The constitution of independence : the development of constitutional theory in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0198268955
ISBN 13
9780198268956
LCCN
KF 4480 .O45
Category
Comparative Study
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Publication Year
2005
Publisher
Pages
xx, 367 pages
Subject
Constitutional Law
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Abstract
"The Constitution of Independence is a contribution to the newly rejuvenated subject of comparative Commonwealth constitutional law, politics, and history. In Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, a series of fascinating developments have been under way for more than a decade: characterized by independent thinking, experimentation, and cross-Commonwealth borrowing of constitutional ideas." "This book explores the development of constitutional thinking in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand from early domination by Imperial ideas, through the adoption of the Statute of Westminster and the contemplation of severing Imperial connections, to irreversible acquisition of constitutional independence in the 1980s. This book focuses primarily on sovereignty and the legal system, concepts which are also central to contemporary constitutional theory in Europe and the United States."--BOOK JACKET.
Description
Contents:
Introduction -- The Imperial Dominions -- Parliamentary Sovereignty in the Empire and Commonwealth: Dicey's Dominion and Dogmas -- Theories of Parliamentary Sovereignty after 1931: New and Revised -- Canada I: Confederation and the Imperial Theory -- Canada II: An Independent Constitutional Theory -- Canada III: The Patriation Reference -- New Zealand: Waitangi, Westminster and Wellington -- Australia I: Colonies, Conventions and the Constitution -- Australia II: Westminster to Canberra -- Legal Continuity or Disguised Revolution? -- Theoretical Approaches to Sovereignty and Legal System -- Constitutionals Continuity and Constitutional Independence -- Conclusion.
Introduction -- The Imperial Dominions -- Parliamentary Sovereignty in the Empire and Commonwealth: Dicey's Dominion and Dogmas -- Theories of Parliamentary Sovereignty after 1931: New and Revised -- Canada I: Confederation and the Imperial Theory -- Canada II: An Independent Constitutional Theory -- Canada III: The Patriation Reference -- New Zealand: Waitangi, Westminster and Wellington -- Australia I: Colonies, Conventions and the Constitution -- Australia II: Westminster to Canberra -- Legal Continuity or Disguised Revolution? -- Theoretical Approaches to Sovereignty and Legal System -- Constitutionals Continuity and Constitutional Independence -- Conclusion.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-362) and index.
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