General
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Bernhart, Gordon (1999) Parliamentary Committees: Enhancing Democratic Governance, Cavendish Publishing, London.
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Isburg, Magnus (1982) The First Decade of the Unicameral Riksdag, Stockholm University, Stockholm.
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Pearce, D.C. (1977) Delegated Legislation in Australia and New Zealand, Butterworths, London.
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Third Commonwealth Conference on Delegated Legislation, Westminster (1989), HMSO, London.
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The United Kingdom
Adonis, Andrew (1988) ‘The House of Lords since 1945’, Contemporary Record, vol. 2, no. 3 (Autumn).
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Amery, Julian (1973) Approach March, Hutchinson, London.
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Butler, David (ed.) (1963) The Electoral System in Britain since 1918, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, Oxford.
—(1978) Coalitions in British Politics, Macmillan, London.
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Butler, David & Gareth Butler (2000) Twentieth-Century British Political Facts 1900-2000, Macmillan Press, London.
Conference on the Reform of the Second Chamber, (1918) (Cd 9038), London.
Crick, B. (1970) The Reform of Parliament, 2nd ed., Macmillan, London.
Dicey, A.V. (1887) England’s Case Against Home Rule, John Murray, London.
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Doherty, Michael (1988) ‘Prime Ministerial Power and Ministerial Responsibility in the Thatcher Era,’ Parliamentary Affairs, vol. 41, no. 1 (January).
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Drzemczewski, Andrew Z. (1983) European Human Rights Convention in Domestic Law, Clarendon Press, Oxford.
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Fowler, Norman (2000) ‘Parliament and the Media’, The Parliamentarian, vol. LXXXI, no. 3.
Gordon, Charles (ed.) (1983) Erskine May. Parliamentary Practice, 20th ed., Butterworths, London.
Greenleaf, W.H. (1987) The British Political Tradition, Methuen, London.
Griffith, J.A.G. & M. Ryle, with M.A.J. Wheeler-Booth (1989) Parliament. Functions, Practice and Procedures, Sweet & Maxwell, London.
Hailsham, Lord (1976) Elective Dictatorship [the Richard Dimbleby Lecture] BBC, London.
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Halvy, Elie (1951) Victorian Years. History of the English People in the Nineteenth Century: vol 4, Victorian Years, Benn, London.
Hennessy, Peter & Anthony Seldon, (eds) (1987) Ruling Performance, Basil Blackwell, Oxford.
Ingle, Stephen (1987) The British Party System, Basil Blackwell, Oxford.
Jack, Malcolm (1985) ‘Parliament’s Role as a Check on Government’, Parliamentary Affairs, vol. 38, no. 3 (Summer).
Jaconelli, Joseph (1988) ‘Incorporation of the Human Rights Convention: Arguments and Misconceptions’, Political Quarterly, vol. 59.
Jennings, W. Ivor (1969) Cabinet Government, Cambridge University Press.
Jones, B. & D. Kavanagh, (1987) British Politics Today, Manchester University Press, Manchester.
Likierman, Andrew (1988) ‘Information on Expenditure for Parliament: an Overview and Future Directions’, Parliamentary Affairs, vol. 41, no. 8 (July).
Lucy, Richard (ed.) The Pieces of Politics, 3rd ed., Macmillan, London.
Morgan, Janet P. (1975) The House of Lords and the Labour Government 1964-1970, Clarendon Press, Oxford.
Mount, Ferdinand (1992) The British Now, Heinemann, London.
Norton, Philip (1975) Dissension in the House of Commons 1945-1974, Macmillan, London.
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Pym, Francis (1984) The Politics of Consent, Hamish Hamilton, London.
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Select Committee on Procedure, Second Report 1990: The Working of the Select Committee System, HMSO, London.
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Canada
Canadian Bar Association (1985) The Appointment of Judges in Canada, Canadian Bar Foundation, Ottawa.
Dion, Hon. Stphane (1996) ‘Canada’s Challenge’, The Parliamentarian, vol. LXXVII, no. 3.
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Farrand, Max (ed.) (1911) Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn.
Feigert, Frank B. (1989) Canada Votes 1935-88, Duke University Press, Durham.
Franks, C.E.S. (1987) The Parliament of Canada, University of Toronto Press, Toronto.
Gaboury, Jean-Pierre & James Ross Hurley, (eds) (1989) The Canadian House of Commons Observed, University of Ottawa Press, Ottawa.
Gagnon, Alain G. & Brian Tanguay, (eds) (1989) Canadian Parties in Transition, Nelson Canada, Scarborough, Ontario.
Gunther, Magnus & Conrad Winn, (eds) (1991) House of Commons Reform, Parliamentary Internship Program, Ottawa.
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Jerome, James (1981-82) ‘Televising the House of Commons: a Retrospective’, Canadian Parliamentary Review, vol. 4, no. 5 (Winter).
Kunz, F.A. (1968) The Modern Senate of Canada: a Reappraisal, University of Toronto Press, Toronto.
Ledgerwood, Patrick D. (1991) ‘Compendium of Canadian Redistribution Procedures’, unpublished document, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Alberta.
Liberal Party of Canada (1993) Reviving Parliamentary Democracy.
Long, John Anthony (1968) ‘Maladministration in Western Provincial Legislatures’, Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. II, no. 3 (September).
Lyon, Vaughan (1984) ‘Minority Government in Ontario, 1975-1981: an Assessment’, Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. XVII, no. 4 (December).
MacGuigan, Mark (1983) Reform of the Senate: a Discussion Paper, Government of Canada, Ottawa.
MacKay, Robert A. (1963) The Unreformed Senate of Canada, McClelland & Stewart, Toronto.
Mallory, J.R. (1957) ‘Cabinet Government in the Provinces of Canada’, McGill Law Journal, vol. 3, no. 2 (Spring).
—(1983) ‘Can Parliament Control the Regulatory Process?’, Canadian Parliamentary Review, vol. 6, no. 3 (Autumn).
Marleau, Robert & Camille Montpetit (2000) House of Commons Procedures and Practice, Cheneliere/McGraw-Hill, Montreal.
Martin, Chester (1955) Foundations of Canadian Nationhood, University of Toronto Press, Toronto.
McDonald, Lynn (1987) The Party That Changed Canada, Macmillan, Toronto.
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Smith, Jennifer (1988) ‘Canadian Confederation and the Influence of American Federation’, Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. XXI, no. 3 (September).
Special Joint Committee (1984) Senate Reform, Parliament of Canada, Ottawa.
Stewart, Gordon T. (1986) The Origins of Canadian Politics. A Comparative Approach, University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver.
Stewart, Ian (1980) ‘The Formation of Canadian Federal Parliamentary Alliances’, Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. XIII, no. 3 (September).
Stewart, John B. (1977) The Canadian House of Commons. Procedures and Reform, McGill-Queen’s University Press, Montreal.
Strayer, B.L. (1988) ‘Life Under the Canadian Charter’, Public Law, vol. 3, no. 2 (Autumn).
Thorburn, Hugh G. (1972) Party Politics in Canada, Prentice-Hall, Scarborough.
Van Loon, Richard J. & Michael S. Whittington, (1987) The Canadian Political System, McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Toronto.
Vipond, Robert C. (1985) ‘Constitutional Politics and the Legacy of the Provincial Rights Movement in Canada’, Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. XVIII, no. 2 (June).
Waite, P.B. (ed.) (1963) Confederation Debates in the Provinces of Canada, 1865, McClelland & Stewart, Toronto.
Winn, Conrad & John McMenemy (1976) Political Parties in Canada, McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Toronto.
Australia
Advisory Committee to the Constitutional Commission (1987) Executive Government, Canberra Publishing and Printing Co., Canberra.
Barlin, L.M. (1997) House of Representatives Practice, 3rd ed., AGPS, Canberra.
Coaldrake, Peter (1989) Working the System: Government in Queensland, University of Queensland Press, Brisbane.
Constitutional Commission (1988) Final Report, AGPS, Canberra.
Costar, Brian (ed.) (2000) Deadlock or Democracy? The Future of the Senate, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney.
Cowen, Zelman (1985) ‘The Office of Governor-General’, Daedalus, vol. 114, no. 1.
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade(1993) Human Rights Manual, AGPS Canberra.
Federal Parliament’s Changing Role in Treaty Making and External Affairs, (2000) Department of the Parliamentary Library, Canberra.
Evans, Harry (1988) Constitutionalism and Party Government in Australia, Australian Study of Parliament Group, Canberra.
Fraser, J.M. (1978) ‘Responsibility in Government’, Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 37, no. 1 (March).
Galligan, Brian (1990) ‘Australia’s Rejection of a Bill of Rights’, Journal of Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, vol. 28, no. 3 (November).
Gleeson, Hon. Murray (2000) The Rule of Law and the Constitution, ABC Books, Sydney.
Healy, M. (1990) That’s it-I’m leaving, AGPS, Canberra.
House of Representatives Standing Committee on Procedure (1986) The Standing Orders and Practices which Govern Question Time, AGPS, Canberra.
Hughes, Colin A. (1980) The Government of Queensland, University of Queensland Press, Brisbane.
Jaensch, Dean (1986) Getting Our Houses in Order. Australia’s Parliament: How it Works and the Need for Reform, Penguin, Melbourne.
James, Michael (ed.) (1982) The Constitutional Challenge, Centre for Independent Studies, St. Leonards, NSW.
Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (1999) A Seminar on the Role of Parliaments in Treaty Making, The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra.
Kerr, John (1978) Matters for Judgment, Macmillan, Melbourne.
Kingston, Margo (1999) Off the Rails, Allen & Unwin, Melbourne.
Knopff, Rainer (1988) ‘Parliament vs the Courts: Making Sense of the Bill of Rights Debate’, Legislative Studies.
Lang, J.T. (1970) The Turbulent Years, Alpha Books, Sydney.
Legal and Constitutional Committee, Parliament of Victoria (1989) Subordinate Legislation, Government Printer, Melbourne.
Lumb, R.D. (1977) The Constitutions of the Australian States, 4th ed., University of Queensland Press, Brisbane.
Marsh, Ian (1991) ‘The Committee System of the U.K. House of Commons: Recent Developments and their Implications for Australia’, Papers on Parliament no. 11.
Mason, A. (1989) ‘A Bill of Rights for Australia?’ Australian Bar Review, vol. 5, no. 1 (March).
Menzies, Robert (1976) Afternoon Light, Nelson, Melbourne.
Nairn, Bede (1986) The Big Fella, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne.
National Australasian Convention Debates 1891: Official Reports, Government Printer, Sydney.
Odgers, J.R. (1991) Australian Senate Practice, 5th ed., Royal Australian Institute of Public Administration, Canberra.
Official Report of the National Australasian Convention Debates (1897) vol. 1, Government Printer, South Australia.
Page, Barbara (1990) ‘Ministerial Resignations and Individual Responsibility in Australia, 1976-1988’, Journal of Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, vol. 28, no. 2.
Parkes, Henry (1892) Fifty years in the Making of Australian History, vol. II, Longman, Sydney.
Quick, John & R.R. Garran, (1901) The Annotated Constitution of the Australian Commonwealth, Angus and Robertson, Sydney.
Ratnapala, Sun (1990) A Positive Role for Australia’s Upper Houses, Centre for Independent Studies, St. Leonards, NSW.
Reid, Alan (1976) The Whitlam Venture, Hill of Content, Melbourne.
Reid, G.S. (1984) ‘The Westminster Model and Ministerial Responsibility’, Current Affairs Bulletin, vol. 61, no. 1 (June).
—(1987) Australian Government: Does the Practice Match the Theory and Does It Matter? University of New England, Armidale.
Reid G.S. & M. Forrest, (1989) Australia’s Commonwealth Parliament, 1901-1988, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic.
Report of the Royal Commission into Commercial Activities of the [Western Australian] Government and Other Matters (1992), Government Printer, Perth.
Report of the Second Conference of Australian Delegated Legislation Committees (1989), Senate Procedure Office, Canberra.
Sawer, Geoffrey (1983) ‘Ministerial Responsibility and Quangos’, Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 42, no. 1 (March).
Sawer, Marian & Sarah Miskin, (eds) (1999) Representation and Institutional Change, Department of the Senate, Canberra.
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—(1985) A Bill of Rights for Australia? AGPS, Canberra.
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Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Government Administration (1989) Government Companies and their Report Requirements, AGPS, Canberra.
Solomon, David (1976) Elect the Governor-General, Nelson, Melbourne.
Uhr, John (1982) Questions Without Answers, Australasian Political Studies Association, Melbourne.
Weller, Patrick & Dean Jaensch (eds) (1980) Responsible Government in Australia, Australian Political Studies Association, Melbourne.
Whitlam, Gough (1979) The Truth of the Matter, Penguin, Melbourne.
Winterton, G. (1980) ‘Can the Commonwealth Parliament Enact “Manner and Form” Legislation?’ Federal Law Review, vol. II, no. 2.
New Zealand
Elkind, Jerome (1990) ‘The Optional Protocol: a Bill of Rights for New Zealand’, New Zealand Law Journal, vol. 2, no. 1 (March).
Gold, Hyam (ed.) (1985) New Zealand Politics in Perspective, Longman Paul, Auckland.
Gustafson, Barry (1986) The First 50 Years. A History of the New Zealand National Party, Reed Methuen, Auckland.
Holland, Martin & Jonathan Boston, (eds) (1990) The Fourth Labour Government. Politics and Policy in New Zealand, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, Auckland.
Jackson, Keith (1987) The Dilemma of Parliament, Allen & Unwin/Port Nicholson Press, Wellington.
Jackson, W.K. (1972) The New Zealand Legislative Council, University of Toronto Press, Toronto.
Likierman, Andrew (1988) ‘Information on Expenditure for Parliament: an Overview and Future Directions’, Parliamentary Affairs, vol. 41, no. 3 (July).
Mai Chen (1997) ‘The new Parliament under MMP’, Legislative Studies, vol. 11, no. 2 (Autumn).
McGee, David (1985) Parliamentary Practice in New Zealand, Government Printer, Wellington.
McLintock, A.H. (1966) An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, Government Printer, Wellington.
Milne, R.S. (1966) Political Parties in New Zealand, Clarendon Press, Oxford.
Morrell, W.P. (1932) The Provincial System in New Zealand, 1852-76, Longmans, Green, London.
Mulgan, Richard (1989) Democracy and Power in New Zealand, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, Auckland.
Palmer, G. (1987) Unbridled Power: an Interpretation of New Zealand’s Constitution and Government, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, Auckland.
Renton, Nick (1995) ‘Legislative Mumbo Jumbo’, IPA Review, vol. 48/1.
Robson, J.L. (1954) New Zealand: the Development of its Laws and Constitution, Stevens, London.
Rowe, James W. & Margaret A. Rowe, (1967) New Zealand, Ernest Benn, London.
Scott, R.J. (1962) The New Zealand Constitution, Clarendon Press, Oxford.
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Wilson, J.O. (1985) New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840-1984, 4th ed., Government Printer, Wellington.
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