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  • The Need for Australian Constitutional Theory

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    Sampford, Charles
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    Sampford, Charles J.
    Year published
    1995
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    Abstract
    This article was published to help launch the Australian Constitutional Theory project, whose purpose was to examine fundamental aspects of the Australian polity and constitution. The author poses a series of questions for Australian constitutional theory in the 1990s: questions for whom traditional responses are no longer adequate. These include: democracy, rights, federalism, judging, and the rule of law. Whilst advocating the development of an Australian constitutional theory, the author discusses the mistakes theory laden work can fall into, in particular the problem of importing theory. Key distinctions about the ...
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    This article was published to help launch the Australian Constitutional Theory project, whose purpose was to examine fundamental aspects of the Australian polity and constitution. The author poses a series of questions for Australian constitutional theory in the 1990s: questions for whom traditional responses are no longer adequate. These include: democracy, rights, federalism, judging, and the rule of law. Whilst advocating the development of an Australian constitutional theory, the author discusses the mistakes theory laden work can fall into, in particular the problem of importing theory. Key distinctions about the Australian context are discussed, especially the primacy of federalism, limited government and the diffusion of power, and the problems and undesirability of searching for an original intent in Australian constitutionalism (which forms a response to Professor Greg Craven).
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    Journal Title
    Griffith Law Review
    Volume
    3
    Publisher URI
    https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/agispt.19955111
    Copyright Statement
    © 1995 Griffith Law School. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Nutrition and Dietetics not elsewhere classified
    Law
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/33941
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