Law Under a Democratic Constitution

Lisa Burton Crawford is Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of New South Wales, Australia.Patrick Emerton is Associate Professor of Law at Monash University, Australia.Dale Smith is Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

• 1. IntroductionLisa Burton Crawford, Patrick Emerton and Dale Smith2. Goldsworthy on Interpretation of Statutes and Constitutions: Public Meaning, Intended Meaning and the Bogey of Aggregation Larry Alexander3. What is Statutory Purpose? Dale Smith4. Statutory Meaning without Parliamentary Intention: Defending the High Court’s ‘Alternative Approach’ to Statutory Interpretation Patrick Emerton and Lisa Burton Crawford5. Goldsworthy on the Normative Justification for Originalism Lawrence B Solum6. Originalism and Explanatory Power: Text, Structure and the Interpretation of Constitutions Nicholas Aroney7. The Moral Motivations for Moderate Originalism Heidi M Hurd8. Authenticity, Ontology and Natural History: Some Reflections on Musical and Legal Interpretations Kevin Toh9. Populism and Parliamentary Sovereignty: The Goldsworthy SolutionAlison L Young10. Democracy, Mixed Government and Judicial Review Richard S Kay11. Models of (and Myths about) Rights Protection Richard Ekins12. Political Obligation and Public LawTRS Allan13. Response to Contributors Jeffrey Goldsworthy