Author: David Long
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 179364196X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
David Long traces the cause of the 1975 constitutional crisis to the influence of English legal positivism, a theory which isolates the meaning from the political scheme the text was framed to support. He shows the fundamental premise of a Constitution, framed in Convention, ratified by the people that cannot be altered without their consent, the consent of the governed. Legal positivism was adopted by the High Court in 1920 when it abolished the federal scheme and therewith the sovereign States. The responsible judge had opposed federalism at the 1897 Convention. Long examines two juristic opinions that excused the Governor-General’s 1975 unprecedented dismissal of a government with the confidence of the House of Representatives. He identifies their reliance on legal positivist constitutional interpretations that are expressly rejected by the Founders. Long provides a theoretical defence of the Founders original understanding as the object of constitutional construction.
Australia’s American Constitution and the Dismissal
Author: David Long
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 179364196X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
David Long traces the cause of the 1975 constitutional crisis to the influence of English legal positivism, a theory which isolates the meaning from the political scheme the text was framed to support. He shows the fundamental premise of a Constitution, framed in Convention, ratified by the people that cannot be altered without their consent, the consent of the governed. Legal positivism was adopted by the High Court in 1920 when it abolished the federal scheme and therewith the sovereign States. The responsible judge had opposed federalism at the 1897 Convention. Long examines two juristic opinions that excused the Governor-General’s 1975 unprecedented dismissal of a government with the confidence of the House of Representatives. He identifies their reliance on legal positivist constitutional interpretations that are expressly rejected by the Founders. Long provides a theoretical defence of the Founders original understanding as the object of constitutional construction.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 179364196X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
David Long traces the cause of the 1975 constitutional crisis to the influence of English legal positivism, a theory which isolates the meaning from the political scheme the text was framed to support. He shows the fundamental premise of a Constitution, framed in Convention, ratified by the people that cannot be altered without their consent, the consent of the governed. Legal positivism was adopted by the High Court in 1920 when it abolished the federal scheme and therewith the sovereign States. The responsible judge had opposed federalism at the 1897 Convention. Long examines two juristic opinions that excused the Governor-General’s 1975 unprecedented dismissal of a government with the confidence of the House of Representatives. He identifies their reliance on legal positivist constitutional interpretations that are expressly rejected by the Founders. Long provides a theoretical defence of the Founders original understanding as the object of constitutional construction.
Official Record of the Debates
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 1070
Book Description
Comprises of: Official record of the proceedings and debates of the National Australasian Convention held in the Parliament House, Sydney, New South Wales in the months of March and April, 1891 -- Official report of the National Australasian Convention debates Adelaide, March 22 to May 5, 1897 -- Official record of the debates of the Australasian Federal Convention, second session, Sydney, 2nd to 24th September, 1897 -- Official record of the debates of the Australasian Federal Convention, third session, Melbourne, 20th January to 17th March, 1898 [2 v.]
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 1070
Book Description
Comprises of: Official record of the proceedings and debates of the National Australasian Convention held in the Parliament House, Sydney, New South Wales in the months of March and April, 1891 -- Official report of the National Australasian Convention debates Adelaide, March 22 to May 5, 1897 -- Official record of the debates of the Australasian Federal Convention, second session, Sydney, 2nd to 24th September, 1897 -- Official record of the debates of the Australasian Federal Convention, third session, Melbourne, 20th January to 17th March, 1898 [2 v.]
Official Report of the National Australasian Convention Debates
Great Australian Dissents
Author: Andrew Lynch
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107158532
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
This book identifies, analyses and celebrates the significant and influential dissenting judicial opinions in Australian legal history.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107158532
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
This book identifies, analyses and celebrates the significant and influential dissenting judicial opinions in Australian legal history.
The Annotated Constitution of the Australian Commonwealth
Author: Sir John Quick
Publisher:
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Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 1056
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 1056
Book Description
Official Report of the National Australasian Convention Debates: Official record of the debates of the Australasian Federal Convention, second session, Sydney, 2nd to 24th September, 1897
Author:
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Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 1138
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 1138
Book Description
Official Record of the Debates ...
Australia's Constitution after Whitlam
Author: Brendan Lim
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107119464
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
An original account of the 1975 constitutional crisis and its continuing relevance for informal constitutional change in contemporary Australian law.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107119464
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
An original account of the 1975 constitutional crisis and its continuing relevance for informal constitutional change in contemporary Australian law.
Constitutional Politics
Author: John Warhurst
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN: 9780702233418
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
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Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN: 9780702233418
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
No Marketing Blurb
Australian Constitutional Landmarks
Author: H. P. Lee
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781139450355
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Australian 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.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781139450355
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Australian 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.