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Liberty [electronic resource] : a history of civil liberties in Australia / James Waghorne and Stuart Macintyre.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Waghorne, James.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil rights--Australia--History.
- Civil rights.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (240 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Sydney : UNSW Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Civil liberties are central to the freedoms that Australians value. They affirm the rights of all to protection from arbitrary authority and enable minorities to flourish; but they have also frequently been disputed. From arguments over censorship in the 1930's to present-day debates on mandatory sentencing, the concept of civil liberties - and its impact on our everyday lives - is a recurring motif of public life. Liberty is packed with new insights into the way civil liberties have been understood in Australia, tracing the formation of the Australian Council for Civil Liberties (ACCL), and
- Contents:
- Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1: Between Depression and war; Chapter 2: War under Menzies; Chapter 3: Total war and reconstruction; Chapter 4: Cold War; Chapter 5: Revival and law reform; Chapter 6: Rebuilding the Council; Chapter 7: Human rights; Guide to sources; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-74224-556-0
- OCLC:
- 314829300
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