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Constitutional Adjudication and Learning from Each Other a Comparative Study

Michael Kirby Justice of the High Court of Australia (1996–2009); President of the Court of Appeal of New South Wales (1984–96); Judge of the Federal Court of Australia (1983–84); Chairman of the Australian Law Reform Commission (1975–84); Deputy President of the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission (1975–83). President of the International Commission of Jurists (1996–98).
, AC CMG (THE HON)
Pages 371-388 | Published online: 07 May 2015

  • AJ Brown, Michael Kirby: Paradoxes—Principles (Federation Press 2011) 59.
  • In Dennis v United States 341 US 494 (1951) the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the validity of the Smith Act.
  • Dixon, McTiernan, Williams, Fullagar and Kitto JJ; Latham CJ dissenting.
  • Australian Communist Party v The Commonwealth (1951) 83 CLR 1 (High Court of Australia (HCA)).
  • A Blackshield and G Williams, Australian Constitutional Law and Theory (Federation 2002) 1305–306. The total affirmative vote was 48.75%. The total negative vote was 49.85%. Voting for citizens is compulsory.
  • E Azinge and P Idornigie (eds), The Supreme Court of Nigeria 1990–2012 (Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies 2012) 175.
  • Australian Constitution, s 74.
  • Privy Council (Limitation of Appeals) Act 1968 (Aust); Privy Council (Appeals from the High Court) Act 1975 (Aust); Australia Act 1986 (Aust and UK), ss 5, 11.
  • Austin v Keele (1987) 10 NSWLR 283 (Privy Council (PC)).
  • MD Kirby, ‘The Lords, Tom Bingham and Australia’ in Mads Andenas and Duncan Fairgrieve (eds), Tom Bingham and The Transformation of Law (OUP 2009) 713, 714–24.
  • See eg JS Read, ‘In pursuit of Criminal Justice: Recent trends in Commonwealth Case-Law' [2012] Journal of Commonwealth Criminal Law 1.
  • [2003] 4 LRC 1 (Supreme Court of Nigeria (Nig SC)).
  • Dimes v Grand Junction Canal (1853) 3 HLC 759, 10 ER 301 (House of Lords ((HL)).
  • Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (2000) 205 CLR 337, 354–55 (HCA).
  • [2003] 1 LRC 764 (High Court of Nigeria (Nig HC)).
  • [2003] 5 LRC 274 (Nig SC).
  • [2002] 3 LRC 296 (Nig SC).
  • James v Commonwealth of Australia [1936] AC 578 (PC).
  • [2006] 2 LRC 726 (Nig HC).
  • 20 JS Read and PE Slinn (eds), Law Reports of the Commonwealth Editorial Review (LexisNexis 2011). Each of the cases that follow is cited and described in the Editorial Review.
  • A-G v Carter [2011] 2 LRC 428 (Court of Appeal of Barbados (Barb CA).
  • Naraya Dutt v State of Punjab [2011] 5 LRC 119 (Supreme Court of India (Ind SC)).
  • Legal Aid Board v The State [2010] ZASCA 112, [2011] 2 LRC 635 (Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa).
  • HM Treasury v Ahmed [2010] UKSC 2, [2011] 1 LRC 28 (Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (UK SC)).
  • Natapei v Korman [2011] 4 LRC 673 (Supreme Court of Vanuatu).
  • Supreme Court Reference (No 4 of 2010) [2011] 2 LRC 725 (Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea).
  • Kanyua v A-G [2011] 1 LRC 596 (High Court of Kenya (Ken HC)).
  • Federation of Women Lawyers Kenya v A-G [2011] 5 LRC 625 (Ken HC).
  • British American Tobacco Australia Services Ltd v Laurie [2011] HCA 2, [2011] 4 LRC 245 (HCA); Hogan v Hinch [2011] HCA 4, [2011] 3 LRC 513 (HCA).
  • R v Chaytor [2010] UKSC 52, [2011] 3 LRC 1 (UK SC).
  • Leigh v A-G [2010] NZCA 624, [2011] 4 LRC 109 (New Zealand Court of Appeal (NZCA)).
  • Rio Tinto Alcan Inc v Carrier Sekani Tribal Council 2010 SCC 43, [2011] 2 LRC 294 (Supreme Court of Canada (Can SC)).
  • Matsipane Mosethanyane v A-G [2011] 2 LRC 592 (Court of Appeal of Botswana (Bot CA)).
  • Kaman v A-G [2011] 5 LRC 554 (Ken HC).
  • Yong Vui Kong v Public Prosecutor [2010] SGCA 20, [2011] 1 LRC 642 (Court of Appeal of Singapore).
  • Mutiso v Republic [2011] 1 LRC 691 (Court of Appeal of Kenya).
  • Abortion Supervisory Committee v Right to Life New Zealand Inc [2011] NZCA 246, [2011] 4 LRC 575 (NZCA).
  • Shanbaug v Union of India [2011] 3 LRC 560 (Ind SC).
  • Kanyua v A-G [2011] 1 LRC 596 (Ken HC).
  • R v Côté 2011 SCC 46, [2011] 5 LRC 682 (Can SC); R v Cornell 2010 SCC 31, [2011] 1 LRC 364 (Can SC).
  • Law and Advocacy for Women in Uganda v A-G [2011] 5 LRC 730 (Constitutional Court of Uganda (Uga Const Ct)); Daniel v A-G [2011] 5 LRC 258 (High Court of Namibia); Simeon v A-G [2011] 2 LRC 411 (Constitutional Court of Seychelles (Sey Const Ct)); Ponoo v A-G [2011] 3 LRC 323 (Sey Const Ct); Aubeeluck v The State of Mauritius [2010] UKPC 13, [2011] 1 LRC 627 (PC); Fangupo v R [2011] 1 LRC 620 (Court of Appeal of Tonga); Matsipane Mosetlhanyane v A-G [2011] 2 LRC 592 (Bot CA).
  • Mwenda v A-G [2011] 1 LRC 198 (Uga Const Ct); Trustco Group International Ltd v Shikongo [2011] 1 LRC 536 (Supreme Court of Namibia); Morse v Police [2011] NZSC 45, [2011] 5 LRC 79 (Supreme Court of New Zealand); The Citizen 1978 (Pty) Ltd v McBride [2011] ZACC 11, [2011] 5 LRC 286 (Constitutional Court of South Africa (SA Const Ct); Canadian Broadcasting Corporation v Canada 2011 SCC 2, [2011] 3 LRC 473 (Can SC); Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd v Canada 2010 SCC 21, [2011] LRC 1 (Can SC); Global and Mail v Canada (A-G) 2010 SCC 41, [2011] 2 LRC 260 (Can SC); Weel v A-G [2011] 5 LRC 610 (Barb CA).
  • AB v Western Australia [2011] HCA 42, [2011] 5 LRC 669 (HCA).
  • Special Determination No1/2010 [2011] 2 LRC 399 (Supreme Court of Sri Lanka).
  • For discussion, including contrary views, see MD Kirby, ‘International Law—;the Impact on National Constitutions' (2005) 21 American University International Law Review 327.
  • (2007) 233 CLR 162 (HCA).
  • [2002] 3 SCR 519 [119] (Can SC).
  • (2005) 42 EHRR 41 (European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)).
  • Barry Wright, ‘Macaulay's Indian Penal Code and Codifcation in the 19th Century British Empire' [2012] Journal of Commonwealth Criminal Law 25.
  • MD Kirby ‘The Sodomy Offence: England's Least Lovely Criminal Law Export?’ [2011] Journal of Commonwealth Criminal Law 22.
  • Global Commission on HIV and the Law, ‘Risks, Rights & Health’ (Final Report, UNDP 2012) 44–49.
  • Commonwealth Group of Eminent Persons, ‘A Commonwealth of the People: Time for Urgent Reform' (Report of the Eminent Persons Group to Commonwealth Heads of Government, Commonwealth Secretariat 2011) 98–102.
  • [2009] 4 LRC 838 (High Court of Delhi (Del HC)).
  • 478 US 186 (1986) (US SC).
  • 539 US 558 (2009) (US SC).
  • [1998] 3 LRC 483 (Can SC).
  • [1998] 3 LRC 648, 1999 (1) SA 6 (SA Const Ct).
  • [1982] 4 EHHR 149 (ECHR).
  • [1991] 13 EHRR 186 (ECHR).
  • [1994] 16 EHRR 485 (ECHR).
  • UNHRC DOC CCPR/C/50/D/488 (1992).
  • Naz Foundation v Delhi [2009] 4 LRC 838, [130]–[131] (Del HC).
  • Mabo v Queensland [No 2] (1992) 175 CLR 1, 42 (HCA) (Brennan J; Mason CJ and McHugh J concurring) (Aboriginal rights); Appellant S395/2002 v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (2003) 216 CLR 473 (HCA) (homosexuals).

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