The constitution of independence: the development of constitutional theory in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.

Published by Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005, 2008, 2008

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very good red hardcover with printed illustrated front cover, attractive copy. OUP remainder stamp on top foredge. OLIVER, PETER C. The constitution of independence: the development of constitutional theory in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005, 2008, 2008, reprinted, xx, 367pp., . "The Constitution of Independence is a contribution to the newly rejuvenated subject of comparative Commonwealth constitutional law, politics, and history. In Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, 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." "This book explores the development of constitutional thinking in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand from early domination by Imperial ideas, through the adoption of the Statute of Westminster and the contemplation of severing Imperial connections, to irreversible acquisition of constitutional independence in the 1980s. This book focuses primarily on sovereignty and the legal system, concepts which are also central to contemporary constitutional theory in Europe and the United States." - CONTENTS: 1. Introduction -- 2. The imperial dominions -- 3. Parliamentary sovereignty in the empire and commonwealth : Dicey's dominions and dogmas -- 4. Theories of parliamentary sovereignty after 1931 : new and revised -- 5. Canada I : confederation and the imperial theory -- 6. Canada II : an independent constitutional theory -- 7. Canada III : the Patriation reference -- 8. New Zealand : Waitangi, Westminster and Wellington -- 9. Australia I : colonies, conventions and the constitution -- 10. Australia II : Westminster to Canberra -- 11. Legal continuity or disguised revolution? -- 12. Theoretical approaches to sovereignty and legal system -- 13. Constitutional continuity and constitutional independence -- 14. Conclusion. ISBN 9780198268956.…

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The constitution of independence: the development of constitutional theory in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.
Author
Oliver, Peter C., 1960-
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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005, 2008, 2008
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Hardcover

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