Australia’s Constitutional Government

Author: J. Richardson
Publisher: LexisNexis Australia
ISBN: 9780409341126
Published In: September 2016
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: Australia ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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This book comprehensively describes Australia’s unique pattern of constitutional government. Jack Richardson was always convinced that the legal basis of federal government and the evolving patterns of power should be understandable — not just to experts in constitutional law, but to people in all walks of life. He believed that knowledge of the principles by which we are governed must be available to the general public, and to participants in the federal system. The author advances expert knowledge by divining those principles. By describing their operation in words intelligible to readers who are not legally qualified, he achieves his aim of acquainting a much wider range of people with the powers that rule them.

The result is a book that will be a great help to students and scholars of law, government, politics and history, as well as a useful guide for administrators, journalists, politicians and legal practitioners. Anyone who needs a straightforward explanation of an element of constitutional government will value the understanding they can easily get from the book.

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approachable, readable text

Part One: Colonisation to Federation

1. From Penal Settlement to Representative and Responsible Government

2. Towards Federation

3. The National Australasian Convention 1891 and the Path to Adelaide

4. The Convention Debates 1897-98

5. Final Steps to Federation

6. The First Decade of Federation

7. Reflecting on the Work of the Founders

Part Two: The Commonwealth Parliament

8. Federal Parliament

9. Parliamentary Committees

10. Parliament in Action