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National Uniform Legislation

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  • © 2022

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Authors:
  1. Guzyal Hill

    1. Asia Pacific College of Business and Law, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia

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  • The first book considering national uniform legislation as a body of law
  • Empirical analysis of 84 sets of Acts of outmost significance
  • Law as data methods allowing for evidence-based analysis

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction to National Uniform Legislation

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    Pages 1-21

  3. Definitions and Structures

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    Pages 23-39

  4. Historical Development of National Uniform Legislation

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    Pages 41-59

  5. Cooperative Federalism

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    Pages 61-75

  6. Slow and Steady Uniform Legislation

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    Pages 77-95

  7. Fast and Furious Uniform Legislation

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    Pages 97-112

  8. Pragmatic National Reforms

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    Pages 113-125

  9. Ever-Failing Uniformity

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    Pages 127-143

  10. Judicial Interpretation of National Uniform Legislation

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    Pages 145-159

  11. Conclusion – Future National Reforms in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Pandemics and New Federalism

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    Pages 161-170

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 171-176
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About this book

This book aims to develop a conceptual framework upon which to draw for analysis of new and existing national reforms in Australia. Due to growth in the volume and complexity of national uniform legislation, law reform agencies, the Commonwealth, state and territory governments and policy institutions have more, rather than less, to do. This book explores how they are required to respond to debates among actors from divergent geographical, commercial and ideological backgrounds, who sometimes demonstrate irreconcilable differences in values and perspectives.
From a policy implication perspective, this book summarises a vast quantity of original and complex data so that it can be applied in the field—among policymakers, reformers, legislative drafters, students and the wider audience of legal practitioners working with harmonised legislation in federations. This book acknowledges that uniform legislation is not a panacea for all legal challenges currently faced byfederations. However, this book takes a step towards demystifying the many confusing factors that have obscured the underlying general principles. A working theory of ‘federal harmonisation’ enables ‘the art of the impossible’ to become a practical reality. 


This book condenses data on legislation in models. The models enable transparent, evidence-based decisions in the process of a federation’s harmonisation to progress regulatory best practices and achieve more reliable, sustainable results.



Authors and Affiliations

  • Asia Pacific College of Business and Law, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia

    Guzyal Hill

About the author

Dr Guzyal Hill is a Senior Lecturer, Charles Darwin University, Australia. Guzyal brings a unique perspective as a researcher and legislative drafter. The impetus for this book stems from the experience of legislative drafting problems related to national uniform legislation. Guzyal researches and publishes in the areas of national uniform legislation, harmonisation in federation, federalism, law reform and ‘law as data methods’ in the context of legislation. Dr Hill is contributing to the ANZSOG/National Regulators Community of Practice as an Academic Adviser – ECR on the National Steering Committee.

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