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Australian Communist Party v Commonwealth
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Australian_Communist_Party_v_Commonwealth
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
High Court case
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Communist_Party_Case
gptkbp:citation
(1951) 83 CLR 1
gptkbp:concernedAct
gptkb:Communist_Party_Dissolution_Act_1950
gptkbp:concernedLaw
gptkb:Australian_Constitution
gptkbp:country
gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:date
9 March 1951
gptkbp:decidedBy
gptkb:High_Court_of_Australia
gptkbp:defendant
gptkb:Commonwealth_of_Australia
gptkbp:heldBy
Communist Party Dissolution Act 1950 was unconstitutional
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Australian Communist Party v Commonwealth
gptkbp:judge
gptkb:Sir_Dudley_Williams
gptkb:Sir_Edward_McTiernan
gptkb:Sir_Frank_Kitto
gptkb:Sir_Wilfred_Fullagar
gptkb:Sir_John_Latham
gptkb:Sir_Owen_Dixon
gptkb:Sir_William_Webb
gptkb:Sir_George_Rich
gptkbp:plaintiff
gptkb:Australian_Communist_Party
gptkbp:significance
Affirmed rule of law and judicial review
Limited executive power to dissolve organizations
Landmark case on constitutional limits of government power
gptkbp:subject
gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkb:Separation_of_powers
Freedom of association
gptkbp:year
1951
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Australian
gptkbp:bfsLayer
4