George Williams surveys the High Court career of Justice Michael McHugh.

In Ame's Case the High Court said that a Papuan man who was an Australian citizen by birth was not a 'real Australian' and could be treated as an 'alien' under the Australian constitution, including for the purpose of taking his citizenship away. The case indicates that citizenship in itself does not confer full membership...

Jason Payne evaluates the implementation, operation and outcomes of the pilot program for 26 months from its inception in 2002. The program operates within the Cairns and Townsville magistrates' courts, and aims to target and divert into treatment, rather than prison, high-volume property or drug offenders whose offending is attributable to their drug dependency. The...

With the upcoming retirement of Justice Michael McHugh from the High Court, Andrew Lynch discusses his contribution, looks at how his absence will be felt and comments on the future of the bench. This article was written before the federal government appointed Justice Susan Crennan to the High Court

Andrew Lynch and George Williams present basic information about the High Court's decision-making for 2004 at both an institutional and individual level, with an emphasis on constitutional cases as a subset of the total.