A constitutional history of Australia
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
019550562X
ISBN 13
9780195505627
LCCN
JQ 4011 .M16
DDC
354
Category
Australia and New Zealand
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Publication Year
1979
Publisher
Pages
xiii, 213 pages
Subject
Australia
Abstract
This book seeks to explain the enormous changes which have taken place in Australian governmental institutions since the first, necessarily autocratic regime was established in January 1788.
Description
Content:
The British background -- Autocracy and prerogative -- Governors and councils -- The coming of responsible government -- The evolution of responsible government -- The Federation movement -- Interpreting the Federal Constitution -- Democracy and sovereignty -- The decline of the States.
The British background -- Autocracy and prerogative -- Governors and councils -- The coming of responsible government -- The evolution of responsible government -- The Federation movement -- Interpreting the Federal Constitution -- Democracy and sovereignty -- The decline of the States.
Biblio Notes
Includes index.
Item donated by Graham Price.
Categorized by publisher, then author, then date.
Item donated by Graham Price.
Categorized by publisher, then author, then date.
Number of Copies
1
