The Constitution of Independence: The Development of Constitutional Theory in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand

by Peter C. Oliver

Overview

The Constitution of Independence traces constitutional theory in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand from early domination by British Imperial ideas, through contemplation of constitutional equality, to the eventual achievement of irreversible constitutional independence in the 1980s. In these countries, a series of fascinating developments have been under way for more than a decade, characterized by independent thinking, experimentation, and cross-Commonwealth borrowing of constitutional ideas.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198268956
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/16/2005
Pages:	392
Product dimensions:	9.21(w) x 6.14(h) x 0.88(d)

About the Author

Peter Crawford Oliver is Senior Lecturer at the School of Law, King's College London.

Table of Contents

1. IntroductionPart I: the Imperial Constitution2. The Imperial Dominions3. Parliamentary Sovereignty in the Empire and Commonwealth: Dicey's Dominions and Dogmas4. Theories of Parliamentary Sovereignty after 1931: New and RevisedPart II: Constitution to Independence5. Canada I: Confederation and the Imperial Theory6. Canada II: An Independent Constitutional Theory7. Canada III: The Patriation Reference8. New Zealand: Waitangi, Westminster, and Wellington9. Australia I: Colonies, Conventions, and Canberra10. Australia II: Westminster to CanberraPart III: Constitutional Independence11. Legal Continuity or Disguised Revolution? 12. Theoretical Approaches to Sovereignty and Legal System13. Constitutional Continuity and Constitutional Independence14. Conclusion