Authority to Decide 2ed

Preface to the Second EditionPreface to the First EditionTable of Cases Table of Statutes

1. The meanings of "jurisdiction" 1.1 Jurisdiction as authority to decide 1.2 Jurisdiction as the dispute, as opposed to the authority to decide it 1.3 The ambiguity of “federal jurisdiction” 1.4 Jurisdiction as a geographic area 1.5 Metonymous uses of “jurisdiction” 1.6 Overview of uses of “jurisdiction” 1.7 Broader uses of “jurisdiction”

2. Invoking the jurisdiction of courts 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Constitutional recognition of courts 2.3 All courts have jurisdictional limitations 2.4 Superior courts of record 2.5 Jurisdiction to determine a court’s own jurisdiction

3. Jurisdictional error 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Why “jurisdictional error” is challenging 3.3 The entrenched minimum provision of judicial review 3.4 Identifying “jurisdictional error” 3.5 Jurisdictional facts 3.6 Other jurisdictional errors 3.7 The consequences of jurisdictional error 3.8 Limits on restricting review for jurisdictional error 3.9 Conclusion

4. Identifying Chapter III matters 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Summary 4.3 Justiciable controversies based on common transactions and facts 4.4 Application of the principles after the invalidity of the cross-vesting scheme 4.5 Discretion 4.6 Substantiality 4.7 “Accrued” jurisdiction 4.8 Associated jurisdiction

5. Conferring and excluding jurisdiction 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Overview 5.3 Types of laws conferring and excluding jurisdiction 5.4 General approach to construing laws conferring or excluding jurisdiction 5.5 The general conferral of jurisdiction in individual courts 5.6 General conferral and specific exclusion of jurisdiction 5.7 The general investment of jurisdiction by Judiciary Act s 39 5.8 Overriding the limits and conditions in Judiciary Act s 39 5.9 The Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-vesting) Act 1987 (Cth) 5.10 Excluding the jurisdiction of State and Territory courts 5.11 Summary

6. Service 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Presence is sufficient to found personal jurisdiction 6.3 Exceptions – where local personal service is not effective 6.4 Voluntary submission 6.5 Substituted service 6.6 Extraterritorial service 6.7 Service and Execution of Process Acts 6.8 Service is jurisdictional 6.9 The position in the United States 6.10 Conclusion

7. Chapter III matters - private litigation 7.1 Introduction 7.2 “Arising under” – authority to decide federal questions 7.3 Matters arising under any treaty 7.4 Matters affecting consuls or other representatives of other countries 7.5 Matters between residents of different States 7.6 Matters of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction 7.7 Matters relating to the same subject matter claimed under the laws of different States

8. Chapter III matters - litigation involving governments 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Context 8.3 The drafting of ss 75 and 78 of the Australian Constitution 8.4 The effect of federation 8.5 Governmental amenability to suit 8.6 Jurisdiction over governments 8.7 Identifying a governmental party 8.8 Conclusion

9. Appeals 9.1 Introduction 9.2 The nature of appeals 9.3 Appellate or original jurisdiction? 9.4 History of appeals 9.5 Types of appeals 9.6 Legislation supplementing, precluding or qualifying a right of appeal9.7 The jurisdiction of the New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal and Court of Appeal

Appendix 1 Chapter III of the Australian Constitution and Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), selected provisions Australian Constitution, Chapter III (extracts) Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) (extracts)

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