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1983

Australia

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Power To Enforce Treaties In Australia -- The High Court Goes Centralist?, John M. Finnis Jan 1983

Power To Enforce Treaties In Australia -- The High Court Goes Centralist?, John M. Finnis

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At first glance, the decision of the High Court of Australia in Koowarta v Bjelke-Petersen profoundly affects the distribution of legislative power between the States and the Commonwealth of Australia. Perhaps that first impression should be somewhat qualified. But there seems no good reason to doubt what Wilson J (dissenting) said about its possible implications for the exercise of State legislative power.


The Responsibilities Of The United Kingdom Parliament And Government Under The Australian Constitution, John M. Finnis Jan 1983

The Responsibilities Of The United Kingdom Parliament And Government Under The Australian Constitution, John M. Finnis

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Arguing that the United Kingdom retained constitutioanl duties to Australia following that country's independence.