Mcginty v Western Australia

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
CourtHigh Court
Judgment Date1996
Neutral Citation1996-0328 HCA B,[1996] HCA 48
Date1996
Year1996

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  • WALKING THE TIGHTROPE BETWEEN LEGALITY AND LEGITIMACY
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2017, December 2017
    • 1 December 2017
    ...182 CLR 104 at 121–123. 72Australian Capital Television Pty Ltd v Commonwealth(1992) 177 CLR 106 at 217. 73McGinty v Western Australia(1996) 186 CLR 140 at 168. 74(1997) 189 CLR 520. 75(1997) 189 CLR 520 at 559–560 and 566. 76Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corp(1997) 189 CLR 520 at 560. It......
  • Alexander Meiklejohn, American Constitutional Law, and Australia's Implied Freedom of Political Communication
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 34-3, September 2006
    • 1 September 2006
    ...33 Lange (1997) 189 CLR 520, 566–7, relying in part on McGinty v State of Western Australia (1996) 186 CLR 140 ('McGinty') which included extensive discussion of the implied freedom of communication when it rejected a one–person one–vote principle. 34 Leslie Zines, 'The Present State of Con......
  • Human Rights Protection in Australia: Interpretation Provisions and Parliamentary Supremacy
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 32-1, March 2004
    • 1 March 2004
    ...Act 1947 (WA) s 13. 21 Western Australia v Wilsmore [1981] WAR 179. Cited with apparent approval in McGinty v Western Australia (1996) 186 CLR 140, 209 n 342 (Toohey J); without deciding it, Gummow J raised this possibility at 296–7. 22 [1952] 2 SALR 428, 464. 23 [1965] AC 172, 197. 24 Ibid......
  • Prohibiting the Conscription of State Officers for Commonwealth Purposes: An American Future for the State Immunity Doctrine?
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 35-3, September 2007
    • 1 September 2007
    ...301. 91 Australian Capital Television Pty Ltd v Commonwealth (1992) 177 CLR 106, 135 (Mason CJ); see also McGinty v Western Aust ralia (1996) 186 CLR 140, 169 (Brennan CJ); Austin (2003) 215 CLR 175, 245 (Gaudron, Gummow and Hayne JJ). 92 Austin (2003) 215 CLR 175, 246 (Gaudron, Gummow and ......
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