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Great Australian Dissents

Great Australian Dissents

Author: Andrew Lynch
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781107158535

Published In: September 2016
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Paperback Edition ISBN: 9781316611159

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When judges disagree, those in the minority write a dissenting opinion. This book considers the great dissents in Australian law.

On some occasions, all these features may be strongly present, on others only some. Through a diverse selection of memorable dissenting opinions, this book illuminates the topic of judicial disagreement more generally - not only through examples of instances when minority opinions have been distinctly valuable, but by drawing out a richer understanding of the attributes and circumstances which lead some dissents to become iconic, while so many lie forgotten.

1. Introduction: what makes a dissent 'great'? Andrew Lynch

2. Justice Barton and the demise of the Inter-State Commission in the 'Wheat Case' (1915) Oscar Roos

3. Unrequited but still great: the dissent of Justices Dixon and Evatt in R v. Federal Court of Bankruptcy

Ex parte Lowenstein (1938) Andrew Lynch

4. Justice Evatt and the lost child in Chester v. Waverley Corporation (1939) Barbara McDonald

5. Uther's Case (1947): Justice Dixon and the troubled legacy of the Commonwealth Immunity Doctrine Stephen McDonald and Anne Carter

6. 'Lone, vehement and incredulous': Chief Justice Latham in the Communist Party case (1951) George Williams

7. Public Prosecutor v. Oie Hee Koi (1968): not so humbly advising? Sir Garfield Barwick and the introduction of dissenting reasons to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council Oliver Jones

8. The trouble with duress: the dissent of Chief Justice Bray in R v. Brown and Morley (1968) Joe McIntyre

9. The 'intelligence of a future day': the vindication of Justice Stephen's dissent in Henry v. Boehm (1973) Michael Coper

10. Justice Mason in the Australian Assistance Plan case (1975): nationhood, Federalism and Commonwealth executive power Peta Stephenson

11. Justice Murphy's dissent in Australian Conservation v. Commonwealth (1980): the birth of public interest standing in Australia? Matthew Groves

12. The essence of a fiduciary relationship: Justice Mason's dissent in Hospital Products Ltd v. United States Surgical Corporation (1984) Simone Degeling and Greg Weeks

13. The Chamberlain dissents (1984) Jeremy Gans

14. Treachery or heroism? The judgment of Justices Deane and Toohey in Leeth v. Commonwealth (1992) Amelia Simpson

15. Justice Dawson's steadfast defence of the 'very essence of political discussion' in Langer v. Commonwealth (1996) Adrienne Stone and Kristen Walker, QC

16. Certainty, co-existence and the legacy of Mabo: Justice North in the Miriuwung Gajerrong native title case (2000) Sean Brennan

17. When liberty divides: judicial cleavages and their consequences in Al-Kateb v. Godwin (2004) A. J. Brown

18. He who would not be muzzled: Justice Heydon's last dissent in Monis v. The Queen (2013) Gabrielle Appleby and Heather Roberts.