The Administrative Review Tribunal: executive power or quasi-judicial overreach?
The ART’s court-like features raise constitutional questions. This competition-winning essay discusses why it remains an executive body, not a court.
The latest from the High Court: August 2016
Reporting and analysis of the latest key judgments from the High Court of Australia. By ANDREW YUILE.
The latest from the High Court: July 2016
Reporting and analysis of the latest key judgments from the High Court of Australia. By ANDREW YUILE.
High Court gives tick to asylum seeker processing and detention in Nauru
The Commonwealth has been substantially involved in establishing and running the immigration detention centre in Nauru. By ANDREW YUILE.
The latest from the High Court: March 2016
Reporting and analysis of the latest key judgments from the High Court of Australia. By ANDREW YUILE.
Developers, election funding and the implied freedom of political communication: the HCA weighs in
In the future, the High Court may seek to unify the various approaches to proportionality across a range of constitutional law areas such as interstate…
The latest from the High Court: November 2015
Reporting and analysis of the latest key judgments from the High Court of Australia. By THOMAS HURLEY.
Proportionality and purposive constitutional powers
The principle of proportionality operates as a constraint on a purposive head of constitutional power. By STEPHEN TULLY.
The latest from the High Court: June 2015
Reporting and analysis of the latest key judgments from the High Court of Australia. By THOMAS HURLEY.
The latest from the High Court: April 2015
Reporting and analysis of the latest key judgments from the High Court of Australia. By THOMAS HURLEY.
The latest from the Federal Court: March 2015
Reporting and analysis of the most notable decisions in the Federal Court. By THOMAS HURLEY.