The Common Law Principle of Legality

Re Bolton; Ex parte Beane (1987) 162 CLR 514, 523 ( Brennan J )(‘Re Bolton’).

See Sir Sales Philip , ‘A Comparison of the Principle of Legality and Section 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998’ (2009) 125 Law Quarterly Review 598.

(1908) 7 CLR 277, 304 (footnotes omitted).

Ibid 305.

Geiringer Claudia , ‘The Principle of Legality and the Bill of Rights Act: A Critical Examination of R v Hansen’ (2008) 6(1) New Zealand Journal of Public and International Law 59, 88.

See Gleeson Murray , ‘The Meaning of Legislation: Context, Purpose and Respect for Fundamental Rights’ (2009) 20(1) Public Law Review 26, 33–34.

Ibid 34.

Gearty Conor , Can Human Rights Survive? (Cambridge University Press, 2006) 25–28.

See, eg, in Australia: Plaintiff s 157/2002 v Commonwealth (2003) 211 CLR 476, 492 ( Gleeson CJ ); in New Zealand: R v Pora [2001] 2 NZLR 37, 50 [53] ( Elias CJ ); in the UK: R v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Ex parte Pierson [1998] AC 539, 573–575 (Lord Browne-Wilkinson).

See Meagher Dan , ‘The Common Law Presumption of Consistency with International Law: Some Observations from Australia (and Comparisons with New Zealand)’ [2012] New Zealand Law Review 465, 479–481.

R v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Ex parte Simms [2000] 2 AC 115, 131–132 (‘Ex parte Simms’).

(1987) 162 CLR 514, 518 ( Mason CJ Wilson Dawson JJ ); 523 ( Brennan J ).

(1990) 171 CLR 1, 17–18 ( Mason CJ Deane Dawson Toohey Gaudron McHugh JJ ).

(1994) 179 CLR 427, 437 ( Mason CJ Brennan Gaudron McHugh JJ )(footnote omitted), endorsed at 446 ( Deane Dawson JJ ) (‘Coco’).

[2013] HCA 29 (26 June 2013) [158] (‘X7’).

Ibid.

Daniels Corporation International Pty Ltd v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (2002) 213 CLR 543, 552–553 ( Gleeson CJ Gaudron Gummow Hayne JJ ).

Spigelman James , Statutory Interpretation and Human Rights: McPherson Lecture Series 3 (University of Queensland Press, 2008) 3–50.

Eskridge William Jr Frickey Philip Garrett Elizabeth , Legislation and Statutory Interpretation (Foundation Press, 2nd ed, 2006) 354 (my emphasis).

Evans v New South Wales (2008) 168 FCR 576 (‘Evans’).

Ibid 593.

Ibid 597.

Lacey v Attorney-General (Qld ) (2011) 275 ALR 646 (‘Lacey’).

Ibid 648.

Ibid 649 (footnote omitted).

Ibid 652.

Ibid 648.

Ibid 654.

Ibid 666 (footnote omitted) quoting Queensland, Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Assembly, 23 April 1975, 993.

Ibid (footnotes omitted).

Coco (1994) 179 CLR 427, 437 ( Mason CJ Brennan Gaudron McHugh JJ ). (my emphasis).

Ex parte Simms [2000] 2 AC 115, 131.

See Spigelman , above n 18, 27–29.

‘Protecting Human Rights Without a Bill of Rights'’ (Speech delivered at the John Marshall Law School, Chicago, 26 January 2010) 26–27

(2011) 245 CLR 1, 177 (‘Momcilovic’).

See Meagher Dan , ‘The Principle of Legality in the Age of Rights’ (2011) 35 Melbourne University Law Review 449, 456–459.

Doyle J J , ‘Common Law Rights and Democratic Rights’ in Finn Paul D , (ed), Essays on Law and Government: Volume 1 Principles and Values (Law Book Company, 1995) 149.

Sales , above n 2, 605.

Dyzenhaus David Hunt Murray Taggart Michael , ‘The Principle of Legality in Administrative Law: Internationalisation as Constitutionalisation’ (2001) 1(1) Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal 5, 6.

Ibid 33 (footnotes omitted).

‘Oil and Water? International Law and Domestic Law in Australia’ (Speech delivered at the Brennan Lecture, Bond University, 26 June 2009) 21

See Gleeson , above n 6, 36.

(2011) 245 CLR 1, 40–44 ( French CJ ), 170–175 ( Heydon J ), 217–220 ( Crennan Kiefel JJ ).

Ibid 44.

Project Blue Sky v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355, 384 ( McHugh Gummow Kirby Hayne JJ )(my emphasis).

See Aronson Mark , ‘Statutory Interpretation or Judicial Disobedience?’ United Kingdom Constitutional Law Blog (1 June 2013) <http://ukconstitutionallaw.org>.

Sales , above n 2, 605.

[2013] HCA 29 (26 June 2013) [70] ( Hayne Bell JJ ), [157] ( Kiefel J ).

Ibid [86] ( Hayne Bell JJ ).

Ibid [87], see also [158]–[160] ( Kiefel J ).

See R v Janceski (2005) ALR 580, 591 ( Spigelman CJ ); Malika Holdings Pty Ltd v Stretton (2001) 204 CLR 290, 298 ( McHugh J ).

Spigelman , above n 18, 43.

X7[2013] HCA 29 (26 June 2013) [87] ( Hayne Bell JJ ),

See Kirk v Industrial Court (NSW) (2010) 239 CLR 531.

Coco (1994) 179 CLR 427, 437 ( Mason CJ Brennan Gaudron McHugh JJ ) (my emphasis).