Social Legislation in Australia

Despite strong public interest in law reform by both state and federal governments, very little has been written about social legislation in Australia. Discussions about social legislation frequently proceed with each participant assuming an individual and subjective definition of social legislation; rarely is there agreement about the role and purpose of social legislation. This paper examines some writings on social policy in an effort to provide a definition of social legislation; a basis for identifying legislation as ‘social’ is provided. It is argued that for legislation to be social it must have a distributional character. Further consideration is given to the role of social legislation and the motivations for introducing legislative measures to deal with social ills. Attention is focused on approach, rights and tokenism in social legislation

Legislation · Legislature · Political science · Social policy · Sociology · Law · Legal Education and Practice Innovations · Public Administration

• From social issues to social policy

  Open Access•T Rowse, Deborah Mitchell•Australian Journal of Social Issues•2005

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• From Deviant to Disenfranchised

  Open Access•James E Rowe, James Rowe•Australian Journal of Social Issues•2005

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• Social policy

  Richard Morris Titmuss•Social policy•1974

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• An Approach to Social Policy

  Open Access•David Donnison•Australian Journal of Social Issues•1976

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• Towards a Legal Definition of Social Welfare

  Open Access•Mark Tedeschi•Australian Journal of Social Issues•1979

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• Ruling class, ruling culture

  R W Connell•Ruling class, ruling culture•1977

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