China Ocean Shipping Company v South Australia

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation1979-1122 HCA B
Date1979
CourtHigh Court
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  • Of Kings and Officers — The Judicial Development of Public Law
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 33-2, June 2005
    • 1 June 2005
    ...realms, and certainly Australia, the Monarch's functions were almost entirely 'official': see China Ocean Shipping v South Australia (1979) 145 CLR 172, 220. 6 Blackstone, above n 5, 250; see also at 190; Chester, above n 5, 3. 7 A number of public offices (particularly hereditary ones) did......
  • A Turtle* by Any Other Name: The Legal Basis of the Australian Constitution
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 29-2, June 2001
    • 1 June 2001
    ...(ed) FutureDirections in Australian Constitutional Law (1994) 232, 242 (empha ses added).7 China Ocean Shipping Co v South Australia (1979) 145 CLR 172, 183 (Bar wick CJ).8 Phillip Joseph, 'Foundations of the Constitution' (1989) 4 Canterbury Law Review 58, 69.9 Sue v Hill (1999) 163 ALR 64......
  • Altering the Constitution: Some Aspects of Section 128
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 13-4, December 1983
    • 1 December 1983
    ...Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 (Cth). Secondly, for the reasons enunciated by Murphy J in China Shipping Co v South Australia (1979) 27 ALR 1, 51-53. Thirdly, by a severance of residual constitutional links, see infra n 130. 31 Eg, amendments pursuant to s 128 from and including s......
  • Bradley Maxwell Selway: A Personal Tribute
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 33-2, June 2005
    • 1 June 2005
    ...an answer. Lost on the listener were the _____________________________________________________________________________________ 22 (1979) 145 CLR 172. 23 Ibid 181. 24 Sue v Hill (1999) 199 CLR 462. 186 Federal Law Review Volume 33 _____________________________________________________________......

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