Australia Leading Case methodreserved powersintergovernmental immunities

Amalgamated Society of Engineers v Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd (Engineers' Case)

[1920] HCA 54; (1920) 28 CLR 129

JurisdictionAustralia

CourtHigh Court of Australia

Year1920

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Commonwealth legislative powers under s 51 are to be construed according to the natural meaning of the constitutional text, unconfined by implied doctrines of reserved State powers or intergovernmental immunities.

Area of Law

Practitioner & Recent-Significant Sweep

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