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Australia in the International Legal System: From Empire to the Contemporary World

Australia in the International Legal System: From Empire to the Contemporary World

Author: Madelaine Chiam; Alison Duxbury
Publisher: Hart Publishing
ISBN: 9781509941636
Published In: September 2025
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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What impact has Australia had on international law and what is its significance in terms of its participation in the transnational legal system? This collection of essays delves into the history of Australia's interactions with international law and considers how its people have shaped international law. It explores key issues such as the country's imperial and settler past. It assesses how Australians have contributed to key institutions such as the ICJ, the UN and the British Commonwealth. It gives a fascinating insight into international law's impact on a domestic legal system and the complex and multifaceted nature of that relationship. Scholars from across the international spectrum: be it law, politics or history, will welcome this erudite and engaging work.

1. Is There an Australian International Law?

Alison Duxbury (University of Melbourne, Australia) and Madelaine Chiam (La Trobe Law School, Australia)

Part I: Australia as Empire

2. Participation in the 'Gilded Ball' : Australia and the Council of the League of Nations

Alison Duxbury (University of Melbourne, Australia)

3. The Rise and Fall of 'a Hyphenated Condition': Australia, the British Empire and the Commonwealth

Frank Bongiorno (Australian National University)

4. 'Treat-Them-Gently-at-All-Costs-and-Please-the United Nations': The UN Trusteeship Council and Capital Punishment and Clemency in Papua and New Guinea, 1954–65

Murray Chisholm (Australian Capital Territory Board of Senior Secondary Studies)

5. Australia, Timor-Leste and International Law

Clinton Fernandes (University of New South Wales, Australia)

Part II: Australia and Institutions

6. Australia and the United Nations

Alison Pert (University of Sydney, Australia)

7. The Increasing Results of Indigenous Peoples' Engagement in International Law and Geopolitics

Les Malezer (National Congress of Australia's First Peoples)

8. Australia and the International Court of Justice

Margaret A Young (University of Melbourne, Australia)

9. International Law in the Attorney-General's Department: 1901–2000

Henry Burmester