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Author: Nicholas Aroney
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015-09-11
Total Pages: 697
ISBN-13: 0521759188
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides an engaging and distinctive treatment for anyone seeking to understand the significance and interpretation of the Constitution.
Author: W. G. McMinn
Publisher: Melbourne ; New York : Oxford University Press
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 236
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Helen Irving
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1999-06-13
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780521668972
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis imaginative and resonant 1997 book looks at the constitution as a cultural artefact. It attempts to understand the period during which it emerged, culminating in Federation in 1901. Irving looks beyond the well-known events, places and figures to locate federation and the constitution in the context of broader social, political and cultural changes. She argues that Australians displayed an ability to reconcile the demands of pragmatism with the urge of romanticism. Despite its paradoxical construction, there is something uniquely Australian about the constitution, and it marked a utopian moment as the old century gave way to the new. Irving analyses the background and outcomes of the Constitutional Convention and considers its significance for Australia's possible future as a republic.
Author: Luke Beck
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-03-19
Total Pages: 335
ISBN-13: 1351257749
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines the origins of Australia’s constitutional religious freedom provision. It explores, on the one hand, the political activities and motives of religious leaders seeking to give the Australian Constitution a religious character and, on the other, the political activities and motives of a religious minority seeking to prevent the Australian Constitution having a religious character. The book also interrogates the argument advanced at the Federal Convention in favour of section 116, dealing with separation of religion and government, and argues that until now scholars and courts have misunderstood that argument. The book casts new light to show how the origins of the provision lead to section 116 being conceptualised as a safeguard against religious intolerance on the part of the Commonwealth. Written in an accessible style, the work has potential to influence the development of constitutional doctrine by the High Court through its challenge of historical assumptions on which the High Court’s current doctrine is based. Given the ongoing political debates concerning the interaction of discrimination law and religious freedom, the book will be of interest to academics and policy-makers working in the areas of law and religion, constitutional law and comparative law.
Author: Sarah McKibbin
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2021-07-29
Total Pages: 393
ISBN-13: 150993958X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a contemporary legal history book for Australian law students, written in an engaging style and rich with learning features and illustrations. The writers are a unique combination of talents, bringing together their fields of research and teaching in Australian history, British constitutional history and modern Australian law. The first part provides the social and political contexts for legal history in medieval and early modern England and America, explaining the English law which came to Australia in 1788. This includes: The origins of the common law The growth of the legal profession The making of the Magna Carta The English Civil Wars The Bill of Rights The American War of Independence. The second part examines the development of the law in Australia to the present day, including: The English criminal justice system and convict transportation The role of the Privy Council in 19th century Indigenous Australia in the colonial period The federation movement Constitutional Independence The 1967 Australian referendum and the land rights movement. The comprehensive coverage of several centuries is balanced by a dynamic writing style and tools to guide the student through each chapter including learning outcomes, chapter outlines and discussion points. The historical analysis is brought to life by the use of primary documentary evidence such as charters, statutes, medieval source books and Coke's reports, and a series of historical cameos - focused studies of notable people and issues from King Edward I and Edward Coke to Henry Parkes and Eddie Mabo - and constitutional detours addressing topics such as the separation of powers, judicial review and federalism. A Legal History for Australia is an engaging textbook, cogently written and imaginatively resourced and is supported by a companion website: https://www.bloomsburyonlineresources.com/a-legal-history-for-australia
Author: Sir John Quick
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Published: 1901
Total Pages: 1056
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: H. P. Lee
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2004-01-12
Total Pages: 476
ISBN-13: 9781139450355
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAustralian Constitutional Landmarks presents the most significant cases and controversies in the Australian constitutional landscape up to its original publication in 2003. Including the Communist Party case, the dismissal of the Whitlam government, the Free Speech cases, a discussion of the race power, the Lionel Murphy saga, and the Tasmanian Dam case, this book highlights turning points in the shaping of the Australian nation since Federation. Each chapter clearly examines the legal and political context leading to the case or controversy and the impact on later constitutional reform. With contributions by leading constitutional lawyers and judges, as well as two former chief justices, this book will appeal to members of the judiciary, lawyers, political scientists, historians and people with a general interest in Australian politics, government and history.
Author: Cheryl Saunders
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 1201
ISBN-13: 0198738439
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProviding an interdisciplinary overview of Australian constitutional law and practice, this Handbook situates the development of the constitutional system in its proper context. It also examines recurrent themes and tensions in Australian constitutional law, and points the way for future developments.
Author: John Williams
Publisher: Melbourne University
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780522850420
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection of primary source material on the Australian commonwealth constitution of 1901 brings together original unedited drafts, memoranda, comments by the drafters, and personal letters about the process of drafting the text. Political records including the Hasnard extracts, speeches, and newspaper cartoons reveal the opinions of political leaders and the feelings of the populace about the landmark document. The early drafts and evolution of the document reveal much about Australian constitutional law and political history.
Author: Brian Galligan
Publisher: CUP Archive
Published: 1995-09-14
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780521373548
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA provocative reassessment of the Australian constitution from the perspective of a political scientist.
