Constitutional law exam notes (LAWS50028)

Description

Includes case and legislative summaries structured within a hypothetical framework. Topics include: Introduction to Australian constitutions and to constitutional law; Representative Democracy: o Composition, powers and procedures of Australian Parliaments and their constituent chambers; and o Political rights and freedoms. Separation of powers: o Legislature and Executive; and o Judicial power. Australian Federalism: - Key features of the Australian federation; - Inconsistency of Commonwealth and State law; - The federal division of legislative power, including the scope of state legislative power and, in relation to federal legislative power, types of power, interpretation, characterisation, incidental power, selected heads of power for detailed study; - The federal division of executive power; - The federal division of judicial power including the concept of federal jurisdiction; - Governmental and inter-governmental immunities: statutory interpretation and constitutional principles; and - Economic union: finance, trade and free movement in the Australian federal system. Express rights and freedoms.