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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Table of Abbreviations -- Table of Cases -- Table of Statutes -- Table of Treaties and International Instruments -- 1. Introduction -- I.?Applying? Theoretical Accounts -- II. Kelsen and Raz -- III. Australia 1788? 2001 -- IV. A Note on Methodology -- V. Outline -- 2. Australia 1788?2001 -- I. Nature and Material Scope -- A. Constitutional History: New South Wales -- i. Gubernatorial Autocracy 1788? 1823 -- ii. Governor and Council 1823? 42 |
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Iii. Representative and Responsible Governmentiv. Federation to the Australia Acts -- v. After the Australia Acts -- B. Constitutional History: Commonwealth -- i. Federation to the Statute of Westminster -- ii. Statute of Westminster to the Australia Acts -- iii. After the Australia Acts -- C. Enacting Formulae -- i. New South Wales -- ii. Commonwealth -- D. Seals and Royal Title -- E. Commonwealth and State Symbols -- i. Arms -- ii. Flags -- iii. Honours and Advance Australia Fair -- F. Defence Forces -- G. Summary -- II. Spatial Scope -- A. Overview |
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B. Separations and MergersC. Unpopulated Territory and Non-territorial Space -- D. Unincorporated Administration -- E. Summary -- III. Personal Scope -- A. Allegiance, Nationality and Citizenship -- i. Allegiance, Naturalisation and Denization -- ii. Nationality Under the Common Code -- iii. Citizenship -- B. Franchise -- i. New South Wales -- ii. Commonwealth -- iii. Norfolk Island -- C. Oaths of Allegiance -- D. Summary -- IV. Conclusions: Changes in Australian Law 1788? 2001 -- 3. Kelsen: Authorised Constitutional Change |
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I. Framework: Norms and Legal OrdersII. Hierarchy and Basic Norm -- III. Multiple Legal Systems -- A. Independent Systems -- B. Total and Partial Systems -- C. International Law and the Universal Legal System -- D. Late Kelsen -- IV. Continuity -- A. Revolutions, Authorisation and Effectiveness -- B. Exception: Termination of Systemic Validity -- C. Deemed Constitutionality: Constitutional Norms with an Alternative Character -- D. Continuity by International Law -- V. Problems with Kelsen?s Account -- A. Constructing the Hierarchy |
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B. Circularity in Ascertaining the Basic NormC. Historically First Constitutions -- VI. Conclusions -- 4. Application of Kelsen?s Account -- I. Norms and Constitutions in New South Wales in 1788 -- A. Locating the Basic Norm -- B. Discontinuity at Settlement? -- C. New South Wales as a Partial Legal System -- II. Continuity and Unconstitutional Gubernatorial Orders in New South Wales -- A. Possibility of Retrospective Authorisation -- B. Regularisation and Multiple Sufficient Basic Norms |
| Summary |
The Continuity of Legal Systems in Theory and Practice examines a persistent and fascinating question about the continuity of legal systems: when is a legal system existing at one time the same legal system that exists at another time? The book's distinctive approach to this question is to combine abstract critical analysis of two of the most developed theories of legal systems, those of Hans Kelsen and Joseph Raz, with an evaluation of their capacity, in practice, to explain the facts, attitudes and normative standards for which they purport to account. That evaluation is undertaken by reference to Australian constitutional law and history, whose diverse and complex phenomena make it particularly apt for evaluating the theories' explanatory power. In testing whether the depiction of Australian law presented by each theory achieves an adequate 'fit' with historical facts, the book also contributes to the understanding of Australian law and legal systems between 1788 and 2001. By collating the relevant Australian materials systematically for the first time, it presents the case for reconceptualising the role of Imperial laws and institutions during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and clarifies the interrelationship between Colonial, State, Commonwealth and Imperial legal systems both before and after Federation."--Bloomsbury Publishing. |
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| Subject |
Comparative government.
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Comparative government. |
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Jurisprudence.
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Jurisprudence. |
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Constitutional & administrative law. |
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Jurisprudence & philosophy of law. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Spagnolo, Benjamin. Continuity of Legal Systems in Theory and Practice. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, ©2015 9781849468831 |
| ISBN |
9781849468848 (electronic book) |
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1849468842 (electronic book) |
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9781849468862 |
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1849468869 |
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9781849468855 (electronic book) |
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1849468850 |
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9781849468855 |
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9781849468831 |
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1849468834 |
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