Australian constitutional law and government / Matt Harvey, Ian Killey PSM, Daniel Goldsworthy, Bill Swannie and David Tan.

Chatswood, N.S.W. : LexisNexis Australia, 2021.

1st edition

198717

Constitutional law -- Australia.

1. Constitutions and Concepts

2. Indigenous Peoples and the Australian State

3. Interpretive Techniques

4. Citizens and Democracy

5. Legislative Powers

6. Executive Power and Accountability

7. Judicial Power

8. State Constitutions

9. Commonwealth-State Relations: Federalism

10. Rights, Liberties and Restrictions

11. The 1975 Dismissal

12. Constitutional Reform.

An engaging, accessible and comprehensive guide to constitutional law in Australia. Australian Constitutional Law and Government offers an accessible introduction to constitutional law in Australia. It provides students, practitioners, government professionals and the general reader with an informative and readable guide to Australian constitutional law as applied in government at both federal and State level. The authoritative author team combine narrative explanations, discussion and analysis of the key principles with case summaries, legislative references and short extracts. In addition, the text includes valuable pedagogical features such as diagrams and conceptual maps, case studies, exam-style questions and further reading. A topical discussion of the constitutional impacts of the Covid19 pandemic is included in a ‘Covid Coda’ at the end of relevant chapters. - Publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780409352139

xlii, 424 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm