Love v The Commonwealth; Thoms v The Commonwealth

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Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf High Court of Australia case
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Love; Thoms
gptkbp:application gptkb:Brendan_Thoms
gptkb:Daniel_Love
gptkbp:citation [2020] HCA 3
gptkbp:country gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:date 11 February 2020
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Gageler_J
gptkb:Keane_J
gptkb:Kiefel_CJ
Mina J
gptkbp:heldBy Aboriginal Australians cannot be considered 'aliens' under the Australian Constitution
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Love v The Commonwealth; Thoms v The Commonwealth
gptkbp:impact Set precedent on the status of non-citizen Aboriginal Australians
gptkbp:judge gptkb:High_Court_of_Australia
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Bell_J
gptkb:Edelman_J
gptkb:Gordon_J
gptkb:Nettle_J
gptkbp:principle The concept of 'alien' in s 51(xix) of the Constitution does not apply to Aboriginal Australians
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Mabo_v_Queensland_(No_2)
Shaw v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
gptkbp:response The Commonwealth of Australia
gptkbp:subject gptkb:citizenship
gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkb:Indigenous_Australians
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Love_v_Commonwealth;_Thoms_v_Commonwealth
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7