Nicholas Aroney

The Constitution of a Federal Commonwealth

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Produktbeschreibung

Nicholas Aroney describes how ideas about federalism influenced those who drafted the Australian Constitution.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 644g
• ISBN-13: 9780521716895
• ISBN-10: 0521716896
• Artikelnr.: 25427374

Autorenporträt

Nicholas Aroney is a Reader in Law at the T. C. Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland, a member of the Australian Association of Constitutional Law and a fellow of the Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law at the University of Queensland.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Table of statues and executive instruements
Table of cases
Introduction: Australia as a federal commonwealth
Part I. Federalism: 1. Conceptualising federalism
2. Reframing the analysis
Part II. Federating Australia: 3. Models and sources
4. Australian appropriations
5. Constitutional foundations
6. Formative institutions
Part III. Australian Federation: 7. Principles of representation
8. Representative institutions
9. The states and the Commonwealth
10. Configurations of power
11. Amendment procedures
Part IV. Conclusions: 12. A federal commonwealth
Select provisions
Bibliography
Index.