Studies in Australian federalism Secession : the ultimate states right

Type

Book

Authors

Craven, Gregory

ISBN 10

0522843174

ISBN 13

9780522843170

LCCN

KU 2040 .C72

DDC

342.94

Tags

Administrative Law, Political Science, Constitutional law, Secession, Federal government, Australia

Series Name

Studies in Australian federalism

Abstract

Secession is the process by which a State would withdraw from the Australian Commonwealth, and assert its own independence. Craven's book is the first to analyse in detail all the major issues relating to secession, which is considered as a historical, political and legal phenomenon. He pays considerable attention to the views of the Founding fathers, while the course of the extremely serious Western Australian secession movement between 1930 and 1935 is fully dealt with. All the means through which secession might conceivably be achieved by legal steps are postulated and analysed. These include the possibility of legislation being passed unilaterally by the Parliament of the State concerned, by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, or by the Commonwealth Parliament.

Description

Content:
1. Secession -- 2. The Framing of the Australian Constitution -- 3. The Western Australian Secession Movement 1930-1935 -- 4. The Unilateral Secession of an Australian State -- 5. Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom -- 6. The Internal Amendment of the Constitution Act -- 7. The Future.

Biblio Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-238) and index.
Item donated by Graham Price.
Categorized by publisher, then author, then date.

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