January 29, 2013 – 8:00 am
I have previously posted elsewhere about how similar the failures in indigenous policy and development (particularly foreign aid) policy have been. Remarkably similar, indeed. They also show some distinct similarities to the more unfortunate effects of welfare provision. (By ‘welfare provision’ I do not mean the aged pension or health or education services; I am talking […]
By Lorenzo
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Posted in Australia, Economics, England, History, Law, Personal liberty, Philosophy, Public Policy, The Left, The Right, Welfare
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Also tagged afghanistan, ALP, Amerindians, Anglo-Saxon law, Arnhem land, Assizes, Australian Aborigines, canon law, china, cliodynamics, collectivisation, common law, Commonwealth Intervention, Curley effect, Danelaw, development policy, Earl Ferrers, Elinor Ostrom, farming, foragers, foreign aid, france, free riding, Glenn Reynolds, Henry II, House of Elders, house of lords, human capital, hunter-gatherers, indigenous policy, iraq, japan, Jesse Helms, Lapps, magna carta, narcissism, Norman law, North American colonies, Peter Turchin, singapore, sit down money, Somaliland, Thomas Hobbes, time horizons, trial by jury, Vernon Smith
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September 1, 2012 – 12:50 am
A few days ago – via a friend’s Facebook news feed – I learnt that a thread concerning asylum seekers on Perth Now’s Facebook page had spiralled out of control in a particularly virulent way. Based on reports (I do not know whether they were true) that a boatload of asylum seekers off the Western […]
September 1, 2012 – 12:50 am
A few days ago – via a friend’s Facebook news feed – I learnt that a thread concerning asylum seekers on Perth Now’s Facebook page had spiralled out of control in a particularly virulent way. Based on reports (I do not know whether they were true) that a boatload of asylum seekers off the Western […]
November 3, 2011 – 11:25 am
Retrospective legislation and the rule of law F A Hayek neatly summarises the rule of law as follows: Stripped of all technicalities [the rule of law] means the government in all its actions is bound by rules fixed and announced beforehand — rules which make it possible to foresee with fair certainty how the authority […]
By Legal Eagle
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Posted in Australia, Immigration, Law, Politics, Public Policy, Society, Taxation, The Left, The Right, Welfare
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Also tagged australia, Australian Federal government, Australian politics, FA Hayek, Heydon J, High Court of Australia, House of Representatives, joseph raz, legal rights, Migration Act, payara, poniatowska, retrospective legislation, rule of law, Senate, Social Security Administration Act
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September 2, 2011 – 8:32 am
[This is (I hope) a more polished take on the High Court’s Malaysian Solution case, with the benefit of further reflection. It also attempts to explain just why the Federal Government thought they had such a strong case.] Also cross-posted at Online Opinion. All of Australia is buzzing with the news that the High Court […]
By Legal Eagle
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Posted in Australia, Immigration, Law, Media, Politics, Society
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Also tagged administrative law, asylum seekers, Australian Labor Party, Australian politics, Australian Prime Minister, French CJ, High Court of Australia, immigration detention, international law, Julia Gillard, jurisdictional fact, Malaysia, Malaysian solution, Migration Act, Nauru, Pacific solution, Politics, Refugee Convention, refugees, statutory interpretation, UNHCR
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August 31, 2011 – 2:40 pm
Just handed down at 2:15pm today: the High Court has declared the Malaysian “Solution” to be illegal in Plaintiff M70/2011 v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2011] HCA 32. I shall shamelessly reproduce the High Court’s summary of reasons available on their site — more detailed commentary (I hope) to follow [on which, see UPDATE […]
By Legal Eagle
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Posted in Immigration, Law
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Also tagged asylum seekers, Australian Labor Party, Australian politics, deportation, High Court, High Court of Australia, Julia Gillard, Law, Malaysian solution, refugees, visas
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In May this year, our government proposed a “solution” to the increasing arrival of refugees: deport 800 asylum seekers who arrive by boat and swap them with 4000 refugees from Malaysian camps over four years. The first 15 or 16 asylum seekers were to be flown out this morning (8 August 2011), but yesterday Hayne […]
By Legal Eagle
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Posted in Australia, Immigration, Politics, Society
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Also tagged asylum seekers, australia, Australian Labor Party, Australian Liberal Party, Australian politics, David Manne, deportation, Hayne J, High Court, High Court of Australia, human rights, injunction, Julia Gillard, Malaysian solution, Migration Act, Pacific solution, refugees, visas
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Okay, I really have reached the end of my tattered patience. I WAS going to post a thoughtful piece about the market clearing rate/efficiency wages and the Conservative MP who told the commons recently that disabled people are not as productive as their ‘normal’ colleagues and therefore ought to be free to accept less than […]
By DeusExMacintosh
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Posted in Britain, Economics, Human/Civil rights, Law, Media, Personal, Personal liberty, Politics, scotland, Society, Welfare
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Also tagged charity, chris bryant, Chris Grayling, citizenship, crofting, david cameron, david laws, Department for Work and Pensions, disability, DWP, flying squad, habeas corpus, Iain Duncan Smith, jobcentreplus, national fraud taskforce, New Zealand, parliament, philip davies, revenue and customs, rule of law, shetland, the work programme, UK coalition government, UK politics, UK Supreme Court
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February 17, 2011 – 6:17 pm
I was distressed to read today about Seena, a 9-year-old asylum seeker from Iran who was orphaned after the boat in which he was travelling sank in December last year. Seena has been in immigration detention on Christmas Island since that time, but was allowed to the mainland the other day for the funerals of […]
By Legal Eagle
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Posted in Australia, Children, Human/Civil rights, Immigration, Law, Politics
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Also tagged asylum seekers, Australian politics, Children, christmas island, christmas island shipwreck, compassion, human rights, immigration detention, mercy, Seena
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There are a few interesting posts around the place today, so I thought I’d just do a round up: HeathG at Minimal State wonders if GetUp! will get into trouble with copyright law as a result of its political satire video (which lends from various Hollywood blockbusters). I hope not, the video is rather funny, […]
By Legal Eagle
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Posted in Blogging, General, Intellectual property, Law, Politics, Society
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Also tagged copyright, copyright law, Law, lawyers, link round-up, people smugglers, psychic octopus
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