Volume 5 / 2020
In the Matter of State v Liberty -
Reflections on the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic
Edited by Anne McNaughton & Eva U Wagner
Volume 5 / 2020
2020 will be remembered for disruptions both of national and global scale, from the Australian bushfires to the coronavirus pandemic.
Given KAS Australia’s mandate to foster public debate and to promote theme-focussed dialogues, publishing a Periscope edition on the coronavirus measures from a rule of law perspective was an obvious choice. This edition includes reflections on the approach taken by various countries to protect public health. Our contributors from Australia, Germany, New Zealand, Fiji and Samoa provide an overview of their respective country’s response to the pandemic to date and analyse the specific measures as to their proportionality and compliance with the rule of law.
Introduction
Foreword
Dr Beatrice Gorawantschy
Director KAS Regional Programme for Australia and the Pacific
Introduction
Eva U Wagner
Programme Coordinator Rule of Law, Energy & Development Policy Regional Programme Australia and the Pacific KAS Australia
Analysis
Reflections on the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic: Australia
The Hon Robert S French AC
Germany’s Protective Measures against the COVID-19 Pandemic: Stress Test for the German Rechtsstaat
Prof Dr hc Rudolf Mellinghoff and Dr Philipp Maetz
Reflections on the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic: The case of Australia
Laureate Prof Emeritus Cheryl Saunders AO
Combatting the CoViD-19 Pandemic – the Case of Germany
Professor Jürgen Bröhmer
Professor of Law at the Law School of Murdoch University
The New Zealand response
Dr Andrew Butler
Balancing rights and restrictions
Ashwin Raj
Assessing Samoa’s Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
Beatrice Tabangcora
Assistant Lecturer at the University of the South Pacific School of Law