An unrivalled collection of scholars contribute to a book that explores how law and government may affect each other. The authors are all leaders in their field and have joined to honour one of Australia's most distinguished legal scholars Enid Campbell, who was recently awarded a Companion of the Order of Australia for her services to the law and legal scholarship. The contributors examine problems within their special field of expertise.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1: The Binding Effect of State Law on the Commonwealth - Leslie Zines
CHAPTER 2: Manner and Form Revisited: Reflections on Marquet’s Case - Jeffrey Goldsworthy
CHAPTER 3: The Evolving Role of the Australian Governor-General - George Winterton
CHAPTER 4: The "Reasonably Appropriate and Adapted" Test and the Implied Freedom of Political Communication - H. P. Lee
CHAPTER 5: Judicial Review and Ministerial Responsibility - Matthew Groves
CHAPTER 6: The Jurisdiction of Australian Government Ombudsmen - Dennis Pearce
CHAPTER 7: Nullity - Mark Aronson
CHAPTER 8: The Place of Estoppel in Public Law - Sir Anthony Mason
CHAPTER 9: Legitimate Expectations in Procedural Fairness after Lam - Bruce Dyer
CHAPTER 10: Polycentricity in Administrative Decision-Making - Enid Campbell and Matthew Groves
CHAPTER 11: Reform of Australian Jurisdiction and Judgments Law by International Treaty: The Lugarno Option - Richard Garnett
CHAPTER 12: Controlling Persistently Vexatious Litigants - Michael Taggart and Jenny Klosser
APPENDIX: Publications of Enid Campbell
Index