R v Smithers; ex parte Benson

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation1912-1220 HCA C,[1912] HCA 96
Date1912
CourtHigh Court
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  • LOCATING PLEBISCITES IN THE AUSTRALIAN CONSTITUTION.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 46 No. 1, December 2022
    • 1 December 2022
    ...Press, 2018) 315. (115) Kirmani v Captain Cook Cruises Pty Ltd [No 1] (1985) 159 CLR 351, 383 (Murphy J); R v Smithers; Ex parte Benson (1912) 16 CLR 99, 108-9 (Griffith CJ), 109-10 (Barton J); Leeth v Commonwealth (1992) 174 CLR 455, 484 (Deane and Toohey JJ); Nationwide (n 3) 74 (Deane an......
  • THE PEOPLES OF THE STATES UNDER THE AUSTRALIAN CONSTITUTION.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 45 No. 3, August 2022
    • 1 August 2022
    ...(Gordon J), 251-5 [277]-[293] (Edelman J). (52) Ibid 198 [74], 199 [77], [80]. (53) Ibid 198 [75], citing R v Smithers; Ex parte Benson (1912) 16 CLR 99, 110 (Barton J), Ex parte Nelson (1928) 42 CLR 209, 218 (Knox CJ, Gavan Duffy and Starke JJ), North Eastern Dairy Co Ltd v Dairy Industry ......
  • Constitutional Implications from Representative Democracy
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 23-1, March 1995
    • 1 March 1995
    ...of government.Whetheraprocess-relatedorasubstantiveviewofepresentative democracy is accepted willbeanimportantdeterminantofthenumber(1912) 16 CLR 99 at 108-109and109-110; see alsoPioneerExpressPtyLtdvHotchkiss(1958)101 CLR 536at550, 560and566,andthe United States casesofCrandallvStateofNeva......
  • Representing Democracy or Reinforcing Inequality?: Electoral Distribution and Mcginty V Western Australia
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 25-2, June 1997
    • 1 June 1997
    ...strangelyomittedanearlierexampleofthelatter, R'VSmithersExParteBenson(1912) 16 CLR 99,dealingwithfreedomofmovementandaccesstoCommonwealthofficialsandrecords. Interestingly,McHughJhadpreviouslycited RvSmithersExparteBensonasanexampleofabroadercommunication right,ofwhichtherightsconferredbyse......
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