Australian Constitutional Law Notes

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Fundamentals of Australian Constitutional Law 3 State Constitutions 3 Separation of Powers 4 Legislative Power 4 Executive Power 4 Judicial Power 4 Rule of Law 5 1) Supremacy of the Law 5 2) Equality before the Law 5 3) Emanation of the people 5 Freedoms 6 High Court interpretation 6 Other sources of jurisdiction 7 ‘Golden Rule’ Interpretation 8 Originalism 9 Bank Nationalisation Case 11 Constitutional Precedent 12 Federalism- 14 s 109 Rationale 14 2) Discriminatory Laws 14 Tax 15 Legislative Stipulation 15 Legislative Stipulation 16 Federalism- State capacity to bind Commonwealth 18 Initial Position 18 s 109 Inconsistency 20 Within Power 21 “ To the extent of the inconsistency” ( s 109) 22 4A) Direct Inconsistency Dual Obedience Rule 22 Retrospective Inclusion 25 The Corporations Power s 51(xx) 25 Original Test –Purposive 26 2C) Financial Corporations 27 3) Ambit of the Corporations Power 29 Nature of ‘Territories’ 30 Representation in Federal Parliament 30 Commonwealth > Territory Inconsistencies 31 ss7, 24, 128 of the Constitution. 52 Sections implying Representative Government 52 s 7 – The Senate 52 s 128 Referendum 52 1) Right to Vote 53 Interpretation of “Adult”- 21 + 53 2) One Person One Vote 54 3) Who can be excluded from voting 54 Women & Multiculturalism 54 Serious Offences 54 Rights and Freedoms Part 1 55 I) Determination of Criminal Guilt 55 Exclusive to Judiciary 55 Aliens 55 Exception- Retrospective Laws 55 Fair Trial 56 2) s 80 Trial by Jury 56 Court Martials 57 Right to Waive? 58 3) Freedom of Religion s 116 58 Four Legs 58 1) Acquisition of Property- s51(xxxi) 60 Intellectual Property 61 Choses in Action 61 Not exclusively Ownership 62 Compensation must be so unreasonable 63 Taxes 64 Liens 64 Statutory Rights 64 (Lange) 65 2B) Scope- Limb 2- (Lange Test) 66 Purposive Test 66 Defamation 67 Plenary Power 67 Australia Act 1986 68 Commonwealth Exclusive Powers 68