The Australia Acts 1986

The Australia Acts 1986
Title The Australia Acts 1986 PDF eBook
Author Anne Twomey
Publisher NSW Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government
Pages 490
Release 2010
Genre Australia
ISBN 9781862878075

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The Australia Acts, one enacted in Australia and the other in the United Kingdom, are fundamental constitutional documents for Australia: they terminated the remaining constitutional links between the two countries. Negotiated behind closed doors, little has been known of their background and purpose.Using previously confidential documents, this book reveals what was intended, what was disputed and what was rejected. It analyses each provision, its background, objectives, drafting changes and its current operation. It also provides a close analysis of the power to enact the Australia Acts, the validity of the provisions and their impact on the Crown and Australia's independence.The book addresses fundamental historical, political and constitutional matters, such as:the current basis for Australian sovereignty and the binding nature of the Constitution the relationship between federalism and the Crownthe status of the Queen of Australia and whether there is also a separate Queen of each State, and the source of the power to amend Australia's constitutional documents and the limits on its exercise. It is also essential for those who need to ascertain the extent of State legislative power, including:the reach of the extra-territorial power of the States and whether a nexus is neededwhether the States can constitutionally entrench laws, such as a bill of rightswhy the States cannot abdicate or limit the scope of their legislative powerswhether the States can apply the Australia Acts with retrospective effect to validate defective State laws.

The Constitution of New South Wales

The Constitution of New South Wales
Title The Constitution of New South Wales PDF eBook
Author Anne Twomey
Publisher Federation Press
Pages 966
Release 2004
Genre Law
ISBN 9781862875166

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Places the constitutional framework of the State in its historical and political context and provides for the first time a detailed analysis of all the provisions of the Constitution Act 1902 (NSW) including their legislative history and examples of their use.

The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia

The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia
Title The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia PDF eBook
Author Nicholas Aroney
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 697
Release 2015-09-11
Genre Law
ISBN 0521759188

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This book provides an engaging and distinctive treatment for anyone seeking to understand the significance and interpretation of the Constitution.

The Chameleon Crown

The Chameleon Crown
Title The Chameleon Crown PDF eBook
Author Anne Twomey
Publisher Federation Press
Pages 328
Release 2006
Genre History
ISBN 9781862876293

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Using previously secret government documents, The Chameleon Crown re-writes the history of Australia's relationship with the United Kingdom and the Crown. It makes clear that the Australian States remained colonial dependencies of the British Crown until 1986 when the Australia Act was passed. It was the 'Queen of the United Kingdom', not the 'Queen of Australia' who reigned over them. For many decades historians, lawyers and politicians believed that the British Government's role in advising the Queen on State matters was simply a formality and that the British merely provided the 'channel of communication' for State advice. This book reveals for the first time the true extent of the independent role played by the British Government in State affairs as well as the significant role of the Queen. The Chameleon Crown takes the reader behind the scenes into the confidential negotiations between the States, the Commonwealth, the British Government and Buckingham Palace on the termination of the colonial links between the States and the United Kingdom. This was a battle of high politics, played by the likes of Whitlam, Murphy, Bjelke-Petersen, Wran, Fraser, Hawke, in which the sovereignty of the States was at stake. It is essential reading for those interested in Australian politics, history and the monarchy. A NSW Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government publication.

The Australian Judiciary

The Australian Judiciary
Title The Australian Judiciary PDF eBook
Author Enid Campbell
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 423
Release 2012-11-27
Genre Law
ISBN 0521769167

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This definitive survey of the Australian judiciary describes and evaluates the work, techniques, problems and future of courts and judges.

An Outline of the Law of Partnership

An Outline of the Law of Partnership
Title An Outline of the Law of Partnership PDF eBook
Author Stephen Graw
Publisher
Pages 332
Release 2011
Genre Partnership
ISBN 9780455228617

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Explains and illustrates the major legal principles governing the formation, operation and termination of partnerships and the way they apply in practice, and incorporates updates to all statutory references and to all major new cases, expands on existing explanations and, where relevant, includes additional case examples to illustrate how those principles apply in practice.

The Oxford Handbook of the Australian Constitution

The Oxford Handbook of the Australian Constitution
Title The Oxford Handbook of the Australian Constitution PDF eBook
Author Cheryl Saunders
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 1201
Release 2018
Genre Law
ISBN 0198738439

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Providing an interdisciplinary overview of Australian constitutional law and practice, this Handbook situates the development of the constitutional system in its proper context. It also examines recurrent themes and tensions in Australian constitutional law, and points the way for future developments.