R v Foster; ex parte Eastern and Australian Steamship Company Ltd

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Judgment Date1959
Neutral Citation[1959] HCA 10,1959-0312 HCA B
Date1959
Year1959
CourtHigh Court
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3 books & journal articles
  • The Australian Constitution's Influence on the Common Law
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 31-1, March 2003
    • 1 March 2003
    ...NL v Victorian Coal Miners' Association (1908) 6 CLR 309, 363(O'Connor J); R v Foster; Ex parte Eastern and Australian Steamship Co Ltd (1959) 103 CLR 256,275 (Dixon CJ). It should be noted that the application of this presumption in the federalcontext has been called into question: Dempste......
  • A broader role for the commonwealth in eradicating foreign sweatshops?
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 28 No. 2, August 2004
    • 1 August 2004
    ...where the dispute had a 'distinct industrial connexion with Australia': R v Foster; Ex parte Eastern & Australian Steamship Co Ltd (1958) 103 CLR 256, 278. See Williams, above n 165, (172) Originally introduced into the Senate in September 2000, the Bill was restored to the Notice Paper......
  • CONSTITUTIONAL CHARACTERISATION: EMBEDDING VALUE JUDGEMENTS ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LEGISLATURE AND THE JUDICIARY.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 45 No. 1, August 2021
    • 1 August 2021
    ...492, 500 (Rich J), 512-13 (Dixon J), 528-9 (Evatt J) ('Huddart Parker'); R v Foster; Ex parte Eastern & Australian Steamship Co Ltd (1959) 103 CLR 256, 276-8 (Dixon CJ, Fullagar J agreeing at 280, Kitto J agreeing at 280), 279-80 (McTiernan J), 311 (Windeyer J). Both of these cases uphe......

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