The future of Australian federalism : comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives / Edited by Gabrielle Appleby, Nicholas Aroney, and Thomas John.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

1st edition

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Federal government -- Australia -- Congresses.

Separation of powers -- Australia -- Congresses.

1. Australian federalism : past, present and future tense

Part I: The federal-state balance

2. The federal balance

3. The incredible shrinking Federation : voyage to a singular state?

4. A sketch of the modern Australian Federation

5. The still reluctant state : Western Australia and the conceptual foundations of Australian federalism

6. The division of powers in federal systems : comparative lessons for Australia

Part II: Instituting structural reform : comparative perspectives

7. Reforming German federalism

8. Polyphonic federalism : the United States experience

9. The rise of coercive federalism in the United States : dynamic change with little formal reform

10. The bargaining game : Canada as a new model of federal governance

11. Bis hierher sollst du kommen und nicht weiter : the German constitutional court and the boundaries of the European integration process

Part III: Federalism and multi-ethnic societies

12. Dynamics of federalism : a comparative analysis of recent developments in federations and countries in transition to federalism

13. Religious identities : testing the underlying preconceptions of Canadian federalism?

14. Foedus pacificum : a response to ethnic regionalism within nation states

15. Federal diversity in Australia : a counter narrative

Part IV: Fiscal federalism

16. Fiscal federalism in Canada : principles, practices, problems

17. Fiscal federalism : then and now

18. Fiscal decentralisation and macroeconomic performance in Australia

Part V: Reforming Australia's federal system

19. Escaping purgatory : public opinion and the future of Australia's federal system

20. The Rudd reforms and the future of Australian federalism

21. Co-operative arrangements in comparative perspective

22. Federalism and the Australian judicial system : back to the future : the autochthonous expedient and other devices

23. Federalism in Australia : gazing in the crystal ball of constitutional reform.

Includes papers presented at a conference hosted by the Law Council of Australia and the Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law at the University of Queensland in July 2008.

Item donated to library by Paul de Jersey on his retirement as Chief Justice.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781107006379

xix, 484 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm