{"id":7935,"date":"2015-12-09T18:59:26","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T07:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/?p=7935"},"modified":"2015-12-09T18:59:26","modified_gmt":"2015-12-09T07:59:26","slug":"public-law-review-update-december-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/2015\/12\/09\/public-law-review-update-december-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Law Review update: December 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">*Please note that the links to the content in this Part will direct you to Westlaw AU.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The latest issue of the <em>Public Law Review<\/em> (Volume 26 Part 4) contains the following material:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westlaw.com.au\/maf\/wlau\/app\/document?docguid=Id7953b2a97be11e584c5a2b5af565fd9&amp;tocDs=AUNZ_AU_JOURNALS_TOC&amp;isTocNav=true&amp;startChunk=1&amp;endChunk=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COMMENTS<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Maori rights: Legal or political? <\/strong><em>\u00e2\u20ac\u201c Claire Charters <\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>End-of-life choice in New Zealand\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Parliament and courts <\/strong><em>\u00e2\u20ac\u201c Andrew Geddis <\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153What happens in the house, stays in the house\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/strong><em>\u00e2\u20ac\u201c Robert S Shiels <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westlaw.com.au\/maf\/wlau\/app\/document?docguid=Id7953b2297be11e584c5a2b5af565fd9&amp;tocDs=AUNZ_AU_JOURNALS_TOC&amp;isTocNav=true&amp;startChunk=1&amp;endChunk=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CASE NOTE<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>McCloy v New South Wales: Political donations, political communication and the place of proportionality analysis <\/strong><em>\u00e2\u20ac\u201c Anne Carter <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Article<\/h3>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westlaw.com.au\/maf\/wlau\/app\/document?docguid=Id7953b1297be11e584c5a2b5af565fd9&amp;tocDs=AUNZ_AU_JOURNALS_TOC&amp;isTocNav=true&amp;startChunk=1&amp;endChunk=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Constitutional dimensions of State executive power: An analysis of the power to contract and spend<\/a> <\/strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u201c <\/em>Selena Bateman<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This article examines the power of Australian State Executives to contract and spend in light of the High Court\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s decision in <em>Williams v Commonwealth<\/em>. After first examining the key cases, which have developed the executive contracting power of the States, the article looks closely at the Court\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s reasoning in <em>Williams <\/em>and argues, from a doctrinal perspective, that the decision has a significant impact on State executive power. The article then argues that the <em>Williams <\/em>decision, in regards to the Commonwealth executive power, better fulfils the principles of responsible and representative government in the Australian constitutional system and a case is made for applying a similar limitation on State government contracting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To purchase this article, complete the\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2010\/08\/Thomson-Reuters-Standard-Order-Form-V2.2-08-15.doc\">Individual Article Sale<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0order form and email it to\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:tlranz.journal.orders@thomsonreuters.com\">tlranz.journal.orders@thomsonreuters.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>TRIBUTE TO JUSTICE KENNETH HAYNE AC<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westlaw.com.au\/maf\/wlau\/app\/document?docguid=Id7953b1097be11e584c5a2b5af565fd9&amp;tocDs=AUNZ_AU_JOURNALS_TOC&amp;isTocNav=true&amp;startChunk=1&amp;endChunk=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Introductory note<\/a> <\/strong><em>\u00e2\u20ac\u201c Cheryl Saunders<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To purchase this article, complete the\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2010\/08\/Thomson-Reuters-Standard-Order-Form-V2.2-08-15.doc\">Individual Article Sale<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0order form and email it to\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:tlranz.journal.orders@thomsonreuters.com\">tlranz.journal.orders@thomsonreuters.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westlaw.com.au\/maf\/wlau\/app\/document?docguid=Id7953b2497be11e584c5a2b5af565fd9&amp;tocDs=AUNZ_AU_JOURNALS_TOC&amp;isTocNav=true&amp;startChunk=1&amp;endChunk=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justice Hayne\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s contribution to public law: An overview<\/a> <\/strong><em>\u00e2\u20ac\u201c Justice Geoffrey Nettle<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To speak of Justice Kenneth Hayne\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s contribution to public law is a large undertaking. While the other contributors to this symposium discuss a particular area of his Honour\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s work, this article attempts to sketch the broad spread of his Honour\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s contribution to the area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To purchase this article, complete the\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2010\/08\/Thomson-Reuters-Standard-Order-Form-V2.2-08-15.doc\">Individual Article Sale<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0order form and email it to\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:tlranz.journal.orders@thomsonreuters.com\">tlranz.journal.orders@thomsonreuters.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westlaw.com.au\/maf\/wlau\/app\/document?docguid=Id7953b1797be11e584c5a2b5af565fd9&amp;tocDs=AUNZ_AU_JOURNALS_TOC&amp;isTocNav=true&amp;startChunk=1&amp;endChunk=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justice Hayne and the constitutional underpinnings of enforcement of the limits on public power<\/a> <\/strong><em>\u00e2\u20ac\u201c Stephen Donaghue QC<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This article traces the growth of the concept of jurisdictional error and its entrenchment as a limit on Commonwealth and State power. The article also offers some musings about the role Justice Hayne has played in that process.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To purchase this article, complete the\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2010\/08\/Thomson-Reuters-Standard-Order-Form-V2.2-08-15.doc\">Individual Article Sale<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0order form and email it to\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:tlranz.journal.orders@thomsonreuters.com\">tlranz.journal.orders@thomsonreuters.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westlaw.com.au\/maf\/wlau\/app\/document?docguid=Id7953b1f97be11e584c5a2b5af565fd9&amp;tocDs=AUNZ_AU_JOURNALS_TOC&amp;isTocNav=true&amp;startChunk=1&amp;endChunk=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justice Hayne and the implied freedom of political communication<\/a> <\/strong><em>\u00e2\u20ac\u201c Kristen Walker QC<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This article focuses on one aspect of Justice Hayne\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s extensive contribution to public law: his Honour\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s contribution to the jurisprudence on the implied freedom of political communication.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To purchase this article, complete the\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2010\/08\/Thomson-Reuters-Standard-Order-Form-V2.2-08-15.doc\">Individual Article Sale<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0order form and email it to\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:tlranz.journal.orders@thomsonreuters.com\">tlranz.journal.orders@thomsonreuters.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westlaw.com.au\/maf\/wlau\/app\/document?docguid=Id7953b2197be11e584c5a2b5af565fd9&amp;tocDs=AUNZ_AU_JOURNALS_TOC&amp;isTocNav=true&amp;startChunk=1&amp;endChunk=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justice Hayne\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s dissenting judgments<\/a> <\/strong><em>\u00e2\u20ac\u201c Frances Gordon<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This article explores Justice Hayne\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s contribution to public law through an analysis of his Honour\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s dissenting judgments in that field, and suggests that a common thread in those judgments is a concern with unbounded power.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To purchase this article, complete the\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2010\/08\/Thomson-Reuters-Standard-Order-Form-V2.2-08-15.doc\">Individual Article Sale<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0order form and email it to\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:tlranz.journal.orders@thomsonreuters.com\">tlranz.journal.orders@thomsonreuters.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westlaw.com.au\/maf\/wlau\/app\/document?docguid=Id7953b1d97be11e584c5a2b5af565fd9&amp;tocDs=AUNZ_AU_JOURNALS_TOC&amp;isTocNav=true&amp;startChunk=1&amp;endChunk=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BOOK REVIEW<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Human Rights Acts: The Mechanisms Compared <\/strong><em>\u00e2\u20ac\u201c reviewed by Gabriella Raetz <\/em>and <em>Patrick Keyzer <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westlaw.com.au\/maf\/wlau\/app\/document?docguid=Id7953b1b97be11e584c5a2b5af565fd9&amp;tocDs=AUNZ_AU_JOURNALS_TOC&amp;isTocNav=true&amp;startChunk=1&amp;endChunk=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DEVELOPMENTS<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For the PDF\u00c2\u00a0version of the table of contents, click here: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/PLR-Vol-26-No-4-Contents_full.pdf\">PLR Vol 26 No 4 Contents<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1PxzWbv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to access this Part on Westlaw AU<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest Part of the Public Law Review features a tribute to the work of Justice Kenneth Hayne AC, with selections from a symposium which originated in a session of the 2015 Constitutional Law Conference: &#8220;Introductory note \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Professor Cheryl Saunders; &#8220;Justice Hayne\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s contribution to public law: An overview&#8221; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Justice Geoffrey Nettle; &#8220;Justice Hayne and the constitutional underpinnings of enforcement of the limits on public power&#8221; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Stephen Donaghue QC; &#8220;Justice Hayne and the implied freedom of political communication: \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Kristen Walker QC; and &#8220;Justice Hayne&#8217;s dissenting judgments&#8221; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Frances Gordon. This Part also includes the following content: Comments: &#8220;Maori rights: Legal or political?&#8221; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Claire Charters; &#8220;End-of-life choice in New Zealand\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Parliament and courts&#8221; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Andrew Geddis; \u00e2\u20ac\u0153What happens in the house, stays in the house\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Robert S Shiels; Case note: &#8220;McCloy v New South Wales: Political donations, political communication and the place of proportionality analysis&#8221; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Anne Carter; Article: &#8220;Constitutional dimensions of State executive power: An analysis of the power to contract and spend&#8221; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Selena Bateman; Book Review: &#8220;Human Rights Acts: The Mechanisms Compared&#8221; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c reviewed by Gabriella Raetz and Patrick Keyzer; and Developments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,39],"tags":[1006,6931,48,6288,6932,1345,668,6933,6934,6935,6936,6937,6938,6939,6940,6941,6942,6943,6944,6945,6946,79,4726,6,6947,6948,6949,6950,6951,6952,6953,6954,6955,6956],"class_list":["post-7935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public-law-review","category-update-summaries","tag-andrew-geddis","tag-anne-carter","tag-book-review","tag-cheryl-saunders","tag-claire-charters","tag-comments","tag-developments","tag-dissenting-judgments","tag-end-of-life-rights","tag-frances-gordon","tag-gabriella-raetz","tag-hayne-j","tag-human-rights-acts","tag-implied-freedom-of-political-communication","tag-justice-geoffrey-nettle","tag-justice-hayne","tag-justice-kenneth-hayne-ac","tag-kristen-walker-qc","tag-limits-on-public-power","tag-maori-rights","tag-mccloy-v-new-south-wales-2015-89-aljr-857","tag-new-zealand","tag-patrick-keyzer","tag-plr","tag-political-donations","tag-power-to-contract-and-spend","tag-proportionality-analysis","tag-public-law","tag-robert-s-shiels","tag-selena-bateman","tag-state-executive-power","tag-stephen-donaghue-qc","tag-tribute-to-justice-kenneth-hayne-ac","tag-williams-v-commonwealth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7935\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}