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Books
Human Rights texts are shelved at 342 on Level 3 and 323 on Level 4 of the Library.
Subject terms to search in the Catalogue include:
- "human rights"
- apply the SUBJECT TERMS search filters (left hand column) in the Results list
Contemporary perspectives on human rights law in Australia / Paula Gerber and Melissa Castan
Human rights in Australia / edited by Justin Healey
Human rights: treaties, statutes and cases / Martin Michael Flynn, Sam Garkawe, Yyvette Juilienne Holt
Politics of Human Rights in Australia / Louise Chappel, John Chesterman and Lisa Hall
Retreat from injustice: human rights law in Australia / Nick O'Neill, Simon Rice, Roger Douglas
Commentary
The Laws of Australia – 20. Health and Guardianship – 20.8 Mental Health and the Intellectually Disabled – 3. Rights of People with Mental Illness and Intellectual Disability – Human Rights Legislation
The Laws of Australia – 21. Human Rights – 21.10. Equality and the Rule of Law
Lawyers Practice Manual WA : Part 10- Human rights and anti-discrimination Legislation
HeinOnline Foreign & International Law Resources Database includes International Human Rights Law Institute (IHRLI) content
HeinOnline Open Society Justice Initiative includes reports, handbooks, briefing papers, legal and policy submissions, and fact sheets exploring and advocating on issues of human rights and justice
Journals & Articles
Constitutional Law and Human Rights: Australia, (1995) 21(1) Commonwealth Law Bulletin 400.
Detention and treatment down under: Human rights and mental health laws in Australia and New Zealand (2011) 19 Medical Law Review 548
Human rights in the High Court of Australia, 1976-2003: the righting of Australian law? (2005) 33 Federal Law Review 287.
Operationalising human rights law in Australia: Establishing a human rights culture in the new Canberra prison and transforming the culture of Victorian police (2014) 31 Law In Context 261
Databases
Case Law
Bropho v Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission and Another (2004) 77 ALD 331
Gerhardy v Brown (1985) 159 CLR 70
Maloney v The Queen (2013) 252 CLR 168
Momcilovic v The Queen (2011) 245 CLR 1
Pearce v R (1998) 194 CLR 610
Wacyk v Australian Stock Exchange Ltd (1994) 61 SAIR 217