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UPCOMING EVENT: Commonwealth v Australian Capital Territory: The High Court Steps into the Marriage Debate
The South Australian Chapter of the Australian Association of Constitutional Law is pleased to present Dr Gabrielle Appleby, Adelaide Law School Stephen McDonald, Hanson Chambers speaking on Commonwealth v Australian Capital Territory The High Court steps into the marriage equality debate In December 2013, the High Court decided that same-sex marriage legislation enacted by […]
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Upcoming Event – White Man’s Law on Aboriginal Land: The Conflict of Legal Cultures on the South Australian and Prairie Canadian Frontiers
The Adelaide Law School is proud to host: White Man’s Law on Aboriginal Land: The Conflict of Legal Cultures on the South Australian and Prairie Canadian Frontiers Presented by: Professor Louis Knafla Dr Louis A Knafla is Professor Emeritus of History, University of Calgary, and specializes in early modern English and western Canadian […]
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UPCOMING SEMINAR – Buying power: State procurement policies and labour standards
The Australian Labour Law Association and the Australian Association of Constitutional Law are proud to present: Buying power: State procurement policies and labour standards In two recent decisions (Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v State of Victoria [2013] FCA 445 and Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v McCorkell Constructions Pty Ltd (No […]
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Adelaide Scholar Joints Constitutional Roundtable in Canberra
On Thursday, 20 June 2013, the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs held a ‘Constitutional Roundtable’ at Parliament House, Canberra. The Committee was joined by a number of constitutional experts to discuss topical issues in relation to the Constitution and its reform. The Roundtable was open to the public and […]
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Symposium: Compulsory Voting in Comparative Perspective
The Adelaide Law School is delighted to invite you to attend a symposium on compulsory voting in comparative perspective, presented by its postgraduate Comparative Law class. The symposium addresses the question whether people should be compelled to vote in a democratic system of government. The Australian electoral system is considered by electoral specialists to be […]
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AACL and AIAL joint seminars on the “Street Preachers Case”
In February 2013 the High Court handed down its decision in Attorney-General (SA) v Corporation of the City of Adelaide (the Street Preachers Case). The AACL and the AIAL are jointly presenting two seminars to explore the administrative and constitutional issues emerging from the decision. Seminar 1: The Scope of Council By-Law Making Powers […]
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UPCOMING EVENT: The President and Congress: Separation of Powers in the United States of America
The Adelaide Law School and the Australian Association of Constitutional Law are proud to host: The President and Congress: Separation of Powers in the United States of America Although the framers of Australia’s Constitution adopted many features of the United States Constitution, they rejected the separation of legislative and executive power in favor of responsible […]
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AACL Event: Proportionality in Rights Adjudication: Approaches to Balancing Competing Interests in Australia and Germany
The South Australian Chapter of the Australian Association of Constitutional Law (AACL) is proud to host Proportionality in Rights Adjudication: Approaches to Balancing Competing Interests in Australia and Germany In her judgments and extra curial writings Justice Kiefel has discussed the development of a proportionality test in Australian constitutional law by reference to its origins […]
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Law and the Politics of Realising Human Rights in Developing Countries
On the 31st October 2012 Dr Laura Grenfell and Cornelia Koch presented at an interdisciplinary workshop entitled ‘Law and the Politics of Realising Human Rights in Developing Countries’ run by the University of Adelaide’s Indo-Pacific Governance Research Centre. Further information on the workshop is available here. Cornelia presented on the topic ‘Justiciable Legal Frameworks for […]
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River Murray agreement to waterproof SA may turn out to be a castle built on sand
Professor John Williams, Dean of the Adelaide Law School, has long been a campaigner for the rights of South Australia to water from the River Murray. Today, he wrote an opinion piece in The Advertiser analysing the recent agreement between the Commonwealth and South Australia to provide an additional 450GL to promote the health of […]
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