Overview
- Offers ground breaking research into parliamentary law making and legislative responses of counter-terrorism in Australia
- Examines Australia's rights protection by using case studies to explore the impact of the system of parliamentary committees system on federal laws
- Appeals to various legal scholars of in fields as; public law, politics, policy, human rights as well as those in governments such as parliament members and committees
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Table of contents(10 chapters)
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Parliamentary Committees and Rights Protection in Australia
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Applying the Assessment Framework
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Improving the Rights-Protecting Capacity of the Parliamentary Committee System
Keywords
- Parliamentary committees
- Parliamentary rights
- Political Influence
- Legislative council
- Counterterrorism law
- Counter-terrorism
- Australia counter-terrorism
- Parliamentary committees system
- Parliamentary committees law reform
- Federal law
- Parliamentary model of rights protection
- Human rights
- Rights protection
- Australian parliament
- Administrative Law
- Constitutional Law
- Criminal Law
- Human Rights and Civil Liberties
About this book
This book is designed to provide a unique, evidence-based perspective on Australia's parliamentary model of rights protection and on the experience of counter-terrorism law making in Australia since 2011. By focusing on the role and impact of the federal parliamentary committee system, this book offers a fresh perspective on the contemporary legal and political debate on the best legal mechanism for rights protection in Australia. By using counter-terrorism laws as a detailed case study, this book also contributes in a timely, authoritative way to the debate on balancing individual liberties with national security.
Using a contemporary case study of Australia's counter-terrorism, this book employs a unique, three tiered methodology to explore the impact of the system of parliamentary committees system on federal laws. The findings in this book give rise to practical recommendations for reform and provide a fresh new perspectives on Australia's parliamentary model of rights protection. This book has broad implications for rights scholars and rights advocates contemplating new models of rights protection in Australia. Thisbook offers important practical insights to other jurisdictions grappling with the challenges posed by ensuring robust rights protection whilst responding to the threat of terrorism.
Authors and Affiliations
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Justice and Society, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
Sarah Moulds
About the author
Dr Moulds has been undertaking research in the area of parliamentary scrutiny and deliberative law making for 15 years, including in the form of a PhD Thesis entitled The Rights-Protecting Role and Impact of Commonwealth Parliamentary Committees: The Case of Australia’s Counter-Terrorism Laws which was awarded a University Medal for Doctoral Research by the University of Adelaide in 2018. Dr Moulds has also published in a number of national and international law journals on the topic of parliamentary law making and rights protection, with a particular focus on the role of parliamentary committees. She recently presented at the Westminster Foundation for Democracy’s Asia Seminar held in Myanmar in June 2019, and was invited to present at the House of Commons of the United Kingdom’s workshop on Parliamentary Engagement in April 2020, and has reflected on the significance of parliamentary law making from a range of local and international perspectives.
Before undertaking her PhD, Dr Moulds had an extensive career in law reform and legal policy, including seven years as a Director of Human Rights and Criminal Law Policy at the Law Council of Australia. Dr Moulds has also worked as a Senior Policy Officer at the South Australian Law Reform Institute and undertaken legal policy roles at the South Australian Attorney-General's Department and within the Commonwealth public service. Dr Moulds is currently lecturing at the University of South Australia, including in the area of public law, constitutional law and legislation, and is a member of the Law Society of South Australia's Administrative Law and HumanRights Committees.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Committees of Influence
Book Subtitle: Parliamentary Rights Scrutiny and Counter-Terrorism Lawmaking in Australia
Authors: Sarah Moulds
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4350-0
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-4349-4Published: 16 June 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-4352-4Published: 16 June 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-4350-0Published: 15 June 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 294
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Fundamentals of Law, Constitutional Law, Governance and Government, Terrorism and Political Violence, Human Rights