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Law and Poverty: Report of Commission of Inquiry into Poverty

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 January 2025

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Federal Law Review , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , March 1978 , pp. 97 - 112
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Copyright © 1978 The Australian National University

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References

1 The Report of Commission of Inquiry into Poverty at page 1. This report will hereinafter be referred to as the “Report”.

2 Jones, (ed.), The Sovereignty of the Law (1973) 73-74CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

3 Reproduced in Report, p. viii.

4 See the note on the Act in (1977) 51 Law Institute Journal 450.

5 Report 13.

6 Id. 14.

7 Id. 279.

8 Brett, , An Essay on a Contemporary Jurisprudence (1975) 44-45Google Scholar; see also p. 87.

9 Report 59.

10 Victorian Government Printer, Melbourne, 1972.

11 Report 110.

12 Baxt and Cullen (eds.), Consumer Credit-The Challenges of Change (1974); Feltham, “Fair Consumer Laws: Report to the Attorney-General for the State of Victoria by a Committee of the Law Council of Australia” (1973) 36 Modem Law Review 174.

13 The Australian Law Reform Commission has since investigated consumers in debt and debt recovery and in 1977 issued its Report No. 6, “Insolvency: The Regular Payment of Debts”.

14 Report 168.

15 Whitmore, , “The Role of the Lawyer in Administrative Justice” (1970) 33 Modem Law Review 481, 485CrossRefGoogle Scholar. See also Pett v. Greyhound Racing Association Ltd (1969) 1 Q.B. 125, 132-133.

16 (1977) 51 A.L.J.R. 463.

17 Report 217.

18 The submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs by the Victoria Police published in 1977 as a booklet, Alcohol and Aborigines, at pp. 7-8 stresses the importance of adequate machinery for ehabilitation being available before any repeal of the offence of puhlic drunkenness.

19 The Second Report (1974-1975) pp. 7 and 15 and the Third Report (1975-1976) p. 12 of the National Committee on Discrimination in Employment and Occupation refer to continuing difficulty in this regard.

20 Report 278.

21 Id. 279.

22 “The Trial of Sydney Williams” (1976) 2 Legal Service Bulletin 136; “The Wholesome Precedent of Sydney Williams” (1976) 2 Legal Service Bulletin 141; “Legal Responsibilities of Aborigines-Wanganeen v. Smith” (1977) 2 Legal Service Bulletin 327; see also: “Aboriginal Customary Laws: Redressing the Balance” (1977) Reform, No. 3, 25; Alcohol and Aborigines, supra n. 21, 6-7 and “Police Interrogation of Aboriginals; Judicial Guidelines” (1976) 2 Legal Service Bulletin 118.

23 The Dynamic Aspects of the Rule of Law in the Modern Age (International Commission of Jurists, Geneva, 1965) 175.

24 Report x.

25 Ward, , A Nation for a Continent-the History of Australia 1901-1975 (1977) 125-127Google Scholar, 141.