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The invisible state : the formation of the Australian state, 1788-1901

Title
The invisible state : the formation of the Australian state, 1788-1901 / Alastair Davidson.
Author
Davidson, Alastair, 1939-
Publication
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1991.

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Description
xviii, 329 pages : illustrations, maps; 27 cm.
Summary
This book shows how the judiciary became the most powerful arm of government in Australia.
Series Statement
Studies in Australian history
Uniform Title
Studies in Australian history.
Subject
  • To 1900
  • Constitutional history > Australia
  • Representative government and representation > Australia > History
  • Judicial power > Australia > History
  • Constitutional history
  • Judicial power
  • Politics and government
  • Representative government and representation
  • Staatsvorming
  • Rechtsgeschiedenis (wetenschap)
  • Politique et pouvoir judiciaire > Australie > Histoire
  • Régime représentatif > Australie > Histoire
  • Australia > Politics and government > To 1900
  • Australia
  • Australie > Politique et gouvernement > Jusqu'à 1900
  • Australie > Histoire constitutionnelle
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-321) and index.
Contents
Prologue -- 1. Private vices become public benefits -- 2. The under-keepers -- 3. Dispossession -- 4. The house that Jack built -- 5. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? the sovereignty of the law -- 6. The Trojan horse -- 7. 'Suffer little children' -- 8. A state for a continent -- 9. ' the triumph of the people' -- Epilogue.
ISBN
  • 0521366585
  • 9780521366588
LCCN
90047202
OCLC
  • ocm22388599
  • 22388599
  • SCSB-8934943
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library