Burns v Ransley
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Neutral Citation | [1949] HCA 45,1949-1007 HCA B |
| Year | 1949 |
| Date | 1949 |
| Court | High Court |
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The Legal Personality of the Commonwealth of Australia
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Alexander Meiklejohn, American Constitutional Law, and Australia's Implied Freedom of Political Communication
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