EMERGENCY POWERS, COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS & MANDATORY VACCINAT IBD

Sinopsis

The main argument of this book is that vaccine mandates facilitate the creation of a fundamentally unfair and unequal society where vaccinated people are privileged and the unvaccinated become second-class citizens who are excluded from most activities of normal life and are regarded as lepers in their own country. In this context, this book discusses the concept of legality known as the âÇÖrule of lawâÇÖ, and the use of emergency powers in Australia. It also focuses on the unconstitutionality of mandatory vaccination, and it examines the possible use of the external affairs power in the Constitution to combat mandatory vaccination. Also discussed in this book is the role that civil disobedience can play when protesting the imposition of vaccine mandates and other draconian measures. Finally, the reader is invited to ponder how the use ofáemergency powers is historically used as a means of suppressing fundamental rights and dramatically increasing the power of the State.áAugusto Zimmermannáisáprofessor and head of Law at the Sheridan Institute of Higher Education, and also adjunct professor of law at the University of Notre Dame Australia (Sydney Campus).From 2012 to 2017, he served as a Law Reform Commissioner in Western Australia. While teaching (and coordinating) constitutional law and legal theory at Murdoch University, he was awarded the 2012 Vice ChancellorâÇÖs Award for Excellence in Research, as well as two Law School DeanâÇÖs Research Awards, in 2010 and 2011.áHe is also the author/co-author/editor/co-editor of numerous academic articles and books, includingáFundamental Rights in the Age of Covid-19á(Connor Court Publishing, 2020).áGabriëlááMoens AMáis emeritus professor of law at the University of Queensland and served as pro vice-chancellor and dean of the School of Law at Murdoch University. In 2003, Moens was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal by the prime minister for services to education. He has taught extensively across Australia, Asia, Europe, and the United States. Moens has recently published two novelsáA Twisted Choiceá(Boolarong Press, 2020) andáThe Coincidenceá(Connor Court Publishing, 2021).ááQuote from the book:'The health orders issued by AustraliaâÇÖs governments have the effect of violating the concept of legality known as âÇÖthe rule of lawâÇÖ. These governments have adopted extra-constitutional measures that undermine the doctrine of separation of powers and the principle of equality before the law, as well as the basic right of citizens to object to any form of medical treatment, including mandatory vaccinations, which are now increasingly imposed by the government'.áá