The right to social security, found in international law and in the constitutions of many
nations, contributes to the alleviation of poverty globally. Social security and its articulation …

Abstract The Forgotten People challenges the assumption that constitutional recognition of
indigenous Australians is a project of the left in Australia. It demonstrates that there may be a …

Parliament's reputation rests on its capacity to engage effectively with the community it
represents and its ability to perform its core functions. These functions include the enactment …

Many legal scholars contend that Australia does not have a charter of rights in its
Constitution. The legal scholar Rosalind Dixon, however, suggests that the Constitution …

The essence of racial vilification is that it encourages disrespect of others because of their
association with the racial group to whom they belong. That kind of stigmatisation and its …

Why has Australia not followed Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom in adopting
a formal bill of rights at the national level? We argue that the Australian Constitution has …

In Australia, for a significant and appreciable time spanning over a decade from when the
detention of asylum-seekers commenced in 1989 until 2002, most child asylum-seekers did …

This chapter sets out evidence of the public impact of the four parliamentary committees
studied on the case study Acts.'Public impact'means evidence that the parliamentary …

Understanding the institutional context of Australia's parliamentary committee system is
critical when evaluating the impact of this system on the case study Acts and identifying …

Australia is often said to be the only democratic nation without a national Bill of Rights,
Human Rights Act or other general human rights law. This presents a certain set of …