H1 Principles of Public Law summary notes

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Topics covered include: - The conception of public law and the state - The state and territorial acquisition - The state and people - The state and extraterritoriality - The acquisition of independent statehood in Australia - Australian public law: Constitutions, legislation, and the common law - Organisation of public power within states - Sources of Public international law: custom, treaties and other sources - United Nations: organisation of public power among states - Treaties - Rule of law - Structure of the legislature - Delegated Legislation - Structure of the executive (incl immunity) - Executive power - Independence of the judiciary - Judicial power, jurisdiction and justiciability - Public law litigation - International human rights - Protection of rights in Australia - Relationship between international law and domestic public law Includes reading summaries, lecture notes (weeks 1 - 12), case summaries