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Title Interpreting constitutions : theories, principles and institutions / editors Charles Sampford, Kim Preston
Published Leichardt, N.S.W. : Federation Press, 1996

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Description xiv, 274 pages ; 25 cm
Series Law, ethics and public affairs
Law, ethics and public affairs.
Contents The interpretation of a Constitution in a modern liberal democracy / Anthony Mason -- Paradigm shifts in judicial interpretation : reframing legal and constitutional reasoning / Bryan Horrigan -- Constituting a nation : adjudication as constitutive rhetoric / Sandra S. Berns -- Constitutionally entrenched common law rights : sacrificing means to ends? / George Winterton -- A return to Dicey? The philosophical foundations of the Australian High Court's implied rights jurisprudence / Haig Patapan -- Judicial invalidation of legislation and democratic principles / David Wood -- The Australian High Court's role in institutional maintenance and development / Brian Galligan -- The Australian Parliament and High Court : determination of constitutional questions / Daryl Williams -- Politically sensitive interpretation / David Solomon -- Overruling constitutional interpretations / J.W. Harris -- International dimensions of constitutional interpretation / H.P. Lee
Analysis Constitution
Federal issue
High Court of Australia
Judicial opinions
Judicial review
Key item
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliography
Subject Australia. High Court.
Constitutional law -- Australia -- Cases.
Constitutional law -- Australia.
Judicial process -- Australia.
Judicial discretion -- Australia.
Judicial review -- Australia.
Political questions and judicial power -- Australia.
Author Preston, Kim.
Sampford, C. J. G. (Charles J. G.)
ISBN 1862872414