Australian Constitutional Landmarks

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-0-521-83158-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 466 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 905 g

Australian Constitutional Landmarks presents the most significant cases and controversies in the Australian constitutional landscape. Including the Lionel Murphy saga, the Communist Party case, the Dismissal of the Whitlam government, the Free Speech cases, Tasmanian Dams case and a case discussing native title, this book highlights turning points in the shaping of the Australian nation since Federation. Each chapter clearly examines the legal and political context leading to the case or controversy and the impact on later constitutional reform. With contributions by leading constitutional lawyers, judges and two former chief justices, this book is sure to have lasting appeal to all members of the judiciary, practitioners and legal academics as well as those people with an interest in Australian politics, government and history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lee, H. P.

Winterton, George

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The emergence of the Commonwealth constitution John Williams; 2. The engineers' case Keven Booker and Arthur Glass; 3. The uniform income tax cases Cheryl Saunders; 4. The bank nationalisation cases: the defeat of Labor's most controversial economic initiative Peter Johnston; 5. The communist party case George Winterton; 6. Fitzpatrick and Browne: imprisonment by a house of parliament Harry Evans; 7. The boilermakers case Fiona Wheeler; 8. The race power: a constitutional chimera Robert French; 9. The double dissolution cases Anthony Mason; 10. 1975: The dismissal of the Whitlam government George Winterton; 11. The Tasmanian dam case Leslie Zines; 12. The Murphy Affair in retrospect Geoffrey Lindell; 13. The Privy Council and the constitution Gerard Brennan; 14. Cole v Whitfield: absolutely free‚ trade? Dennis Rose; 15. The labour relations power in the constitution and public sector employees Marilyn Pittard; 16. The implied freedom of political communication H. P. Lee.

Über Autor(innen)

Winterton, George
George Winterton is Professor of Law at the University of New South Wales. He has published extensively in Australia and overseas and was a member of the Executive Government Advisory Committee of the Constitutional Commission, the Republic Advisory Committee, and an appointed delegate to the Constitutional Convention.

Lee, H. P.
H. P. Lee is the Sir John Latham Professor of Law at Monash University. The author of many legal works on Australia, Singapore and Malaysia, he has been a member of various committees advising on the press and humanitarian law. His most recent work, co-authored with Enid Campbell, is The Australian Judiciary.