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Title Peace order and good government : state constitutional and parliamentary reform / edited by Clement Macintyre and John Williams
Published Kent Town, S. Aust. : Wakefield Press, 2003

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Description x, 333 pages ; 22 cm
Contents Introduction. An endless project: state constitutional and parliamentary reform / Clement Macintyre and John Williams. Constitutional Reforms: Processes and Comparative Experiences. Ways and means of constitutional reform / Cheryl Saunders -- Constitutional and parliamentary reform for South Australia / Chris J. Sumner -- Lessons to be learned from the Australian Capital Territory self-government model / Geoffrey Lindell -- Negotiating South Africa's new constitution / Christina Murray -- A bill of rights? The New Zealand experiment / Ellen France. Constitutional Reforms: Content of Reform. Direct democracy: advantages and options for South Australia / Geoffrey de Q. Walker -- Citizen initiated referendum: an Australian Capital Territory proposal / Gary Humphries -- Democratic deficit: is citizen initiated referendum the solution to a problem compulsory voting has already solved? / Lisa Hill -- Reconnecting representatives: participating in a representative democracy / Patrick Bishop. Constitutional Reforms: Ways, Means and Limitations of Reform. The 'vision splendid' of ministerial responsibility versus the 'round eternal' of government administration / Brad Selway -- Inter-constitutional relations / John Williams -- Reforming state constitutions / John Waugh -- The role of the Governor / George Winterton. Parliamentary Reform: Making the Parliament Work. Reforming the parliament / John Uhr -- Constitutional and parliamentary reform issues in the reform of parliament: resourcing the parliament: the New South Wales experience / Russell Grove -- The Australian federal speakership: the first hundred years and some future directions / Neil Andrew -- Reform of parliamentary privilege / Gerard Carney. Conclusions. A reflection on the decline of parliament thesis / Greg McCarthy -- The politics of constitutional reform: some concluding remarks / John Warhurst
Summary "Fundamental reform of State Constitutions is needed now more than ever. Indeed, the process is underway in all States and Territories. Across Australia there is a growing belief that public institutions must be made more relevant to the needs of an increasingly restless electorate. Parliaments and Constitutions that remain unreformed and unreviewed tend to lose the essential public confidence that is crucial to a healthy representative democracy. Citizen initiated reform, the size and role of the Houses of Parliament, the accountability of Ministers, the role and the method of choice of the Governor, the independence and functions of the Speaker and issues of privilege are all matters of current debate and will remain as key features of future reforms. This book offers a timely contribution to the process of institutional regeneration and poses a range of reforms appropriate for State Constitutions at the start of the new century."
Notes Foreword by the Hon Mike Rann MP, Premier of South Australia
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject South Australia. Constitution
Law reform -- Australia -- South Australia.
Constitutional law -- Australia -- South Australia.
Legislative bodies -- Australia -- South Australia -- Reform.
Constitutional law -- Australia.
Law reform -- Australia.
Law reform.
Constitutional law.
Law reform -- Australia -- South Australia.
Constitutional law -- Australia -- South Australia.
Legislative bodies -- Reform.
Law reform -- Australia -- States.
Constitutional law -- Australia -- States.
Author Rann, Mike, 1953-
Macintyre, Clement.
Williams, John (John Matthew), 1967-
Wakefield Press.
LC no. 2004401456
ISBN 1862546177 :