- Bib ID:
- 106000
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Ratnapala, Suri, 1947-
- Description:
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- South Melbourne : New York : Oxford University Press, 2002
- xxi, 313 p. ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0195510054
- Summary:
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"Australian Constitutional Law: Foundations and Theory explains and evaluates the fundamentals of the Australian constitutional system as it relates to the classical principles of constitutional government, such as the rule of law, separation of powers, representation, executive responsibility, federalism, and fundamental rights."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- 1. The Idea of a Constitution
- 2. A Parliamentary System of Government: The Idea of a Responsible Executive
- 3. Role of the Upper House in Parliamentary Democracy
- 4. The Representative Principle in Australian Constitutionalism
- 5. Separation of Powers: Australia's Asymmetric Model
- 6. Separation of Judicial and Non-judicial Powers: Defining Judicial Power
- 7. The Rules That Separate Judicial and Non-Judicial Powers: The Prohibitions
- 8. Rules of Separation: The Exceptions
- 9. Interpreting Commonwealth Powers: From the Model of Reserved Powers to the Model of Limited Powers
- 10. Economic Provisions
- 11. Constitutional Rights and Freedoms
- 12. Constitutional Change.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Constitutional law -- Australia
- Copyright:
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