MLL323 Exam Notes

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Topics covered: 1. An Introduction to the Australian Constitutional Law 2. Parliament and Legislative Procedures - Cormack v Cope - PMA Case - Westlakes v SA (1980) - Attorney-general v Marquet 3. Characterisation (Manner and Form) - Engineers Case (1920) - Jumbunna (1908) - Thomas v Mowbray. Financial and Economic Powers - First Uniform Tax case (1942) - Second Uniform Tax case (1957) - Victoria v Cth (AAP Case) - Pape v Commissioner of Taxation (2009) - Work Choices. External Affairs - Seas and Submerged Lands case (1975) - Polyukovich v Cth (1991) - XYZ v Cth (2006) - Tasmanian Dams Case. The Executive - Barton v Cth (1975) - Davis v Cth. Inconsistency & Intergovernmental Immunities - Clyde v Engineering Co Ltd v Cowburn (1926)(The Watershed Case) - Ex Parte Defence Housing Authority (1997) - MELBOURNE CORPORATION DOCTRINE 8. Constitutional Rights & Freedoms - Minister of state for the Army v Dalziel (1944) - Newcrest Mining v Cth (1997) - Street v QLD Bar Association - Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1997) - Monis (The Lange Test applied) - Roach v Electoral Commissioner. Separation of Powers - The Wheat Case (1915) - WWF v Alexander (1918) - Boilermakers' Case (1956) - R v Joske (1976) - R v Richards (1955) - R v Bevan (1942) - Lane v Morrison (2009)