The Constitution of Western Australia: An Exploration

Author:   Alan Fenna ,  Sarah Murray
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Edition:   1st ed. 2023
ISBN:  

9789819931804


Pages:   213
Publication Date:   17 June 2023
Format:   Hardback
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The Constitution of Western Australia: An Exploration


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This book provides the first comprehensive introduction to, and enquiry into, the rules of Western Australia’s (WA) system of government. The WA Constitution is not well known or understood ― or even easy to identify ― and this book provides an essential guide. It brings academic expertise and careful scholarship to the exploration of sometimes complex constitutional issues in a way that will be invaluable for those with specialist interest in constitutional law and government while also being engaging and accessible for a wider audience. In doing so, it combines authorial expertise from constitutional law and political science — something essential to a well-rounded understanding of the simultaneously legal and political nature of a Constitution.

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Author:   Alan Fenna ,  Sarah Murray
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Imprint:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Edition:   1st ed. 2023
ISBN:  

9789819931804


ISBN 10:   9819931800
Pages:   213
Publication Date:   17 June 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Discovering the WA Constitution.- 2. The What, Why and How of Constitutions.- 3. The WA Constitution in the Federal System.- 4. Origins of the WA Constitution: Framers, History and Documents.- 5. First Peoples and the WA Constitution.- 6. The Constitution and System of Government.- 7. Voting Rights and Electoral System.- 8. Amending the State Constitution: Fundamental or Ordinary Law?.- 9. What Should Be Done? Consolidation and Beyond.- 10. Conclusion.

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Alan Fenna, BA Alberta, MA Queen’s, PhD York Professor of Politics at the John Curtin Institute of Public Policy, Curtin University. Alan Fenna publishes widely in the areas of Australian government, Australian public policy, and Australian and comparative federalism. He has served as President of the Australian Political Studies Association (2009–10); worked in the Constitutional Affairs section of the WA Ministry of Premier and Cabinet; and served as an elected member of local government Sarah Murray, BA (Hons), LLB (Hons) UWA, Grad Dip (Legal Practice) NSW, PhD Monash Professor at the University of Western Australia. Sarah Murray researches in the areas of constitutional law, electoral law and court innovation. She is a member of the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, a co-Chair of the ICON-S AUS-NZ Chapter and a WA Co-Convenor of the Electoral Regulation Research Network. In 2022 she was part of a successful ARC LIEF grant team working with Oxford University to digitise the drafting of the Australian Constitution.

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