah Murray ; 16. South Australia: ad hoc and unsystematic rights protection in law-making / Laura Grenfell ; 17. Tasmania: time to move beyond the smoke and mirrors / Rose Mackie and Anja Hilkemeijer ; 18. Northern Territory: taking a rights-scrutiny leap forward and then sliding backwards / Laura Grenfell -- pt. IV. Contemporary issues in law making and human rights. 19. Scrutiny of a federal cooperative law / Jeremy Gans ; 20. Influence of the Kable principle on human rights in state law-making / Anna Olijnyk ; 21. Urgent law-making and the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act / Shawn Rajanayagam ; 22. A dual scrutiny mechanism for Australia?s counter-terrorism law landscape: the INSLM and the PJCIS / Dominique Dalla-Pozza ; 23. Parliamentary scrutiny and insights for a First Nations voice to parliament / Shireen Morris ; 24. Parliamentary committees facilitating parliamentary deliberation: a case study of marriage equality reform / Sarah Moulds ; 25. Future directions for engaging with human rights in law-making: is a culture of justification emerging across Australian jurisdictions? / Laura Grenfell and Julie Debeljak.
Summary:
Law Making and Human Rights examines how rights figure in the law-making process. The topics covered in this new title are presented by experts and scholars to offer a comprehensive analysis of how rights are scrutinised in all Australian jurisdictions.
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