Title The constitution of the commonwealth of Australia / by W. Harrison Moore of King's College, Cambridge, and of the Middle Temple, barrister-at-law ; dean of the Faculty of Law in the University of Melbourne

Edition Second edition Published Melbourne : Charles F. Maxwell (G. Partridge & Co.) ; London : Sweet & Maxwell Ltd., 1910

Click on the following:
Hein Online books

Copies

Description 1 online resource (xxviii, 782 pages) Contents The foundation of the Australian colonies and the sources of their laws and institutions before federation -- The history of the Australian federation -- The nature and authority of the federal Commonwealth -- The constitution of the Commonwealth -- The Crown in the Commonwealth -- The distribution of powers in the Commonwealth government -- The Parliament -- The relations of the Senate and the House of Representatives -- The organization of the Executive : the Governor-General, the Federal Executive Council and the King's Ministers of State, the Cabinet System -- The organization of Commonwealth administration -- The judicature -- Federal jurisdiction -- The appellate jurisdiction : the King in Council, and the High Court of Australia -- The powers of colonial legislatures -- The legislative power of the Parliament of the Commonwealth -- The executive power of the Commonwealth -- The judicial power of the commonwealth -- The states : constitution and powers -- The status of the states -- The courts and legislation -- The validity of laws : principles of interpretation -- Unconstitutional legislation -- The courts and executive action -- Federal and state relations : the supremacy of Commonwealth law -- The incidence of Commonwealth laws -- The doctrine of the immunity of instrumentalities -- The state as an agent of the Commonwealth goverment -- The subjects of the legislative power of the Commonwealth Parliament -- The subjects of federal jurisdiction -- Finance : taxation -- Collection and expenditure of public money -- Financial relations of the Commonwealth and the state -- Trade and commerce -- The exercise of the commerce power : exclusive or concurrent; freedom of trade and commerce -- The Inter- State Commission -- The state railways -- Territorial alterations : the seat of government -- The alteration of the Constitution -- Conclusion -- Appendix. The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act of 1900 (annotated) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record; online resource viewed July 5, 2016 Subject Constitutional law -- Australia Constitutional history -- Australia Constitutions -- Australia Constitutional history Constitutional law Constitutions Australia Genre/Form constitutions. Constitutions Constitutions. Constitutions. Form Electronic book

  Permalink