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Kable v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW)

(1996) 189 CLR 51
JurisdictionAustralia
CourtHigh Court of Australia
Year1996
StatusBinding authority

Summary

Chapter III of the Constitution prevents State legislatures from conferring functions on State courts that are incompatible with their capacity to exercise federal judicial power.

Key Principle

Chapter III; state courts exercising federal jurisdiction cannot be required to act incompatibly with federal judicial power

Area of Law

constitutional

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