The framers of the Australian constitution : their intentions / Frank R. McGrath.

Brighton-le-Sands, Nova ScotiaW : Frank McGrath, 2003.

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Constitutional history -- Australia.

History -- Australia.

Constitutional law.

Part 1. Responsible government and the powers of the Senate: 1. The Australasian Federation Conference 1890

2. Responsible government and the powers of the Senate

3. The crisis which almost wrecked the 1891 convention

4. Responsible government in the convention of 1897-8

5. The crisis of 1975 and the relation of the principles of responsible government to deadlocks over supply. The meaning and purpose of s.57

Part 2. The intentions of the framers in relation to particular sections of the Constitution: 6. Misconceptions of the intentions of the framers of the Constitution in relation to section 41 of the Constitution

7. Aborigines under the Constitution. The special laws power (s.51 (xxvi)), and the purpose of s.127

8. The Hindmarsh Bridge controversy and the special laws power

Part 3. The intentions of the framers in respect of the financial powers of the Commonwealth and the provision of the freedom of interstate trade, commerce and intercourse: 9. The power of the Commonwealth under the financial clauses

10. The use of the convention debates in aid of the interpretation of s.92 of the Constitution

Part 4. The sections upon which the Tasmanian Dam Case was based. The expansion of Commonwealth power by the use of the 'external affairs' power, and the corporations power: 11. The 'external affairs' power

12. The corporations power

Part 5. Conclusions: 13. Conclusions.

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314 p. : ill.