Author: Australia. Constitutional Convention
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Proceedings of the Australian Constitutional Convention
Author: Australia. Constitutional Convention
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Religious Freedom and the Australian Constitution
Author: Luke Beck
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351257749
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
This 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.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351257749
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
This 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.
First Report of the Constitutional Commission
Author: Australia. Constitutional Commission
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Minutes of Proceedings and Official Record of Debates of the Australian Constitutional Convention Held at the Hotel Windsor, Melbourne, 24-26 September 1975
Author: Australia. Constitutional Convention
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
The Chameleon Crown
Author: Anne Twomey
Publisher: Federation Press
ISBN: 9781862876293
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Using previously secret government documents, The Chameleon Crown re-writes the history of Australia's relationship with the United Kingdom and the Crown. It makes clear that the Australian States remained colonial dependencies of the British Crown until 1986 when the Australia Act was passed. It was the 'Queen of the United Kingdom', not the 'Queen of Australia' who reigned over them. For many decades historians, lawyers and politicians believed that the British Government's role in advising the Queen on State matters was simply a formality and that the British merely provided the 'channel of communication' for State advice. This book reveals for the first time the true extent of the independent role played by the British Government in State affairs as well as the significant role of the Queen. The Chameleon Crown takes the reader behind the scenes into the confidential negotiations between the States, the Commonwealth, the British Government and Buckingham Palace on the termination of the colonial links between the States and the United Kingdom. This was a battle of high politics, played by the likes of Whitlam, Murphy, Bjelke-Petersen, Wran, Fraser, Hawke, in which the sovereignty of the States was at stake. It is essential reading for those interested in Australian politics, history and the monarchy. A NSW Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government publication.
Publisher: Federation Press
ISBN: 9781862876293
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Using previously secret government documents, The Chameleon Crown re-writes the history of Australia's relationship with the United Kingdom and the Crown. It makes clear that the Australian States remained colonial dependencies of the British Crown until 1986 when the Australia Act was passed. It was the 'Queen of the United Kingdom', not the 'Queen of Australia' who reigned over them. For many decades historians, lawyers and politicians believed that the British Government's role in advising the Queen on State matters was simply a formality and that the British merely provided the 'channel of communication' for State advice. This book reveals for the first time the true extent of the independent role played by the British Government in State affairs as well as the significant role of the Queen. The Chameleon Crown takes the reader behind the scenes into the confidential negotiations between the States, the Commonwealth, the British Government and Buckingham Palace on the termination of the colonial links between the States and the United Kingdom. This was a battle of high politics, played by the likes of Whitlam, Murphy, Bjelke-Petersen, Wran, Fraser, Hawke, in which the sovereignty of the States was at stake. It is essential reading for those interested in Australian politics, history and the monarchy. A NSW Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government publication.
A Federal Republic
Author: Brian Galligan
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521373548
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
A provocative reassessment of the Australian constitution from the perspective of a political scientist.
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521373548
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
A provocative reassessment of the Australian constitution from the perspective of a political scientist.
Australian Parliamentary Handbook
Author: Australia. Parliamentary Library
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780642021779
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780642021779
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Australian Senate Practice
Author: Australia. Parliament. Senate
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
Labor and the Constitution, 1972-1975
Author: Gareth J. Evans
Publisher: Richmond, Vic. : Heinemann Educational Australia
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Publisher: Richmond, Vic. : Heinemann Educational Australia
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)
Author: Australia. Parliament. House of Representatives
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description