TY - BOOK
T1 - Protecting rights without a bill of rights
T2 - Institutional performance and reform in Australia
AU - Campbell, Tom
AU - Goldsworthy, Jeffrey
AU - Stone, Adrienne
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Tom Campbell, Jeffrey Goldsworthy and Adrienne Stone 2006.
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - Australia is now the only major Anglophone country that has not adopted a Bill of Rights. Since 1982 Canada, New Zealand and the UK have all adopted either constitutional or statutory bills of rights. Australia, however, continues to rely on common law, statutes dealing with specific issues such as racial and sexual discrimination, a generally tolerant society and a vibrant democracy. This book focuses on the protection of human rights in Australia and includes international perspectives for the purpose of comparison and it provides an examination of how well Australian institutions, governments, legislatures, courts and tribunals have performed in protecting human rights in the absence of a Bill of Rights.
AB - Australia is now the only major Anglophone country that has not adopted a Bill of Rights. Since 1982 Canada, New Zealand and the UK have all adopted either constitutional or statutory bills of rights. Australia, however, continues to rely on common law, statutes dealing with specific issues such as racial and sexual discrimination, a generally tolerant society and a vibrant democracy. This book focuses on the protection of human rights in Australia and includes international perspectives for the purpose of comparison and it provides an examination of how well Australian institutions, governments, legislatures, courts and tribunals have performed in protecting human rights in the absence of a Bill of Rights.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85082288821&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4324/9781351151245
DO - 10.4324/9781351151245
M3 - Book
SN - 9780815391203
BT - Protecting rights without a bill of rights
PB - Taylor and Francis
ER -