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Submission to Australian Law Reform Commission's Review of Sedition Laws (and brief response to their Discussion Paper 71 on that topic)

Pyke, John R. (2006) Submission to Australian Law Reform Commission's Review of Sedition Laws (and brief response to their Discussion Paper 71 on that topic) .

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In this submission, I argued that the proposed new sections of the Criminal Code (Cth) were not wholly unreasonable, but that the existing section 80.1 as to treason, and the existing provisions of the Crimes Act 1914 Part IIA as to unlawful organisations were drawn so broadly as to be an infringement of the right of freedom of speech. My brief response to the Commission's "Discussion Paper" (really a draft report) No 71 is appended to the original submission.

Item Type:Other
Status:Unpublished
Keywords:criminal law; constitutionalism; civil liberties; human rights; commonwealth of australia; sedition; treason; unlawful associations
Subjects:390000 Law, Justice and Law Enforcement > 390100 Law > 390103 Constitutionalism and Constitutional Law
390000 Law, Justice and Law Enforcement > 390100 Law > 390106 Criminal Law
ID Code:7932
Deposited By:Pyke, John R
Deposited On:30 May 2007
Copyright Owner:Copyright 2006 John R. Pyke