LAW5007 – Principles of Constitutional Law Exam Notes

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Exam style notes, including the following topics and summary case notes: Topic 1, Introduction to Australian Constitutional Law -Constitutions -Australian Constitution -Underlying Principles Topic 2, State Legislative Powers -State Legislative Power – Plenary Power -Restrictions on State Plenary Power – Manner and Form -Key Limitations on State Legislative Power -State Referral of Power to the Commonwealth Topic 3, Constitutional Method: Interpretation, Characterisation and Remedies -Constitutional Construction and Interpretation -Reserved State Powers Doctrine and its Rejection -Methodologies of Constitutional Interpretation -Characterisation -Invalidity -Reading Down Topic 4, Corporations Power -s 51, Corporations Power -Laws Regulating the Formation of Corporations -Corporations Tests -Scope Topic 5, External Affairs Power -s 51, External Affairs Power -Laws with Respect to International Relations -Laws with Respect to Matters Geographically External to Australia -Laws Implementing International Legal Obligations -No Power to Enact Laws Topic 6, Federal Executive Power (including Power to Spend Money) -Structure of the Federal Executive Government -Federal Executive Power -Non-Statutory Executive Powers -Executive Power Conferred by Statute -Depth Issues to Consider Topic 7, Separation of Judicial Power -Nature of Judicial Power -Separation of Judicial Power, Boilermakers Doctrine -First Limb of Boilermakers and its Exceptions -Second Limb of Boilermakers and its Exceptions -Constitutional Separation of State Judicial Power Topic 8, Institutional Integrity of the Courts -Institutional Integrity of Ch III Courts -Defining Characteristics of ‘Courts’ -Additional Defining Characteristics of ‘Federal Courts’ -Additional Defining Characteristics of ‘Supreme Courts’ Topic 9, Inconsistency -Meaning of ‘Invalid’ and ‘Prevail’ -Inconsistency -Manufacturing Inconsistency -Manufacturing Consistency Topic 10, Intergovernmental Immunities -Former Doctrine of Implied Immunity of -Instrumentalities -Conceptual Basis for IGI -Melbourne Corporation Doctrine, State Immunity from Commonwealth Laws -Cigmatic Doctrine, Commonwealth Immunity from State Laws Topic 11, Implied Freedom of Political Communication -Source of the Implied Freedom of Political Communication -Framework for Assessing Whether a Law Infringes the Implied Freedom -Question 1 – Burdens on Political Communication -Question 2 – Compatibility Testing -Question 3 – Proportionality Testing Topic 12, Freedom of Interstate Trade and Commerce -s 92, Freedom of Interstate Trade and Commerce -Other Considerations