KAS Australia’s latest edition of its Periscope – Occasional Analysis Paper Series is entitled ‘In the Matter of State v Liberty – Reflections on the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic’. The edition includes analyses of Australia, Germany, New Zealand, Fiji and Samoa’s responses to the ongoing public health crisis, their compliance with the rule of law and, in particular, the principle of proportionality, as well as preliminary conclusions that may be drawn from it. You can choose from the following contributions:

In the matter of State v Liberty - Reflections on the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic: Australia

The Hon Robert S French AC - former Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia

Germany’s Protective Measures against the COVID-19 Pandemic: Stress Test for the German Rechtsstaat

Prof Dr hc Rudolf Mellinghoff - former President of the Federal Supreme Finance Court of Germany and Dr Philipp Maetz – Research Assistant at said Court

In the matter of State v Liberty - Reflections on the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic: The Case of Australia

Laureate Professor Emeritus Cheryl Saunders AO, School of Law, University of Melbourne

Combatting the CoViD-19 Pandemic – The Case of Germany

Prof Juergen Broehmer - Professor of Law, School of Law, Murdoch University (Perth)

The New Zealand Response

Dr Andrew Butler - Barrister, Thorndon Chambers

Balancing Rights and Restrictions

Ashwin Raj - Director of the Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission of Fiji

Assessing Samoa’s Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

Beatrice Tabangcora - Assistant Lecturer and Researcher, School of Law, University of the South Pacific

Conclusions

Anne McNaughton – Director, Centre for European Studies and Senior Lecturer, School of Law, Australian National University