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Australia’s Constitution Clashes With Vaccine Mandates

Australia’s Constitution Clashes With Vaccine Mandates
People form long queues outside a vaccination centre in Melbourne, Australia, on Aug. 27, 2021. William West/AFP via Getty Images
Augusto Zimmermann
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Gabriël Moens
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Although it is not feasible to predict what the High Court of Australia—the nation’s apex legal body—would do if it were called upon to consider the constitutionality of vaccine mandates and emergency declaration orders, it is still possible to argue what it should do.

Augusto Zimmermann, PhD, LLD, is a professor and head of law at Sheridan Institute of Higher Education in Perth. He is also president of the Western Australian Legal Theory Association and served as a commissioner with the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia from 2012 to 2017. Mr. Zimmermann has authored numerous books, including “Western Legal Theory: History, Concepts and Perspectives" and “Foundations of the Australian Legal System: History, Theory, and Practice.”
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