Presidian Legal Publications

 

Privacy Act reforms (seminars)

On 24 June 2010, the Government released exposure draft legislation setting out proposed Australian Privacy Principles to replace both the private sector National Privacy Principles and the public sector Information Privacy Principles under the Privacy Act 1988. These seminars provide a detailed overview of the proposed changes and new obligations.  More ...

Australian Privacy Law Handbook (forthcoming – Sept 2010)

This publication provides a detailed guide to the operation of privacy laws in the private and public (federal and ACT) sectors with extensive practical commentary aimed at assisting users to apply the laws in practice.  More ...

Civil Procedure Northern Territory

Michael Grant QC, Solicitor-General of the NT

A detailed guide to civil procedure in the Northern Territory containing up-to-date court rules, legislation, case summaries and authoritative commentary.  More ...


Administrative Law

State Administrative Tribunal (WA): Law, Practice & Procedure  (pbk)

This book provides a guide to the law, practice and procedure of WA’s State Administrative Tribunal (SAT). It contains annotated versions of the SAT Act, Rules and Regulations and commentary providing guidance on issues relevant to conducting proceedings in the Tribunal.

 

Local Government and Planning Law

Enforcement of Planning and Environmental Laws in Queensland  (pbk)

This book provides a detailed guide to handling enforcement issues and proceedings in the planning and environment jurisdiction in Queensland.

 

Planning Law SA (loose-leaf)  

The full text of the Development Act 1993 and Development Regulations 1993, comprehensively annotated with commentary and case summaries covering decisions from the SA Environment, Resources and Development Court, SA Supreme Court and other key environment and planning courts and tribunals. 

 

Property Law

Annotated Land Act 1994 (Qld)  (loose-leaf, 4 volumes)

This service is an indispensable guide to the Land Act 1994 (Qld) for lawyers, government departments, agencies and State lands administrators.

 

Queensland State Lands Handbook (loose-leaf, 2 volumes) 

This service provides a complete guide to Queensland State lands law and practice, bringing together the vast body of law relating to State (non-freehold) lands.

Legal Monographs

The Constitutional Jurisprudence and Judicial Method of the High Court of Australia:

The Dixon, Mason and Gleeson Eras (hbk)

This book reviews the movements that have occurred in the High Court's approach to constitutional issues during the Dixon, Mason and Gleeson eras using the legal theory perspectives of legalism, realism and pragmatism.


Implementing Human Rights Norms: Judicial Discretion & Use of Unincorporated Conventions

This book examines the extent to which judges may be guided by unincorporated international human rights conventions when exercising discretionary powers. (hbk)

 

Fundamental Rights in Administrative Decision-Making: Peremptory Norms as Objective Standards in Immigration and Refugee Cases (hbk)

This book examines whether peremptory norms of international law (ius cogens) could provide an objective source of fundamental rights that can legitimately be used to constrain administrative decision-making in immigration and refugee cases. 

 

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