The constitution and government of Australia, 1788 to 1919
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1760022004
ISBN 13
9781760022006
Category
Australia and New Zealand
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Publication Year
2019
Publisher
Pages
l, 590 pages
Subject
Australia
Abstract
"Between 1910 and 1919, William Pitt Cobbett, former Professor of Law and Dean of the Sydney Law School, wrote what would become his great opus on the Constitution and Government of Australia but the manuscript was never published. Its publication had been frustrated in the period following his death by the High Court's judgment in the Engineers Case in 1920 and the new constitutional order it created. A century later, Professor Anne Twomey, has sensitively edited Cobbett's original manuscript, taking care to preserve the integrity of his work." - Voila
Description
Content:
The British occupation and subdivision of Australia -- The government of Australian colonies -- The foundations of the Commonwealth -- The Constitution of the Commonwealth -- The Commonwealth as a united society -- The nature and sources of imperial control -- The status and powers of the colonial legislatures -- Subjects of imperial control, and the question of imperial consolidation -- The office of the governor-general -- The Federal Parliament -- The federal electoral system -- The powers of the Federal Parliament -- Legislative methods and procedure -- The executive government of the Commonwealth -- The constitutional position and power of the states -- The relation of the states and the Commonwealth -- The relations of the states inter se -- The federal territories.
The British occupation and subdivision of Australia -- The government of Australian colonies -- The foundations of the Commonwealth -- The Constitution of the Commonwealth -- The Commonwealth as a united society -- The nature and sources of imperial control -- The status and powers of the colonial legislatures -- Subjects of imperial control, and the question of imperial consolidation -- The office of the governor-general -- The Federal Parliament -- The federal electoral system -- The powers of the Federal Parliament -- Legislative methods and procedure -- The executive government of the Commonwealth -- The constitutional position and power of the states -- The relation of the states and the Commonwealth -- The relations of the states inter se -- The federal territories.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Categorized by publisher, then subject, then date.
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