Research Catalog

Title

Australian constitutional law and theory : commentary and materials / Tony Blackshield, George Williams.

Author

Blackshield, Anthony.

Publication

Sydney : Federation Press, 2006.

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Additional Authors

Williams, George, 1969-

Description

xlvi, 1474 p.; 25 cm.

Summary

More than a casebook, this text contains a wide range of materials, including excerpts from a spectrum of commentators and writers. Many changes are incorporated in the 3rd edition, such as: all developments in the law since 1997; new scholarly commentary; a new section on the Fiji crisis.

Subject

• Constitutional law > Australia
• Constitutional law > Australia > Cases

Genre/Form

Trials, litigation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ch. 1. Foundations -- Ch. 2. Political liberalism -- Ch. 3. The Westminster constitution -- Ch. 4. Penal colony to popular sovereignty -- Ch. 5. Indigenous peoples and sovereignty -- Ch. 6. The federal system -- Ch. 7. The engineers' case -- Ch. 8. Constitutional interpretation -- Ch. 9. Inconsistency -- Ch. 10. The federal parliament -- Ch. 11. State constitutions -- Ch. 12. The executive -- Ch. 13. The High Court and constitutional litigation -- Ch. 14. The separation of judicial power -- Ch. 15. Judicial and non-judicial detention -- Ch. 16. Characterisation and the trade and commerce power -- Ch. 17. The corporations power -- Ch. 18. The defence power -- Ch. 19. International law and the external affairs power -- Ch. 20. The immigration and aliens powers -- Ch. 21. The races power -- Ch. 22. The industrial relations power -- Ch. 23. Taxation and excise -- Ch. 24. The spending powers -- Ch. 25. Intergovernmental immunities -- Ch. 26. Civil and political freedoms -- Ch. 27. Economic freedoms -- Ch. 28. Freedom of political communication -- Ch. 29. Freedom of political communication applied and extended -- Ch. 30. Constitutional change -- App. 1. Australian constitution -- App. 2. The Colonial Laws Validity Act 1865 (Imp) -- App. 3. Statute of Westminster 1931 (UK) -- App. 4. Australia Act 1986 (Cth) -- App. 5. Justices of the High Court of Australia -- App. 6. Outcomes in constitutional referenda.

ISBN

1862875855

LCCN

• ^^2006404198
• 9781862875852

OCLC

68208593

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library