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Weaver, PM 1990, Banking and Lending Practice, Lawbook Company.

Carney, T 1990, 'The Social Security Act: Just Another Act or a Blueprint for Social Justice?', Australian Journal of Social Issues, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 103-119.
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This paper takes the opportunity of the Social Security Review to reflect on the meaning of social security reform. It argues that traditional conceptions of the welfare state are unduly narrow and atomistic, concentrating on vesting individuals with social security rights similar to private law notions of contract or properly, and the securing of those rights from depredations by the state. In contrast it contends that social security properly rests on a notion of social rights to participation in society. This is a positive, reciprocal relationship between citizen and state in which both sides have rights and obligations in furthering participation in core social, economic and community activities. The article assays a preliminary statement of ‘social rights’ and considers how new legislation might better harmonize with it.

Hitchens, LP 1990, 'Cross-Media Regulation and the Broadcasting Bill: A Mismatch of Policy and Rules', Utilities Law Review, vol. 1, pp. 121-126.