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PRIMARY MATERIALS
EXECUTIVE
Ministers
Joint Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Attorney-General, ‘International Treaties and the High Court Decision in Teoh’ (10 May 1995).
Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Attorney-General, ‘Government Announces Reform of Treaty-Making’, (Media Release FA-29, 2 May 1996).
Joint Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, ‘The Effect of Treaties in Administrative Decision-Making’ (25 February 1997).
Alexander Downer, ‘Globalisation or Globaphobia: Does Australia have a choice?’ (Speech delivered at the National Press Club, Canberra, 1 December 1997).
Minister for Foreign Affairs, ‘Government to Review UN Treaty Committees’, (Media Release FA-24, 30 March 2000).
Daryl Williams, ‘International Law and Responsible Engagement’ (Paper presented at the meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law, Canberra, 26 and 28-29 June 2000)
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, ‘Greater Transparency for Treaty-Making Process’, (Media Release FA114, 20 August 2002).
Minister for Foreign Affairs, ‘Treaties and Community Debate: Towards Informed Consent’ (Speech delivered at the Launch of the Australian Treaties Database, Canberra, 20 August 2002).
Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Attorney-General and the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, ‘Improving the Effectiveness of United Nations Committees’(Joint Media Release FA-97, 29 August 2000).
Prime Minister of Australia, ‘International Criminal Court’ (Media Release, 20 June 2002).
Minister for Trade, ‘Vaile Announces Objective for Australia – US FTA’ (Media Release, MVT 13/2003, 3 March 2003).
Alexander Downer, ‘Security in an Unstable World’ (Speech delivered at the National Press Club, Canberra, 26 June 2003).
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Departments
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia and International Treaty Making Information Kit
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Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Signed, Sealed and Delivered. Treaties and Treaty Making: An Official’s Handbook (3rd ed, May 2003)
Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Federal Executive Council Handbook
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Commonwealth, Review of the Treaty-Making Process (August 1999)
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Department of the Prince Minister and Cabinet, Principles and Procedures for Commonwealth-State Consultation on Treaties (1996)
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Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Treaties Council Meeting Communique (7 November 1997)
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LEGISLATURE
Senate Legal and Constitutional References Committee, Parliament of Australia, Trick or Treaty? Commonwealth Power to Make and Implement Treaties (1995)
Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, Parliament of Australia, Australia’s Withdrawal from UNIDO and Treaties Tabled on 11 February 1997
Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee, Report on the Administrative Decisions (Effect of International Instruments) Bill 1997
Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, Parliament of Australia, Report 24: A Seminar on the Role of Parliaments in Treaty-Making (1999)
Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, Parliament of Australia, Multilateral Agreement on Investment: Final Report (1999)
Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, Parliament of Australia, Two Treaties Tabled on 6 June 2000 (2000)
Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, Parliament of Australia, Extradition – A Review of Australia’s Law and Policy (2001)
Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, Parliament of Australia, The Kyoto Protocol – Discussion Paper (2001)
Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, Parliament of Australia, Who’s Afraid of the WTO? Australia and the World Trade Organisation (2001)
Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, Parliament of Australia, The Statute of the International Criminal Court (2002)
Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, Parliament of Australia, Four Nuclear Safeguards Treaties Tabled in August 2001 (2002).
Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, Parliament of Australia, The Timor Sea Treaty (2002).
Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, Parliament of Australia, Treaties Tabled 4 March 2003 (2003)
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JUDICIARY
Treaties and Australian law
Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs; Ex parte Lam
[2003] HCA 6
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Cattanach v Melchior [2003] HCA 67, [35] (Gleeson CJ)
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Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs; Ex parte Lam [2003] HCA 6 (12 February 2003)
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Bertran v Vanstone (2000) 173 ALR 63
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Kruger v Commonwealth of Australia (1997) 190 CLR 1
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Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Teoh (1995) 183 CLR 273
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Coe v Commonwealth (1992) 118 ALR 193
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Chu Kheng Lim v Commonwealth (Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs) (1992) 176 CLR 1
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Dietrich v R (1992) 177 CLR 292
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Mabo v Queensland (No 2) (1992) 175 CLR 1
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Kioa v West (1985) 159 CLR 550
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Simsek v Macphee (Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs) (1982) 148 CLR 636
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Tasmanian Wilderness Society v Fraser (1982) 153 CLR 270
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Bradley v The Commonwealth (1973) 128 CLR 557
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Chow Hung Ching v The King (1948) 77 CLR 449
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R v Burgess; ex parte Henry (1936) 55 CLR 608
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Customary international law and Australian law
Muir v The Queen [2004] HCA 21, [281] (Kirby J)
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Re The Maritime Union
of Australia & Ors; Ex parte CSL Pacific Shipping Inc [2003] HCA 43
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Western Australia v Ward (2002) 191 ALR 1
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Dow Jones v Gutnick (2002) 194 ALR 433
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Nulyarimma v Thompson (1999) 96 FCR 153
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Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Teoh (1995) 183 CLR 273
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State of Western Australia v The Commonwealth (1995) 183 CLR 373
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Ballina Shire Council v Ringland (1994) 33 NSWLR 680
Environment Protection Authority v Caltex Refining Co Pty Ltd (1993) 178 CLR 477
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Jago v District Court of New South Wales (1988) 12 NSWLR 558
Dietrich v R (1992) 177 CLR 292
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Mabo v Queensland (No 2) (1992) 175 CLR 1
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Polyukhovich v Commonwealth (War Crimes Act Case) (1991) 172 CLR 501
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Chow Hung Ching v The King (1948) 77 CLR 449
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International law in statutory interpretation
(i) Construction in accordance with international obligations
Bashford v Information Australia (Newsletters) Pty
Ltd [2004] HCA 5, [179] (Kirby J)
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Truong v The Queen [2004] HCA 10, [121], [147]
(Kirby J)
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Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v
Respondents S152/2003 [2004] HCA 18, (Gleeson, Hayne and Heydon JJ)
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Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous
Affairs v B [2004] HCA 20, [136], [143-173] (Kirby J)
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Behrooz v Secretary of the Department of Immigration and
Multicultural and Indigenous [2004] HCA 36, [125-132] (Kirby J)
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Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and
Indigenous Affairs v Al Khafaji [2004] HCA 38, [27-28] (Kirby J)
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Attorney-General (WA) v Marquet [2003] HCA 67, [172]-[186]
(Kirby J)
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Purvis v NSW (Department of Education and Training) [2003] HCA 62, [43]
(McHugh and Kirby JJ); [196]-[197] (Gummow, Hayne and Heydon JJ); [206] (Callinan
J)
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Blunden v Commonwealth of Australia [2003] HCA 73, [85] (Kirby J)
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B and B v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] Fam CA 451
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Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v VFAD [2002]
FCAFC 390
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Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs v Al Masri (2003) 197 ALR 241
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Plaintiff S157/2000 v Commonwealth (2003) 195 ALR 24
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Western Australia v Ward (2002) 191 ALR 1
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X v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (2002) 116 FCR 319
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Durham Holdings Pty Ltd v State of New South Wales (2001) 205 CLR 399
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AMS v AIF (1999) 199 CLR 160
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Northern Territory of Australia v GPAO (1999) 196 CLR 553
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Applicant A v Minister of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1997) 190 CLR 225
Kruger v Commonwealth of Australia (1997) 190 CLR 1
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Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Teoh (1995) 183 CLR 273
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Rocklea Spinning Mills Pty Ltd v Anti-Dumping Authority & Fraser (1995) 56 FCR 406
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Chu Kheng Lim v Commonwealth (Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs) (1992) 176 CLR 1
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Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade v Magno (1992) 37 FCR 298
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Barry R Liggins Pty Ltd v Comptroller-General of Customs (1991) 31 FCR 112
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Yager v R (1977) 139 CLR 28
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D & R Henderson Pty Ltd v Collector of Customs for the State of NSW (1974) 48 CLJR 132
Polites v Commonwealth (1945) 70 CLR 60
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Zachariassen v Commonwealth (1917) 24 CLR 166
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(ii) Presumption against abrogation of fundamental rights and freedoms
Al-Kateb v Godwin [2004] HCA 37, [241] (Hayne J)
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Dossett v TKJ Nominees Pty Ltd [2003] HCA 69, [85]-[87]
(Kirby J)
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Chief Executive Officer of Customs v Labrador Liquor
Wholesale Pty Ltd [2003] HCA 49, [78ff] (Kirby J)
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Plaintiff S157/2000 v Commonwealth (2003) 195 ALR 24
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Durham Holdings Pty Ltd v State of New South Wales (2001) 205 CLR 399
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Kartinyeri v Commonwealth of Australia (1997) 190 CLR 337
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Kruger v Commonwealth of Australia (1997) 190 CLR 1
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Coco v The Queen (1994) 179 CLR 427
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Chu Kheng Lim v Commonwealth (Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs) (1992) 176 CLR 1
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Wentworth v New South Wales Bar Association (1992) 176 CLR 239
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Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade v Magno (1992) 37 FCR 298
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Balog v Independent Commission Against Corruption (1990) 169 CLR 625
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Bropho v Western Australia (1990) 171 CLR 1
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Re Bolton; ex parte Bean (1987) 162 CLR 514
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Sorby v The Commonwealth (1983) 152 CLR 281
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Ex parte Walsh and Johnson; In re Yates (1925) 37 CLR 36
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Potter v Minahan (1908) 7 CLR 277
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International law in constitutional interpretation
Al-Kateb v Godwin [2004] HCA 37, [62-73] (McHugh
J); [152-190] (Kirby J)
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Austin v Commonwealth of Australia [2003] HCA 3, [252ff]
(Kirby J)
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Western Australia v Ward (2002) 191 ALR 1
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AMS v AIF (1999) 199 CLR 160
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Commonwealth of Australia v State of Western Australia (1999) 196 CLR 392
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Newcrest Mining (WA) Ltd v Commonwealth (1997) 190 CLR 513
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Kartinyeri v Commonwealth of Australia (1997) 190 CLR 337
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STATES
Federal State Relations Committee, Parliament of Victoria, International Treaty-Making and the Role of States (1997)
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SECONDARY MATERIALS
BOOKS
Philip Alston and Madelaine Chiam (eds), Treaty-Making and Australia (1995)
Sam Blay, Ryszard Piotrowicz and B.Martin Tsamenyi, Public International Law: An Australian Perspective (1997)
David Kinley (ed), Human Rights in Australian Law (1998)
D.P. O’Connell, International Law in Australia (1965)
Brian Opeskin and Donald Rothwell, International Law and Australian Federalism (1997)
Kevin Ryan (ed), International Law in Australia (2nd ed, 1984)
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ARTICLES
Charles Alexandrowicz, ‘International Law in the Municipal Sphere According to Australian Decisions’ (1964) 13 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 78
Margaret Allars, ‘One Small Step for Legal Doctrine, One Giant Leap Towards Integrity in Government: Teoh’s Case and the Internationalisation of Administrative Law’ (1995) 17 Sydney Law Review 204
Sam Blay and Ryszard Piotrowicz, ‘The awfulness of lawfulness: some reflections on the tension between international law and domestic law’ (2001) 21 Australian Yearbook of International Law 1
Stephen Bouwhuis, ‘International law by the back door?’ (1998) 72 Australian Law Journal 794
Henry Burmester, ‘Is International Law Part of Australian Law? Impact of Treaties’ (1989) 24(6) Australian Law News 30
Henry Burmester, ‘National Sovereignty, Independence and the Impact of Treaties and International Standards’ (1995) 17 Sydney Law Review 127
Henry Burmester and Susan Reye, ‘The Place of Customary International Law in Australian Law: Unfinished Business’ (2000) 21 Australian Year Book of International Law 39.
Hilary Charlesworth, ‘Dangerous Liaisons: Globalisation and Australian Public Law’ (1998) 20 Adelaide Law Review 57
Glen Cranwell, ‘Treaties and Australian Law: Administrative Discretions, Statutes and the Common Law’ (2001) 1 Queensland University of Technology Law and Justice Journal 49
Richard Dalton and Richard Groom, “The Right to Strike in Australia: International Treaty Obligations and the External Affairs Power” (2000) 1 Melbourne Journal of International Law 162
Stephen Donaghue, ‘Balancing Sovereignty and International Law: the Domestic Impact of International Law in Australia’ (1995) 17 Adelaide Law Review 213
Craig Durham, ‘International Human Rights Law: A legitimate influence or constraint on sovereign jurisdiction’ (1997) 56 Australian International Law Journal
Martin Flynn, ‘Genocide: It’s a Crime Everywhere But Not in Australia’ (2000) 29 University of Western Australia Law Review 59.
Gavan Griffith and Carolyn Evans, ‘Teoh and Visions of International Law’ (2001) 21 Australian Year Book of International Law 75
David Jackson, ‘Internationalisation of Rights and the Constitution’ in G.J. Lindell, Cheryl Saunders and Robert French (eds) Reflections on the Australian Constitution (2003)
David Kinley and Penny Martin, ‘International Human Rights Law at Home: Addressing the Politics of Denial’ (2002) 26 Melbourne University Law Review 466
Michael Kirby, ‘Domestic Implementation of International Human Rights Norms’ (1999) 5 Australian Journal of Human Rights 109
Michael Kirby, ‘Treaties in Australian Law: Role of International Standards in Australian Courts”, Speech at University of NSW, 10 May 1995
Michael Kirby, ‘The New World Order and Human Rights’ (1991) 18 Melbourne University Law Review 209
Anthony Mason, ‘The Influence of International and Transnational Law on Australian Municipal Law’ (1996) 7 Public Law Review 20
Penelope Mathew, ‘International Law and the Protection of Human Rights in Australia: Recent Trends’ (1995) 17 Sydney Law Review 177
Andrew Mitchell, ‘Genocide, Human Rights Implementation and the Relationship between International and Domestic Law: Nulyarimma v Thompson’ (2000) 24 Melbourne University Law Review 15
Shane S Monks, ‘In Defence of the Use of Public International Law by Australian Courts’ (2003) 22 Australian Yearbook of International Law 201
Brian Opeskin, “Australian Constitutional Law in a Global Era” in G.J. Lindell, Cheryl Saunders and Robert French (eds) Reflections on the Australian Constitution (2003)
Brian Opeskin, “Constitutional Modelling: The Domestic Effect of International Law in
Commonwealth Countries” [2000] Public Law 607 (Part I); [2001] Public Law 97 (Part
II).
John Perry, ‘At the Intersection – Australian and International Law’ (1997) 71 Australian Law Journal 841
Cheryl Saunders, ‘Articles of Faith or Lucky Breaks? The Constitutional Law of International Agreements in Australia’ (1995) 17 Sydney Law Review 150
Amelia Simpson and George Williams, ‘International Law and Constitutional Interpretation’ (2000) 11 Public Law Review 205
Kristen Walker, ‘International Law as a Tool of Constitutional Interpretation’ (2002) 28 Monash University Law Review 85
Christopher Ward, International Dispute Resolution: The Influence of International Jurisprudence on Domestic Law (PhD thesis, Australian National University, 2002)
George Williams, ‘Globalisation of the Constitution – the Impact of International Norms’ in G.J. Lindell, Cheryl Saunders and Robert French (eds) Reflections on the Australian Constitution (2003)
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REPORTS
International Law Association Committee on International Law in National Courts, “Report of the Australian Branch” (1994) 15 Australian Yearbook of International Law 231
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* This Resources page does not purport to be comprehensive. Please email Madelaine Chiam (madelaine.chiam@anu.edu.au) or Devika Hovell (d.hovell@unsw.edu.au) with suggested updates.
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