Page tools

My Parliament

Can Responsible Government Survive In Australia?

David Hamer

Download this publication (PDF 1881KB)

Table of Contents

Foreword to the second edition
Foreword to the first edition
Introduction

Part 1 The beginnings of the Westminster system

1 - The origins of responsible government

2 - The development of the Westminster system

Part 2 The performance of the Westminster system parliaments in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, 1970-2000

3 - Choosing a government-lower houses as electoral colleges

4 - The executive government

5 - Curiously ill-defined-the role of the head of state

6 - Passing laws-lower houses as legislatures

7 - The other roles of lower houses

8 - Upper houses

9 - Parliamentary control of delegated legislation

10 - What parliaments cannot do

Part 3 The future of the Westminster system

11 - What is wrong with an elective dictatorship?

12 - Where do we go from here?

Bibliography

Footnotes

Back to top

Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Add | Email Print