Stenhouse v Coleman

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation1944-1206 HCA A,[1944] HCA 36
Date1944
Year1944
CourtHigh Court

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  • Thomas v Mowbray and Ors
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    • High Court
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    ...s 51(vi) of the Constitution ensures that the demonstration of sufficient constitutional facts is paramount for its engagement 245. In Stenhouse v Coleman246, Dixon J affirmed that the phrase ‘“a law with respect to the defence of the Commonwealth” is an expression which seems rather to tre......
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13 books & journal articles
  • Grounding the High Court's Modern Section 92 Jurisprudence: The case for Improper Purpose as the Touchstone
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 33-3, September 2005
    • 1 September 2005
    ...States Relevant for Statutory and Constitutional Interpretation?' (2000) 85 Cornell Law Review 1609. 122 See Stenho use v Coleman (1944) 69 CLR 457, 471 (Dixon J); Richardson v Forestry Commission (1988) 164 CLR 261, 311 (Deane J). 123 For instance, 'intentions' are susceptible of various g......
  • Involuntary Detention and the Separation of Judicial Power
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 35-1, March 2007
    • 1 March 2007
    ...Affairs Commission (NSW) v Yuill (1991) 172 CLR 319, 321–2 (Brennan J), 339–40 (Gaudron J), 346 (McHugh J); Stenhouse v Coleman (1944) 69 CLR 457, 471 (Dixon J). Another way of expressing the idea of objective intention or purpose is by reference to the 'mischief' which a law addresses: see......
  • The Race Power — Its Replacement and Interpretation
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 40-3, September 2012
    • 1 September 2012
    ...Pape v Commissioner of Taxation (2009) 238 CLR 1, w hile not overruling this test, have not applied it either. 105 Stenhouse v Coleman (1944) 69 CLR 457, 470 (Dixon J). 106 Polyukhovich v Commonwealth (1991) 172 CLR 501, 593 (Brennan J). 107 Stenhouse v Coleman (1944) 69 CLR 457, 471 (Dixon......
  • Can Parliament Confer Plenary Executive Power? the Limitations Imposed by Sections 51 and 52 of the Australian Consitution
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 44-2, June 2016
    • 1 June 2016
    ...135 See further Public Service Association of SA v Industrial Relations Commission of SA (1991) 173 CLR 132. 136 Stenhouse v Coleman (1944) 69 CLR 457, 472 (Dixon J). 137 Jeremy Kirk, ‘Constitutional Guarantees, Characterisation and the Concept of Proportionality’ (1997) 21 Melbourne Univer......
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