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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      22 September 2009
      21 September 2004
      ISBN:
      9780511481307
      9780521603706
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511481307
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      (215 x 137 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.22kg, 172 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Law: General Interest, Politics: General Interest, Law, Politics and International Relations
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    Book description

    In this excellent new book, Helen Irving delves into the mystery that is the Australian constitution by discussing the major national debates of recent years. Many people want to understand and take part in the debate about constitutional issues but they face a significant hurdle: the constitution is almost unreadable. It does not mean what it says, and nor does it say what it means. There are many myths in circulation about what the constitution says and as many assumptions about what it does. Helen Irving, one of this country's foremost constitutional experts, puts various constitutional confusions to rest, and invites a general audience into an understanding of the issues that were once reserved for experts.

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    ‘In this book, Helen Irving provides a neat and innovative way of looking at Australia’s constitution. She simplifies difficult and complex issues that go to the heart of our system of government.’

    Michelle Grattan

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    Further reading
    Tony Blackshield, Michael Coper and George Williams (eds), The Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia, Oxford University Press, 2001
    Michael Coper, Encounters with the Australian Constitution, CCH, 1988
    Michael Coper and George Williams, Power, Parliament and the People, Federation Press, 1997
    Brian Costar (ed.), Deadlock or Democracy? The Future of the Senate, UNSW Press, 2000
    Gregory Craven, Secession: the Ultimate States Right, Melbourne University Press, 1986
    Christopher Cunneen, King's Men: Australia's Governors-General from Hopetoun to Isaacs, Allen & Unwin, 1983
    Brian Galligan, A Federal Republic: Australia's Constitutional System of Government, Cambridge University Press, 1995
    Murray Gleeson, The Rule of Law and the Constitution, ABC Books, 2000
    Helen Irving (ed.), The Centenary Companion to Australian Federation, Cambridge University Press, 1999
    Helen Irving, To Constitute a Nation: A Cultural History of Australia's Constitution, Cambridge University Press, 1999
    J. A. La Nauze, The Making of Australia's Constitution, Melbourne University Press, 1972
    J. A. La Nauze, No Ordinary Act: Essays on Federation and the Constitution, edited by Helen Irving and Stuart Macintyre, Melbourne University Press, 2001
    Geoffrey Lindell and Robert Bennett (eds) Parliament: The Vision in Hindsight, Federation Press, 2001
    Cheryl Saunders, It's Your Constitution: Governing Australia Today, Federation Press, 2003
    Marian Sawer (ed.), Elections, Full, Free and Fair, Federation Press, 2001
    David Solomon, The Political High Court, Allen & Unwin, 1999
    John Summers, Dennis Woodward and Andrew Parkin (eds), Government, Politics, Power and Policy in Australia (7th edition), Longman, 2002
    John Waugh, The Rules, Melbourne University Press, 1996
    George Winterton, Monarchy to Republic, Oxford University Press, 1994
    George Williams, Human Rights under the Australian Constitution, Oxford University Press, 1999

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