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Constitutional Change in the Commonwealth [Hardcover]

Leslie Zines (Author)

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Publication Date: June 28, 1991

This book is concerned with changes and proposed changes to the governmental structures of the four oldest members of the Commonwealth--Britain, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. It is divided into three sections. The first contrasts the efforts of the three "older dominions" to free themselves legally from their constitutional ties with the United Kingdom, not achieved until the 1980s. The second section examines attempts and proposals to curb the power of the parliaments to impair individual and democratic rights. Only Canada has achieved something similar to the United States' Bill of Rights, but there are some social pressures in the same direction in the other three countries. The final section compares the judicial interpretation of the federal constitutions of Canada and Australia. This in turn is compared with the position of Britain in the EEC. As a result of political forces and judicial interpretation, the power of the British Parliament is steadily waning in favor of increased Community power, in a manner akin to that occurring in relation to the distribution of central and regional power in Canada and Australia.

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"Although their importance may be increasingly apparent with the advent of democratization and constitutional change in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, laudable studies in comparative constitutional law are infrequent. A good one, such as Leslie Zines's Constitutional Change in the Commonwealth, is therefore worthy of study, not only for what it says but also for how it says it." The Review of Politics

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This book is concerned with changes and proposed changes to the governmental structures of the four oldest members of the Commonwealth - Britain, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.

Product Details

Hardcover: 128 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (June 28, 1991)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0521400392
ISBN-13: 978-0521400398
Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.7 x 0.6 inches
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This chapter is concerned with steps taken by Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, successfully completed only in the last few years, to end their constitutional ties with the United Kingdom Parliament and Government, to examine the present legal foundations of the Constitutions of those countries, and to see what has happened to the notion of 'the Crown'. Read the first page

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external affairs power, residuary power, federal balance, fundamental justice, laws with respect, commerce power

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New Zealand, United Kingdom, Supreme Court Reports, Commonwealth Law Reports, High Court, Privy Council, United States, British Government, Appeal Cases, Statute of Westminster, New South Wales, British North America Act, Constitutional Commission, Australian Constitution, British Parliament, European Court Reports, Charter of Rights, Constitution Act, Australian Law Reports, European Human Rights Reports, Canadian Charter, Australia Act, Canadian Constitution, European Convention, Pty Ltd

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This book cites 12 books:

Final report by South Australia on 6 pages
High Court and the Constitution by Leslie Zines on 5 pages
Constitutional Law of Canada by Peter W. Hogg on page 12, and page 29
The Law and the Commonwealth by R. T. E. Latham on page 6
European Law (Law Society of Ireland Manuals) by Vincent Power on page 111

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7 books cite this book:

The Constitution of Independence: The Development of Constitutional Theory in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand by Peter C. Oliver on page 33, and Back Matter
Constitutional Justice: A Liberal Theory of the Rule of Law by T. R. S. Allan on page 250, and Back Matter
Eclipse of Empire by D. A. Low on page 339
A Guide To the Contemporary Commonwealth by W. David McIntyre in Back Matter
The Nation-State in Question by T. V. Paul on page 59

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