"A Turtle by Any Other Name: The Legal Basis of the Australian Constitution"

(2001) 29 (2) Federal Law Review 241

Dillon, Anthony

Federal Law Review

Australia

Legislation Cited

Legislation Name	Provision
Australia Act 1986 (Cth)	s15
Royal Style and Titles Act 1973 (Cth)

Cases and Articles Cited

Case Name	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction	Date	Full Text	Citation Index †
Australian Capital Television Pty Ltd v Commonwealth	[1992] HCA 45; (1992) 177 CLR 106; 108 ALR 577; (1992) 66 ALJR 695	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	circa 1992	AustLII	1156
Kable v DPP (NSW)	[1996] HCA 24; (1996) 189 CLR 51; 138 ALR 577; (1996) 14 Leg Rep C1; (1996) 70 ALJR 814; [1996] 3 CHRLD 435	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	12 Sep 1996	AustLII	1051
Nationwide News Pty Ltd v Wills	[1992] HCA 46; (1992) 177 CLR 1; (1992) 108 ALR 681; (1992) 66 ALJR 658; (1992) 44 IR 282	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	30 Sep 1992	AustLII	933
Amalgamated Society of Engineers v Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd	[1920] HCA 54; (1920) 28 CLR 129; 30 FLC 91-101; 26 ALR 337	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	31 Aug 1920	AustLII	820
Ridgeway v R	[1995] HCA 66; (1995) 184 CLR 19; (1995) 129 ALR 41; (1995) 69 ALJR 484; (1995) 78 A Crim R 307; (1995) 8 Leg Rep C1	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	circa 1995	AustLII	734
Kruger v Commonwealth	[1997] HCA 27; (1997) 190 CLR 1; (1997) 146 ALR 126; (1997) 71 ALJR 991; (1997) 13 Leg Rep 2	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	31 Jul 1997	AustLII	688
Theophanous v Herald & Weekly Times Ltd	[1994] HCA 46; (1994) 182 CLR 104; (1994) 124 ALR 1; (1994) 68 ALJR 713; [1994] Aust Torts Reports 81-297; 34 ALD 1	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	12 Oct 1994	AustLII	669
Polyukhovich v Commonwealth	[1991] HCA 32; (1991) 172 CLR 501; (1991) 101 ALR 545; 65 ALJR 521; 91 ILR 1	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	14 Aug 1991	AustLII	483
Leeth v Commonwealth	[1992] HCA 29; (1992) 174 CLR 455; 107 ALR 672; (1992) 66 ALJR 529; 61 A Crim R 85	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	circa 1992	AustLII	385
McGinty v Western Australia	[1996] HCA 48; (1996) 186 CLR 140; (1996) 134 ALR 289; (1996) 70 ALJR 200; [1996] 2 Leg Rep 2	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	28 Mar 1996	AustLII	335
Sue v Hill	[1999] HCA 30; (1999) 199 CLR 462; 163 ALR 648; (1999) 73 ALJR 1016; (1999) 11 Leg Rep 2	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	23 Jun 1999	AustLII	305
Breavington v Godleman	[1988] HCA 40; (1988) 169 CLR 41; (1988) 80 ALR 362; (1988) 62 ALJR 447; (1988) 7 MVR 289; [1988] Aust Torts Reports 80-194	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	18 Aug 1988	AustLII	280
Commonwealth v Mewett	(1997) 191 CLR 471		Australia - Commonwealth	circa 1997	Legal Online / Westlaw	228
Durham Holdings Pty Ltd v New South Wales	[2001] HCA 7; (2001) 205 CLR 399; (2001) 177 ALR 436; (2001) 75 ALJR 501; (2001) 120 LGERA 120; (2001) 3 Leg Rep 2	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	circa 2001	AustLII	119
Helljay Investments Pty Ltd v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation of the Commonwealth of Australia	[1999] HCA 56; (1999) 166 ALR 302; (1999) 74 ALJR 68; (1999) 32 ACSR 625; (1999) 18 Leg Rep 11	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	7 Oct 1999	AustLII	95
China Ocean Shipping Co v South Australia	[1979] HCA 57; (1979) 145 CLR 172; 27 ALR 1; (1979) 54 ALJR 57	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	22 Nov 1979	AustLII	85
Attorney-General (NSW) v Trethowan	[1931] HCA 3; (1931) 44 CLR 394; 37 ALR 101	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	circa 1931	AustLII	82
Kirmani v Captain Cook Cruises Pty Ltd (No 1)	[1985] HCA 8; (1985) 159 CLR 351; (1985) 58 ALR 29; (1985) 59 ALJR 265	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	circa 1985	AustLII	77
British Coal Corporation v R	[1935] AC 500; [1935] All ER 139		United Kingdom	circa 1935	LexisNexis / Westlaw	70
Madzimbamuto v Lardner-Burke	[1968] UKPC 2; [1969] 1 AC 645; [1968] 3 All ER 561; (1968) 3 WLR 1229	Privy Council	United Kingdom	22 Jan 1968	BAILII	64
"Constitutional Interpretation and Original Intent: A Form of Ancestor Worship"	(2000) 24 Melbourne University Law Review 1	Melbourne University Law Review	Australia	circa 2000	AustLII	55
Joosse v Australian Securities and Investment Commission	[1998] HCA 77; (1998) 159 ALR 260; (1998) 73 ALJR 232	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	21 Dec 1998	AustLII	44
Bistricic v Rokov	[1976] HCA 54; (1976) 135 CLR 552; 11 ALR 129; (1976) 51 ALJR 163	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	21 Oct 1976	AustLII	34
Re Resolution to Amend the Constitution	[1981] 1 SCR 753			circa 1981		31
Southern Centre of Theosophy Inc v South Australia	[1979] HCA 59; (1979) 145 CLR 246; (1979) 27 ALR 59; 54 ALJR 43; 42 ALT 147	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	22 Nov 1979	AustLII	29
"Constitutional Interpretation and a Theory of Evolutionary Originalism"	(1999) 27 Federal Law Review 323	Federal Law Review	Australia	circa 1999	HeinOnline / Informit	24
"Popular Sovereignty and Constitutional Continuity"	(1998) 26 Federal Law Review 1	Federal Law Review	Australia	circa 1998	AustLII	24
"Why is Australia's Constitution Binding? - The Reason in 1900 and Now, and the Effect of Independence"	(1986) 16 Federal Law Review 29	Federal Law Review	Australia	circa 1986	AustLII	23
"The British Grundnorm: Parliamentary Supremacy Re-examined"	(1976) 92 Law Quarterly Review 591	Law Quarterly Review	United Kingdom	circa 1976	Westlaw	23
"The Clamour of Silent Constitutional Principles"	(1996) 24 Federal Law Review 133	Federal Law Review	Australia	circa 1996	AustLII	19
"Basis of Legal Sovereignty, The"	[1955] Cambridge Law Journal 172	Cambridge Law Journal	United Kingdom	circa 1955		16
"s Common Law Constitution Revisited"	(2001) 29 Federal Law Review 57	Federal Law Review	Australia	circa 2001	AustLII	15
"The Federal Constitutional Right to Vote in Australia"	(2000) 28 Federal Law Review 125	Federal Law Review	Australia	circa 2000	AustLII	14
Egan v Willis	(1996) 40 NSWLR 650		Australia - New South Wales	circa 1996	LexisNexis AU	11
Madzimbamuto v Lardner-Burke	1968 2 SA 284		South Africa	circa 1968	LexisNexis	11
"An Australian Republic: is a referendum enough?"	(1996) 7 Public Law Review 143	Public Law Review	Australia	circa 1996	Legal Online	10
"The denizens of democracy: the High Court and the free speech cases"	(1994) 5 Public Law Review 160	Public Law Review	Australia	circa 1994	Legal Online	10
Manuel v Attorney-General	[1983] Ch 77; [1982] 3 All ER 822	Court of Chancery	United Kingdom	circa 1983	LexisNexis / Westlaw	10
Ndlwana v Hofmeyr	[1937] AD 229			circa 1937		10
"Sovereignty – Revolution or Evolution?"	(1996) 112 Law Quarterly Review 568	Law Quarterly Review	United Kingdom	circa 1996	Westlaw	9
"False Hopes: Implied Rights and Popular Sovereignty in the Australian Constitution"	(1994) 16 Sydney Law Review 213	Sydney Law Review	Australia	circa 1994	AustLII	9
State v Dosso	[1958] 2 PSCR 180		Pakistan	circa 1958		9
"Expansion or Contraction - Some Reflections about the Recent Judicial Developments on Representative Democracy"	(1998) 20 Adelaide Law Review 111	Adelaide Law Review	Australia	circa 1998	AustLII	8
"Recent Suggestions of an Implied "Bill of Rights" in the Constitution : Considered as Part of a General Trend in Constitutional Interpretation"	(1993) 21 Federal Law Review 254	Federal Law Review	Australia	circa 1993	HeinOnline / Informit	7
"The legal traditions of Australia as contrasted with those of the United States"	(1981) 55 Australian Law Journal 63	Australian Law Journal	Australia	circa 1981	Legal Online	7
"Altering the Constitution : Some Aspects of Section 128"	(1983) 13 Federal Law Review 323	Federal Law Review	Australia	circa 1983	HeinOnline / Informit	6
Harris v Donges	[1952] 1 TLR 1245		United Kingdom	circa 1952	LexisNexis	6
"Sovereignty of the People - The New Constitutional Grundnorm?"	(1998) 26 Federal Law Review 165	Federal Law Review	Australia	circa 1998	AustLII	5
"Kelsen, the Constitution and the Treaty"	(1992) 15 New Zealand Universities Law Review 163	New Zealand Universities Law Review	New Zealand	circa 1992	Westlaw	5
"Foundations of the Constitution"	(1989) 4 Canterbury Law Review 58	Canterbury Law Review	New Zealand	circa 1989	NZLII	4
"A Public Choice? Federalism and the Prospects of a Republican Preamble"	(1998-1999) 20 University of Queensland Law Journal 262	University of Queensland Law Journal	Australia	circa 1999	AustLII	3
"Re-enacting the Constitution in an Australian Act"	(1989) 18 Federal Law Review 134	Federal Law Review	Australia	circa 1989	HeinOnline / Informit	3
"Section 15 of the Australia Acts: Constitutional Change by the Back Door"	(1989) 5 Queensland University of Technology Law Journal 55	Queensland University of Technology Law Journal	Australia - Queensland	circa 1989	AustLII	2
"Bicentenary of Australian Constitutionalism: The Evolution of Rules of Constitutional Change, The"	(1988-1989) 15 University of Queensland Law Journal 3	University of Queensland Law Journal	Australia	circa 1989	AustLII	2
"The Australian Constitution : statute, fundamental document or compact?"	[1985] Law Institute Journal 1199	Law Institute Journal	Australia - Victoria	circa 1985		2
"Canada, Quebec, and Constitutional Amendment"	(1999) 49 University of Toronto Law Journal 519	University of Toronto Law Journal	Canada	circa 1999	HeinOnline / LexisNexis	1
"Judicial Supremacy And The Law Of The Constitution"	(1999) 47 UCLA Law Review 491	UCLA Law Review	United States	circa 1999	HeinOnline / LexisNexis	1
"Introduction"	(1995-1996) 20 Melbourne University Law Review 949	Melbourne University Law Review	Australia	circa 1996	AustLII	1
[1983] 1 Ch 95	[1983] 1 Ch 95	Court of Chancery	United Kingdom	circa 1983	LexisNexis / Westlaw	1
"Reflections on Continuity and Change in Law Reform"	(1972) 12 University of Toronto Law Journal 129	University of Toronto Law Journal	Canada	circa 1972	HeinOnline / LexisNexis	1

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