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In these circumstances, legislation takes precedence. That was one of the outcomes of the constitutional struggle between the Stuarts and the House of Commons in England in the 17th century \u2014 Parliament was accorded supremacy over the courts: see 2.49. It follows that, subject to the following constraints, it is always open to Parliament to accept, adapt or change rules deriving from case law that the Parliament considers undesirable.<\/p>\n

This is not to imply that the courts are subordinate to Parliament. Rather, the relationship is complex, and the courts retain a critical role with respect to parliamentary law-making in (at least) three important ways that might broadly be described as aspects of public law. First, as will be explained in Chapters 10\u201314, it is frequently a court\u2019s role to resolve disputes about the meaning of words in legislative instruments (that is, to engage in statutory interpretation).<\/p>\n

Second, an appropriate court may be called on to adjudicate on the validity of parliamentary law-making (broadly considered as part of the subject matter of constitutional law). This ensures that legislation made on topics that are argued not to be within a Parliament\u2019s constitutional power may be challenged.9 Third, a relevant court might be asked to adjudicate on the validity of delegated legislation (broadly within the subject matter of administrative law). So while there are these constraints on law-making through legislative instruments, what the term parliamentary supremacy does convey is that Parliament can, through proactive law-making processes, enact and revise legislation according to policy choices that the government considers desirable.<\/p>\n

Making statutes Nine principal legislatures enact statutes in Australia: the Commonwealth Parliament, the parliaments of the six states, and the legislative assemblies of the two mainland territories (the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory). The parliaments of certain mainland states such as Western Australia and South Australia make legislation for other Australian external territories and Norfolk Island (see 9.88).10 All Australian states, with the exception of Queensland, have bicameral parliaments, that is, a Parliament with two Houses (upper and lower); the approval of both Houses is required to enact legislation.<\/p>\n

The Legislative Council in Queensland was abolished in 1922.11 All upper Houses in Australia are now elected.<\/p>\n

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David Hamer BSc LLB (Hons) (ANU), PhD (U of Melb) Professor in Evidence Law, Sydney Law School, The University of Sydney Judith Jones BSc (Syd), LLB (UNSW), GradDipLegalPrac (UTS) Associate Professor of Law, The Australian National University Patrick O\u2019Mara LLB BAppSc Information Studies (UTS) Academic Liaison Librarian, University of Sydney Library, The University of Sydney Belinda Smith BEc (SocSci) (Hons) LLB (Hons) (Sydney), JSD (Col), GradDipLegalPrac (College of Law) Associate Professor of Law, Sydney Law School, The University of Sydney Tristan S Taylor BA (Hons) BA\/LLB (Hons) MA (UTas), MA MPhil PhD (Yale), FHEA Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences University of New England University Associate, College of Arts, Law and Education University of Tasmania LexisNexis Australia 2024 LexisNexis AUSTRALIA LexisNexis 475\u2013495 Victoria Avenue, Chatswood NSW 2067 On the internet at: www.lexisnexis.com.au ARGENTINA LexisNexis Argentina, BUENOS AIRES AUSTRIA LexisNexis Verlag ARD Orac GmbH & Co KG, VIENNA BRAZIL LexisNexis Latin America, SAO PAULO CANADA LexisNexis Canada, Markham, ONTARIO CHILE LexisNexis Chile, SANTIAGO CHINA LexisNexis China, BEIJING, SHANGHAI CZECH REPUBLIC Nakladatelstv\u00ed Orac sro, PRAGUE FRANCE LexisNexis SA, PARIS GERMANY LexisNexis Germany, FRANKFURT HONG KONG LexisNexis Hong Kong, HONG KONG HUNGARY HVG-Orac, BUDAPEST INDIA LexisNexis, NEW DELHI ITALY Dott A Giuffr\u00e8 Editore SpA, MILAN JAPAN LexisNexis Japan KK, TOKYO KOREA LexisNexis, SEOUL MALAYSIA LexisNexis Malaysia Sdn Bhd, PETALING JAYA, SELANGOR NEW ZEALAND LexisNexis, WELLINGTON POLAND Wydawnictwo Prawnicze LexisNexis, WARSAW SINGAPORE LexisNexis, SINGAPORE SOUTH AFRICA LexisNexis Butterworths, DURBAN SWITZERLAND Staempfli Verlag AG, BERNE TAIWAN LexisNexis, TAIWAN UNITED KINGDOM LexisNexis UK, LONDON, EDINBURGH USA LexisNexis Group, New York, NEW YORK LexisNexis, Miamisburg, OHIO A catalogue record for this book is available from the National Library of Australia ISBN: 9780409357585 (pbk).<\/p>\n

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This is a short excerpt from the opening of “Laying Down the Law 12th ed” by Hamer et al, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.<\/em><\/p>\n

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