Regulating Political Advocacy by Charities Liberally

Author:

Murray Ian1ORCID,Umbers Lachlan1,Wesson Murray1

Affiliation:

1. University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia

Abstract

In countries such as Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States, whether certain classes of civil society groups are eligible to receive state support (by way of tax and other concessions) is primarily based on the entity’s intended purpose. Yet governments often view the advocacy, electioneering, or lobbying activities that are the means adopted by some civil society organizations to achieve their purposes, as unjustified attempts to intervene in the political process. Attempts to restrict these activities are, thus, not uncommon but raise challenges to fundamental tenets of liberal democracies. This article uses recent Australian experience as a case study to analyze such attempts through rule of law and freedom of expression lenses. It focuses on advocacy and electioneering via peaceful protest/civil disobedience activities and argues that charities have a valuable role to play as political actors and that any restrictions should meet the requirements of certainty and proportionality.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

Reference60 articles.

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