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Fighting Words: A Review of Sedition Laws in Australia    

Legislation Cited

Cases and Articles Cited

Case Name	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction	Date †	Full Text		Citation Index
Promise of Law Reform	[2006] Ch 11	Court of Chancery	United Kingdom	circa 2006	LexisNexis / Westlaw		1
[2006] Public Law 180	[2006] Public Law 180	Public Law	United Kingdom	circa 2006	Westlaw		1
Promise of Law Reform	[2006] Ch 10	Court of Chancery	United Kingdom	circa 2006	LexisNexis / Westlaw		1
Lodhi v R	[2006] NSWCCA 121	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Criminal Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	circa 2006	AustLII		57
Islamic Council of Victoria v Catch the Fire Ministries Inc	[2005] EOC 93		Australia	circa 2005			2
"Speaking of Terror: Criminalising Incitement to Violence"	(2005) 28 University of New South Wales Law Journal 868	University of New South Wales Law Journal	Australia	circa 2005	AustLII		5
"Method and Objectivity in Free Speech Adjudication: Lessons from America"	(2005) 54 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 49	International and Comparative Law Quarterly	United Kingdom	circa 2005	HeinOnline / Westlaw		1
[2005] Ch 15	[2005] Ch 15	Court of Chancery	United Kingdom	circa 2005	LexisNexis / Westlaw		1
"Inciting Hatred or Merely Engaging in Religious Debate: The Need for Religious Vilification Laws"	(2005) 30 Alternative Law Journal 121	Alternative Law Journal	Australia	circa 2005	HeinOnline / Informit		1
"Ambiguity of Sedition: The Trials of William Fardon Burns, The"	(2005) 9 Australian Journal of Legal History 227	Australian Journal of Legal History	Australia	circa 2005	HeinOnline		6
"Threats to Freedom of Speech in the United Kingdom?"	(2005) 28 University of New South Wales Law Journal 895	University of New South Wales Law Journal	Australia	circa 2005	AustLII		2
"Terrorist Speech and the Future of Free Expression"	(2005) 27 Cardozo Law Review 233	Cardozo Law Review	United States	circa 2005	HeinOnline / LexisNexis		1
Coleman v Power	[2004] HCA 39; (2004) 220 CLR 1; (2004) 209 ALR 182; (2004) 78 ALJR 1166	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	1 Sep 2004	AustLII		533
Bropho v Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission	[2004] FCAFC 16; (2004) 135 FCR 105; (2004) 204 ALR 761; (2004) 77 ALD 331; [2004] EOC 93-313	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	6 Feb 2004	AustLII		167
"Legislating Rights: Basic Law Article 23, National Security And Human Rights In Hong Kong"	(2004) 17 Columbia Journal of Asian Law 307	Columbia Journal of Asian Law	United States	circa 2004	HeinOnline / LexisNexis		1
"So Far So Good?: A Critical Evaluation of Racial Vilification Laws in Australia"	(2004) 32 Federal Law Review 226	Federal Law Review	Australia	circa 2004	HeinOnline / Informit		1
Purvis v New South Wales	[2003] HCA 62; (2003) 217 CLR 92; (2003) 202 ALR 133; (2003) 78 ALJR 1; (2003) 77 ALD 570; [2004] EOC 93-305	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	11 Nov 2003	AustLII		704
Nemer v Holloway	[2003] SASC 372; (2003) 87 SASR 147; 143 A Crim R 29	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	7 Nov 2003	AustLII		19
Toben v Jones	[2003] FCAFC 137; (2003) 129 FCR 515; (2003) 199 ALR 1; (2003) 74 ALD 321; [2003] EOC 93-284	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	27 Jun 2003	AustLII		84
Plaintiff S157/2002 v Commonwealth	[2003] HCA 2; (2003) 211 CLR 476; (2003) 195 ALR 24; (2003) 77 ALJR 454; (2003) 24 Leg Rep 2	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	4 Feb 2003	AustLII		4571
"Law, War and Liberty: The World War II Subversion Prosecutions"	(2003) 27 Melbourne University Law Review 65	Melbourne University Law Review	Australia	circa 2003	AustLII		3
"International Human Rights on Trial - The United Kingdom's and Australia's Legal Response to 9/11"	(2003) 25 Sydney Law Review 275	Sydney Law Review	Australia	circa 2003	AustLII		7
"Saving Australia from Sedition: Customs, the Attorney-General's Department and the Administration of Peacetime Political Censorship"	(2002) 30 Federal Law Review 135	Federal Law Review	Australia	circa 2002	AustLII		3
"Engaging the public: community participation in the genetic information inquiry"	(2002) 80 Reform 53	Reform	Australia	circa 2002	AustLII		9
Percy v DPP	[2001] EWHC Admin 1125; [2002] Crim LR 835	High Court of England and Wales	United Kingdom - England and Wales	21 Dec 2001	BAILII		10
"Conditioning The President'S Conditional Pardon Power"	(2001) 89 California Law Review 1665	California Law Review	United States	circa 2001	HeinOnline / LexisNexis		1
"Recognising Universal Rights in Australia"	(2001) 24 University of New South Wales Law Journal 771	University of New South Wales Law Journal	Australia	circa 2001	AustLII		2
"Keeping the Revolution at Bay: The Unlawful Associations Provisions of the Commonwealth Crimes Act"	(2001) 22 Adelaide Law Review 259	Adelaide Law Review	Australia	circa 2001	AustLII		8
United States v Rahman	189 F3d 88	United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit	United States	16 Aug 1999	WorldLII		31
"Hate Speech, Holocaust Denial and International Human Rights Law"	(1999) 6 European Human Rights Law Review 593	European Human Rights Law Review	United Kingdom	circa 1999	Westlaw		2
R v Rae	(1998) 45 NSWLR 546; 104 A Crim R 348		Australia - New South Wales	circa 1998	LexisNexis AU		9
"Terroristic Religious Speech: Giving the Devil the Benefit of the First Amendment Free Exercise and Free Speech Clauses"	(1998) 28 Seton Hall Law Review 1230	Seton Hall Law Review	United States	circa 1998	HeinOnline / LexisNexis		1
Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation	[1997] HCA 25; (1997) 189 CLR 520; (1997) 8 FLR 216; (1997) 145 ALR 96; (1997) 71 ALJR 818; [1997] Aust Torts Reports 81-434; 2 BHRC 513; (1997) 2 CHRLD 231; (1997) 10 Leg Rep 2	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	8 Jul 1997	AustLII		1221
"The Farmbelt Fuehrer: Consequences of Transnational Communication of Political and Racist Speech"	(1997) 76 Nebraska Law Review 653	Nebraska Law Review	United States	circa 1997	HeinOnline / LexisNexis		1
Langer v Commonwealth (Political Speech case)	[1996] HCA 43; (1996) 186 CLR 302; (1996) 134 ALR 400; 70 ALJR 176; [1996] 2 Leg Rep 13	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	20 Feb 1996	AustLII		123
Victoria v Commonwealth	(1996) 187 CLR 416		Australia - Commonwealth	circa 1996	Legal Online / Westlaw		411
Vogt v Germany	[1995] ECHR 29; (1996) 21 EHRR 205	European Court of Human Rights	Europe	26 Sep 1995	BAILII		28
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		667
Stephens v West Australian Newspapers Ltd	[1994] HCA 45; (1994) 182 CLR 211; 124 ALR 80; 68 ALJR 765; [1994] Aust Torts Reports 81-298	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	12 Oct 1994	AustLII		330
Jersild v Denmark	[1994] ECHR 33; (1995) 19 EHRR 1	European Court of Human Rights	Europe	23 Sep 1994	BAILII		48
Horta v Commonwealth	[1994] HCA 32; (1994) 181 CLR 183; 123 ALR 1; 68 ALJR 620	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	18 Aug 1994	AustLII		131
Vereinigung Democratischer Soldaten Osterreichs and Gubi v Austria	(1994) 20 EHRR 56	European Court of Human Rights	Europe	circa 1994			5
"Dissent, Disloyalty and Disaffection: Australia's Last Cold War Sedition Case"	(1994) 16 Adelaide Law Review 1	Adelaide Law Review	Australia	circa 1994	AustLII		7
[1994] Supreme Court Review 209	[1994] Supreme Court Review 209	Supreme Court Review	United States	circa 1994			1
Black v R	[1993] HCA 71; (1993) 179 CLR 44; (1993) 118 ALR 209; 68 ALJR 91; 69 A Crim R 248	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	22 Dec 1993	AustLII		234
Cheatle v R	[1993] HCA 44; (1993) 177 CLR 541; (1993) 116 ALR 1; 66 A Crim R 484; 67 ALJR 760	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	26 Aug 1993	AustLII		222
Piermont v France	(1993) 15 EHRR 76	European Court of Human Rights	Europe	circa 1993			1
Dietrich v R	[1992] HCA 57; (1992) 177 CLR 292; (1992) 109 ALR 385; (1992) 67 ALJR 1; 64 A Crim R 176	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	13 Nov 1992	AustLII		1606
Open Door Counselling and Dublin Well Woman v Ireland	[1992] ECHR 68; (1993) 15 EHRR 244	European Court of Human Rights	Europe	29 Oct 1992	BAILII		22
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
Chew v R	[1992] HCA 18; (1992) 173 CLR 626; (1992) 107 ALR 171; (1992) 10 ACLC 816; 7 ACSR 481; 66 ALJR 383; 60 A Crim R 82	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	3 Jun 1992	AustLII		173
Chu Kheng Lim v Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs	[1992] HCA 64; (1992) 176 CLR 1; (1993) 110 ALR 97; 67 ALJR 125	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	circa 1992	AustLII		1060
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
"Use and Abuse of Sedition, The"	(1992) 14 Sydney Law Review 287	Sydney Law Review	Australia	circa 1992	AustLII		12
Mabo v Queensland (No 2)	[1992] EOC 92-443; (1992) 66 ALJR 408; (1992) 107 ALR 1; (1992) 175 CLR 1; [1992] HCA 23	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	circa 1992	AustLII		2268
R v Ancuta	[1991] 2 Qd R 413; (1990) 49 A Crim R 307		Australia - Queensland	circa 1991	LexisNexis AU		19
"Seditious Libel v Incitement to Mutiny: Britain Teaches Hand and Holmes a Lesson"	(1990) 10 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 106	Oxford Journal of Legal Studies	United Kingdom	circa 1990	HeinOnline / LexisNexis		1
"From Seditious Libel to Unlawful Assembly: Peterloo and the Changing Face of Political Crime c1770-1820"	(1990) 10 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 307	Oxford Journal of Legal Studies	United Kingdom	circa 1990	HeinOnline / LexisNexis		1
R v Chief Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate; Ex parte Choudhury (Satanic Verses case)	[1991] 1 QB 429; [1991] 1 All ER 306; [1990] 3 WLR 986		United Kingdom	circa 1990	LexisNexis / Westlaw		16
Union Steamship Co of Australia Pty Ltd v King	[1988] HCA 55; (1988) 166 CLR 1; (1988) 82 ALR 43; (1988) 62 ALJR 645	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	26 Oct 1988	AustLII		314
Lingens v Austria	[1986] ECHR 7; (1986) 8 EHRR 407	European Court of Human Rights	Europe	8 Jul 1986	BAILII		63
Giorgianni v R	[1985] HCA 29; (1985) 156 CLR 473; (1985) 58 ALR 641; (1985) 59 ALJR 461; (1985) 16 A Crim R 163; (1985) 2 MVR 97; (1985) 4 IPR 97	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	18 Apr 1985	AustLII		646
"The Development of the Law of Seditious Libel and the Control of the Press"	(1985) 37 Stanford Law Review 661	Stanford Law Review	United States	circa 1985	HeinOnline / LexisNexis		3
Alister v R	[1984] HCA 85; (1984) 154 CLR 404; (1983) 50 ALR 41; (1984) 58 ALJR 97	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	13 Feb 1984	AustLII		772
Viskauskas v Niland	[1983] HCA 15; (1982) 153 CLR 280; (1983) 47 ALR 32; (1983) 57 ALJR 414	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	18 May 1983	AustLII		88
Arrowsmith v United Kingdom	(1981) 3 EHRR 218	European Court of Human Rights	Europe	circa 1981			24
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights	[1980] ATS 23		Australia	circa 1980	AustLII		69
Sunday Times v United Kingdom	[1979] ECHR 1; (1979-80) 2 EHRR 245; (1979) 58 ILR 491	European Court of Human Rights	Europe	26 Apr 1979	BAILII		339
"Sedition–is the star chamber dead?"	(1979) 3 Criminal Law Journal 89	Criminal Law Journal	Australia	circa 1979	Legal Online		5
"Sedition Through the Ages: A Note on Legal Terminology"	(1979) 37 University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review 266	University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review	Canada	circa 1979	HeinOnline / LexisNexis		2
Malone v Metropolitan Police Commissioner	[1979] Ch 344; [1979] 2 All ER 620; [1979] 2 WLR 700	Court of Chancery	United Kingdom	circa 1979	LexisNexis / Westlaw		134
Ireland v United Kingdom	[1978] ECHR 1; (1978) 2 EHRR 25	European Court of Human Rights	Europe	18 Jan 1978	BAILII		171
"Liberal Law in a Repressive Age: Communism and the Law 1920-1950"	(1976-1977) 3 Monash University Law Review 101	Monash University Law Review	Australia	circa 1977	AustLII		2
"Law Reform and the Law of Treason and Sedition"	[1977] Public Law 128	Public Law	United Kingdom	circa 1977	Westlaw		1
Handyside v United Kingdom	[1976] ECHR 5; (1976) 1 EHRR 737; 58 ILR 150	European Court of Human Rights	Europe	7 Dec 1976	BAILII		166
Attorney-General ’ s Reference (No 1 of 1975)	[1975] EWCA Crim 1; [1975] QB 773; [1975] 2 All ER 684; [1975] RTR 473; [1975] 3 WLR 11; 61 Cr App R 118; 139 JP 569	England and Wales Court of Appeal - Criminal Division	United Kingdom - England and Wales	25 Apr 1975	BAILII		59
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination	[1975] ATS 40		Australia	circa 1975	AustLII		15
Cohen v California	403 US 15; 29 L Ed 2d 284; 91 SCt 1780	United States Supreme Court	United States	7 Jun 1971	WorldLII		293
Brandenburg v Ohio	395 US 444; 89 SCt 1827; 23 L Ed 2; 23 L Ed 2d 430	United States Supreme Court	United States	9 Jun 1969	WorldLII		288
W E B DuBois Clubs of America v Clark	389 US 309; 19 L Ed 2d 546; 88 SCt 450	United States Supreme Court	United States	22 Jan 1968	WorldLII		29
Keyishian v Board of Regents	385 US 589; 17 L Ed 2d 629; 87 SCt 675	United States Supreme Court	United States	23 Jan 1967	WorldLII		374
Australian Consolidated Press Ltd v Uren	[1966] HCA 37; (1966) 117 CLR 185; [1967] ALR 54; 40 ALJR 142	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	circa 1966	AustLII		115
Cooper v R	[1961] HCA 16; (1961) 105 CLR 177; [1961] ALR 725; 35 ALJR 32	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	13 Apr 1961	AustLII		27
R v Bainbridge	[1960] 1 QB 129		United Kingdom	circa 1960	LexisNexis / Westlaw		34
"Historical Concept of Treason: English and American"	(1960) 35 Indiana Law Journal 70	Indiana Law Journal	United States	circa 1960	HeinOnline / LexisNexis		1
Yates v United States	354 US 298; 1 L Ed 2d 1356; 77 SCt 1064; 1 L Ed 1356	United States Supreme Court	United States	17 Jun 1957	WorldLII		346
Australian Communist Party v Commonwealth	[1951] HCA 5; (1951) 83 CLR 1; [1951] ALR 129	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	9 Mar 1951	AustLII		659
Boucher v R	[1951] 2 DLR 369			circa 1951			10
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms	(1950) 213 UNTS 222		International	circa 1950			140
R v Sharkey	[1949] HCA 46; (1949) 79 CLR 121; [1949] ALR 828	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	7 Oct 1949	AustLII		99
Burns v Ransley	[1949] HCA 45; (1949) 79 CLR 101; [1949] ALR 817	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	7 Oct 1949	AustLII		62
Joyce v DPP	[1946] AC 347; [1946] 1 All ER 186		United Kingdom	circa 1946	LexisNexis / Westlaw		99
Polites v Commonwealth	[1945] HCA 3; (1945) 70 CLR 60; [1945] ALR 113; 12 ILR 208	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	10 Apr 1945	AustLII		208
Charter of the United Nations, as amended	[1945] ATS 1		Australia	circa 1945	AustLII		6
Report) Schneiderman v US (1942)	(1942) 320 US 156	United States Supreme Court	United States	circa 1942	Westlaw		2
James v The Commonwealth	[1936] HCA 32; (1936) 55 CLR 1; [1936] ALR 333	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	circa 1936	AustLII		84
R v Hush; Ex parte Devanny	[1932] HCA 64; (1932) 48 CLR 487	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	8 Dec 1932	AustLII		114
Pankhurst v Kiernan	[1917] HCA 63; (1917) 24 CLR 120; 24 ALR 154	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	20 Nov 1917	AustLII		12
R v Kidman	[1915] HCA 58; (1915) 20 CLR 425; 21 ALR 405	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	16 Sep 1915	AustLII		162
R v Aldred	(1909) 22 Cox CC 1		United Kingdom	circa 1909			11
Clough v Leahy	[1904] HCA 38; (1904) 2 CLR 139; 11 ALR 32	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	5 Dec 1904	AustLII		140
R v Burns	(1886) 16 Cox CC 355		United Kingdom	circa 1886			9
R v Most	[1881] UKLawRpKQB 102; (1881) 7 QBD 244		United Kingdom	18 Jun 1881	CommonLII		18
R v Sullivan	(1868) 11 Cox CC 44		United Kingdom	circa 1868			12
Daniel O'Connell, John O'Connell, Thomas Matthew Ray, Thomas Steele, Charles Gavan Duffy, John Gray, and Richard Barrett,-Plaintiffs in Error; Her Majesty R,-Defendant in Error	[1844] EngR 880; 11 Cl & F 155; 8 ER 1061; (1844) 8 ILR 261	House of Lords	United Kingdom	circa 1844	CommonLII		55
Case De Libellis Famosis, or of Scandalous Libels	[1572] EngR 388; 5 Co Rep 125; 77 ER 250	King's Bench	United Kingdom	circa 1572	CommonLII		19
United States v Rahman	854 FSupp 254		United States		Westlaw		2
Dennis v United States	341 US 494	United States Supreme Court	United States		Westlaw		424
United States v Khan	309 FSupp 2d 789		United States		Westlaw		2
102 NSWLRC 112	102 NSWLRC 112	New South Wales Law Reform Commission	Australia - New South Wales		AustLII		29
"Human Rights Implications Of National Security Laws In India: Combating Terrorism While Preserving Civil Liberties"	33 Denver Journal of International Law and Policy 195	Denver Journal of International Law and Policy	United States		HeinOnline / LexisNexis		4
30 Ch 7	30 Ch 7	Court of Chancery	United Kingdom		LexisNexis / Westlaw		1
18 USC 2382	18 USC 2382	United States Code	United States		LII (Cornell)		2
18 USC 2339a	18 USC 2339A	United States Code	United States		LII (Cornell)		1