Australia's federal system of government is established by the Commonwealth Constitution which provides for a central Commonwealth government with limited powers and six state governments with plenary powers. When the Constitution was originally drafted, the framers sought, in the provisions and structure of the Constitution, to retain the powers of the states as much as possible. After Australia became a federation in 1901, the High Court of Australia, in its early decisions, sought, in the method of constitutional interpretation they utilised (originalism), to give effect to the framers' intention to protect the federal nature of the Constitution. However, in 1920 in Amalgamated Society of Engineers v Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd ('Engineers...
The amendment mechanisms contained within the Australian and United States Constitutions, being Sect...
From time to time a decision of the High Court is considered to have major implications for ...
Over the course of a century, Australia has developed into a prosperous nation and one of the oldest...
Since the Engineers Case decision in 1920, the role of the United States Constitution in interpretin...
In drafting the Constitution, the Framers were conscious about the need to maintain the division of ...
Justice Anthony Mason's judgment in Victoria v Commonwealth (‘AAP Case’) has proven to be one of the...
This commentary explains the Privy Council’s opinion in Cooper v Stuart (1889) 14 App Cas 286, a cas...
tag=1 data=Federalism and the design of the Australian Constitution. by James Warden tag=2 data=War...
On 14 November 2006 the High Court of Australia handed down its decision in a case simply described ...
Even those who regret it accept that the founders of the Australian Constitution beyond question i...
In one of the great contests between State and federal power, the Tasmanian Dam Case pitted the immo...
Although the Australian federation came into being in 1901 under the authority of the British Imperi...
This thesis examines the relationship between the rule of law and the Australian Constitution. Its m...
This article examines the reasoning in Spence v Queensland (Spence), in which a majority of the High...
Since the landmark decision of the Australian High Court in the Enginee1:1• case, the Australian fed...
The amendment mechanisms contained within the Australian and United States Constitutions, being Sect...
From time to time a decision of the High Court is considered to have major implications for ...
Over the course of a century, Australia has developed into a prosperous nation and one of the oldest...
Since the Engineers Case decision in 1920, the role of the United States Constitution in interpretin...
In drafting the Constitution, the Framers were conscious about the need to maintain the division of ...
Justice Anthony Mason's judgment in Victoria v Commonwealth (‘AAP Case’) has proven to be one of the...
This commentary explains the Privy Council’s opinion in Cooper v Stuart (1889) 14 App Cas 286, a cas...
tag=1 data=Federalism and the design of the Australian Constitution. by James Warden tag=2 data=War...
On 14 November 2006 the High Court of Australia handed down its decision in a case simply described ...
Even those who regret it accept that the founders of the Australian Constitution beyond question i...
In one of the great contests between State and federal power, the Tasmanian Dam Case pitted the immo...
Although the Australian federation came into being in 1901 under the authority of the British Imperi...
This thesis examines the relationship between the rule of law and the Australian Constitution. Its m...
This article examines the reasoning in Spence v Queensland (Spence), in which a majority of the High...
Since the landmark decision of the Australian High Court in the Enginee1:1• case, the Australian fed...
The amendment mechanisms contained within the Australian and United States Constitutions, being Sect...
From time to time a decision of the High Court is considered to have major implications for ...
Over the course of a century, Australia has developed into a prosperous nation and one of the oldest...