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Home / Publications / Traditional Rights and Freedoms—Encroachments by Commonwealth Laws (ALRC Report 129) / 16. Immunity from Civil Liability

Traditional Rights and Freedoms—Encroachments by Commonwealth Laws (ALRC Report 129)
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1. Executive Summary
2. Rights and Freedoms in Context
3. Scrutiny Mechanisms
4. Freedom of Speech
5. Freedom of Religion
6. Freedom of Association and Assembly
7. Freedom of Movement
8. Fair Trial
9. Burden of Proof
10. Strict and Absolute Liability
11. Privilege Against Self-incrimination
12. Legal Professional Privilege
13. Retrospective Laws
14. Procedural Fairness
15. Judicial Review
16. Immunity from Civil Liability
17. Delegating Legislative Power
18. Property Rights
19. Personal Property Rights
20. Property Rights—Real Property
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12.01.2016

16. Immunity from Civil Liability

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Summary
A common law principle
Protections from statutory encroachment
Justifications for encroachments
Laws that give immunity from civil liability
Vicarious immunity
New cause of action for public law wrongs
Conclusion

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