Table of Contents

Chapter One. Introduction 1. Approaches to Rights Protection 2. Chapter outline 3. Methodology Chapter Two. Constitutional Contexts 1. New Zealand 2. United Kingdom 3. Australian Capital territory 3.1. The Constitutional Context at the federal level 3.2. The Australian Capital territory (self-government) Act 1988 4. Victoria 4.1. The Constitution of Victoria 5. Conclusions Chapter Three. The Background to the Enactment of the Bills of Rights 1. New Zealand 2. United Kingdom 3. Australian Capital territory 4. Victoria 5. Conclusions Chapter Four. Catalogues of Rights 1. New Zealand 2. United Kingdom 3. Australian Capital territory 4. Victoria 5. Conclusions. Chapter Five. operative Provisions 1. New Zealand 2. United Kingdom 3. Australian Capital territory 4. Victoria 5. Conclusions Chapter Six. Impact 1. New Zealand 1.1. The Early Years of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1.2. The interrelationship Between sections 4, 5 and 6 1.3. Remedies 1.4. After Baigent: Evidence of a More Restrictive Approach? 1.5. Approaches to the interpretative obligation under section 6 1.6. Are Certain Rights Prioritised by the Judiciary? 1.7. The impact of section 7 2. United Kingdom 7 2.1. The standard of Review under the section 6 Duty on Public Authorities to act Compatibly with the Convention Rights 2.2. horizontal Effect 2.3. The section 3 interpretative obligation and section 4 Declarations of incompatibility 2.4. The impact of section 19 3. Australian Capital territory 3.1. The interrelationship between sections 28 and 30 3.2. The section 30 interpretative obligation 3.3. Declarations of incompatibility under section 32 3.4. The section 40C obligation on Public Authorities to act Consistently with human Rights 3.5. The impact of sections 37 and 38 4. Victoria 4.1. Early Judicial Comments on the Approach to be Adopted when Applying the Charter 4.2. The section 32 interpretative obligation 4.3. Declarations of inconsistent interpretation under section 36 4.4. The section 38 Duty on Public Authorities to act Compatibly with human Rights 4.5. The impact of sections 28 and 30 5. Conclusions Chapter Seven. Reform 1. New Zealand 2. United Kingdom 3. Australian Capital territory and Victoria 4. Conclusions Chapter Eight. Concluding observations Bibliography Table of Statutes Table of Cases Index