Publications

Law and Policy Papers

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A regular series of papers published by the Centre that contribute to public understanding and discussion on issues of law and public policy, especially those that are the subject of contemporary public debate. The Centre published ten papers in this series between 1994 and 1998.

The papers are now co-published with Federation Press. Three papers are published each year, one each on administrative law, constitutional law and international law, written by experts in academia, government, the judiciary and the private legal profession.

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Published Law and Policy Papers

No 28	Australia's First Bill of Rights: The Australian Capital Territory's Human Rights Act Hilary Charlesworth and Gabrielle McKinnon, 2006
No 27	The Impact of Judicial Review on Tribunals Robin Creyke, 2006
No 26	The Coalition Wars against Iraq and Afghanistan in the Courts of the UK, Ireland and the US – Significance for Australia Geoffrey Lindell, 2005
No 25	Australia and Bilateral Free Trade Agreements Madelaine Chiam, 2004
No 24	Responsible Government and the Australian Constitution: Conventions transformed into Law? Geoffrey Lindell, 2004
No 23	South Africa's troubled royalty: Traditional leaders after democracy Christina Murray, 2004
No 22	Tribunals of Inquiry and Royal Commissions Geoffrey Lindell, 2002
No 21	Twenty Years of Open Government: What have we learnt? John McMillan, 2002
No 20	A Society of Mankind, Not States Navanethem Pillay, 2002
No 19	The International Human Rights Movement: Part of the Problem? David Kennedy, 2001
No 18	One Hundred Years On: Strengths and Strains in the Constitution Sir Gerard Brennan AC KBE, 2001
No 17	Administrative Review: Observations and Reflections Bettie McNee, 2001
No 16	Administrative Review in Transition Justice Deirdre O'Connor, Susanne Tongue, Dr Peter Nygh and Margaret Carstairs, 2001
No 15	The Resurrection of the Republic George Winterton, 2001
No 14	Australia and the United Nations: Challenges in the New Millennium HE Ambassador Penny Wensley, 2000
No 13	The Common Law in Australia: Its Nature and Constitutional Significance Leslie Zines, 1999
No 12	National Implementation: The Cutting Edge of International Human Rights Law  Elizabeth Evatt, 1999
No 11	Aspects of Judicial Review  J R F Lehane,  1999
No 10	War Crimes Trials and the Future  Sir Ninian Stephen, 1998
No 9	Commonwealth Tribunals: The Ambit of Review Robin Creyke and John McMillan, 1998
No 8	Executive Inquiries in Australia: Some Proposals for Reform Tom Sherman, 1997
No 7	The Judiciary and Judicial Review Sir David Williams, 1997
No 6	Reforming the Administrative Review System: For Better or for Worse? For Richer or for Poorer?  Julian Disney, 1996
No 5	The Courts and the Vulnerable  Justice Paul Finn,  1996
No 4	The Internationalisation of Domestic Law Sir Anthony Mason, 1996
No 3	Human Rights and Australian Judges Sir Anthony Mason, 1996
No 2	Improving the Quality and Accessibility of Legal Services  Julian Disney, 1994
No 1	How American Judges Interpret the Bill of Rights  Norman Dorsen, 1994