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POP 42-The Distinctive Foundations of Australian Democracy

Papers on Parliament No. 42
December 2004

Introduction (PDF 19KB)

Alfred Deakin. A Centenary Tribute
Stuart Macintyre

(PDF 201KB)

The High Court and the Parliament: Partners in Law-making, or Hostile Combatants?
Michael Coper

(PDF 155KB)

Constitutional Schizophrenia Then and Now
A.J. Brown

(PDF 155KB)

Eureka and the Prerogative of the People
John Molony

(PDF 155KB)

John Quick: a True Founding Father of Federation
Sir Ninian Stephen

(PDF 155KB)

Rules, Regulations and Red Tape: Parliamentary Scrutiny and Delegated Legislation
Dennis Pearce

(PDF 155KB)

‘The Australias are One’: John West Guiding Colonial Australia to Nationhood
Patricia Fitzgerald Ratcliff

(PDF 155KB)

The Distinctiveness of Australian Democracy
John Hirst

(PDF 155KB)

The Usual Suspects? ‘Civil Society’ and Senate Committees
Anthony Marinac

(PDF 129KB)

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