Australian constitutional law and theory : commentary and materials
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Australian constitutional law and theory : commentary and materials
Federation Press, 2006
4th ed
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Includes bibliographical references (p. xiv-xv) and index
Privious ed.: 2002
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The fourth edition of this work has involved a thorough rewrite. Each chapter has been looked at again from beginning to end, with fresh choices in some cases made for extracts to bring the book up to date for new materials and scholarship and some material rewritten to provide clearer explanation. While all chapters contain changes, some have involved a more fundamental rewrite. The Supplement below, details changes from the 3rd edition to the 4th edition. For example, the chapters on the executive as well as characterisation and the trade and commerce power have been rewritten to provide a more straightforward structure and to provide greater clarity and contemporary relevance. Other changes have been made in order to restructure the book and to provide room for the substantial new material. Overall, the book is roughly the same length as the last edition due to cuts and streamlining. This has also involved rethinking the placement of some material, such as to group together the grants and appropriations powers of the Commonwealth. The material dealing with human rights has been substantially restructured with the chapters dealing with the implied freedom of political communication rewritten to take account of new developments and to provide space for major new cases. The final chapter on constitutional change has also been reworked to include a section dealing on Bill of Rights issues as a contrast to that on the republic.
Table of Contents
Contents Foundations Political Liberalism The Westminster Constitution Penal Colony to Popular Sovereignty Indigenous Peoples and Sovereignty The Federal System The EngineersaaC--a Case Constitutional Interpretation Inconsistency The Federal Parliament State Constitutions The Executive The High Court and Constitutional Litigation The Separation of Judicial Power Judicial and Non-Judicial Detention Characterisation and the Trade and Commerce Power The Corporations Power The Defence Power International Law and the External Affairs Power The Immigration and Aliens Powers The Races Power The Industrial Relations Power Taxation and Excise The Spending Powers Intergovernmental Immunities Civil and Political Freedoms Economic Freedoms Freedom of Political Communication Freedom of Political Communication Applied and Extended Constitutional Change Appendices
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