A new book, Australian Public Health Law – Contemporary Issues and Challenges (Federation Press 2023), considers the scope and future evolution of Australian public health law. Edited by Belinda Bennett and Ian Freckelton AO KC, this collection brings together leading Australian scholars to analyse the role of law…
A new book called COVID-19, Law & Regulation: Rights, Freedoms, and Obligations in a Pandemic analyses major legal and regulatory responses internationally to COVID-19, and the impact the pandemic has had on human rights and freedoms, governance, the obligations of states and individuals, as well the role of…
A significant component of Australia’s legal response to COVID-19 has been to give extensive powers to State and Territory governments to manage the crisis. At times these measures, such as quarantine arrangements, border controls, lockdowns, curfews and face masks, have been controversial, both legally and within the general…
