The ACTHuman Rights Act 2004and the CommonwealthAnti-Terrorism Act (No 2) 2005: A Triumph for Federalism or a Federal Triumph?

In 2004 the Legislative Assembly of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) enacted the first modern bill of rights adopted by any jurisdiction in Australia. The Human Rights Act 2004 (ACT) (HRA) which entered into operation on 1 July 2004, is a modest endeavour by comparison with many overseas model...

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Hauptverfasser:	Andrew Byrnes, Gabrielle McKinnon
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Antiterrorism legislation Bill of Rights Congressional legislation Constitutional amendments Criminal law Criminal offenses Federal criminal offenses Federal law Governance Government Human geography Human rights Judicial powers Judicial system Jurisdiction Jurisprudence Law Legislation Natural law Natural rights Parliamentary debate Parliamentary procedure Philosophy of law Political geography Political science Social sciences Statutory law Territories Terrorism United States Constitution United States constitutional law United States federal law
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Zusammenfassung:	In 2004 the Legislative Assembly of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) enacted the first modern bill of rights adopted by any jurisdiction in Australia. The Human Rights Act 2004 (ACT) (HRA) which entered into operation on 1 July 2004, is a modest endeavour by comparison with many overseas models.¹ The ACT HRA is a statutory bill of rights closely modelled on the United Kingdom′s Human Rights Act 1998 and is thus not entrenched as a constitutional charter; it incorporates a limited range of human rights (the classic civil and political rights contained in the International Covenant on Civil and Political