Introduction

(a) what the Bill of Rights is designed to achieve and how it should be approached by interpreters;
(b) the persons and bodies who are bound by the Bill of Rights;
(c) how the Bill of Rights applies in statutory interpretation cases and to delegated legislation;
(d) how to make arguments about the concept of “reasonable limits” on rights;
(e) how the Bill of Rights is used in policy debates (this includes the role of s 7, concerning the reporting duty of the Attorney-General).

(a) selected freedom of expression issues;
(b) selected criminal procedure issues, including exclusion of evidence, search and seizure, concepts of arrest, and detention, offence and charge, arbitrary arrest and detention, the right to consult a lawyer, the right to be brought before a court as soon as possible, the right to adequate facilities to prepare a defence, the right to be tried without undue delay, and the right against double punishment.