Title The constitution of a federal commonwealth : the making and meaning of the Australian constitution / Nicholas Aroney.

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Description	1 online resource (xix, 426 pages)
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-410) and index.
Summary	Nicholas Aroney describes how ideas about federalism influenced those who drafted the Australian Constitution.
Contents	Introduction: Australia as a federal commonwealth -- Federalism -- Conceptualising federalism -- Reframing the analysis -- Federating Australia -- Models and Sources -- Australian appropriations -- Constitutional foundations -- Australian federation -- Principles of representation -- Representative institutions -- The states and the Commonwealth -- Configurations of power -- Amendment procedures -- Conclusions -- A federal commonwealth.
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Subject	Federal government -- Australia -- History.
	Federal government.
	Australia.
	History.
	Constitutional history -- Australia.
	Constitutional history.
	Australia -- Politics and government.
	Politics and government.
Chronological Term	Geschichte
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Aroney, Nicholas. Constitution of a federal commonwealth. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 9780521888646 (DLC) 2008045144 (OCoLC)237884176
ISBN	9781139129688 (electronic book)
	1139129686 (electronic book)
	9780511609671 (electronic book)
	0511609671 (electronic book)
	9780521888646
	0521888646
	9780521716895
	0521716896