The Constitution of Independence
The Development of Constitutional Theory in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand
ISBN13: 9780198268956ISBN10: 0198268955
Hardback,
388 pages
May 2005,
In Stock
Price:
$180.00 (06)
Honorable Mention Winner of the Society of Legal Scholars Peter Birks Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship
Description
The Constitution of Independence traces constitutional theory in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand from early domination by British Imperial ideas, through contemplation of constitutional equality, to the eventual achievement of irreversible constitutional independence in the 1980s. In these countries, a series of fascinating developments have been under way for more than a decade, characterized by independent thinking, experimentation, and cross-Commonwealth borrowing of constitutional ideas.Features
- Fills an important gap in the literature on British and Commonwealth law, politics, and history by writing the final chapter in 20th Century Commonwealth constitutional development (independent constitutions of commonwealth states)
- Topical given current European and American preoccupation with sovereignty and legal systems
About the Author(s)
Peter Crawford Oliver is Senior Lecturer at the School of Law, King's College London.
