New South Wales v Commonwealth of Australia

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Judgment Date17 December 1975
Neutral Citation[1975] HCA 58,1975-1217 HCA A
Date17 December 1975
CourtHigh Court
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  • National litigation and international law: repercussions for Australia's protection of marine resources.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 33 No. 1, April 2009
    • 1 April 2009
    ...of foreign affairs be non-justiciable. (116) 168 us 250, 252 (Fuller CJ for the Court) (1897). (117) New South Wales v Commonwealth (1975) 135 CLR 337, 388 (Gibbs J) ('Seas and Submerged Lands (118) Koowarta v Bjelke-Petersen (1982) 153 CLR 168,229 (Mason J). (119) Seas and Submerged Lands ......
  • The Legal Personality of the Commonwealth of Australia
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 47-1, March 2019
    • 1 March 2019
    ...of Australia (Sweet andMaxwell, 2nd ed, 1910) 73.57. R v Sharkey (1949) 79 CLR 121, 153 (Dixon J).58. New South Wales v Commonwealth (1975) 135 CLR 337, 373 (Barwick CJ). There is academic andjudicial debate as to when Australia obtained international legal personality. This article assumes......
  • Democracy, Liberty and the Prerogative: The Displacement of Inherent Executive Power by Statute
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 41-2, June 2013
    • 1 June 2013
    ...Ex parte Boilermakers' Society (1956) 94 CLR 254, 275; Marks v Commonwealth (1964) 111 CLR 549, 557–8; New South Wales v Commonwealth (1975) 135 CLR 337, 364–5 ('Seas and Submerged Lands Case'); Victoria v Commonwealth (1975) 134 CLR 338, 384, 405–6; Salemi v Mackellar [No 2] (1977) 137 CLR......
  • The Limits and Use of Executive Power by Government
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 31-3, September 2003
    • 1 September 2003
    ...of vital security, without detriment. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Case') (1975) 135 CLR 337, 365: 'In the long run the Parliament … is in a position to control the Executive Government' (Barwick CJ). 132 (1975) 134 CLR 338, 406. 133 ......
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