LAWS1141 Essay Brainstorms - HD MARK

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Structure: for/against arguments provided for potential essay topics across the entire course Topics covered: - Political versus legal constitutionalism - Was Australia legally independent at the time of Federation? - Is Australia legally independent now? - Representative and responsible government - Parliamentary sovereignty - Power of judicial review - Role of State versus Commonwealth - Utilizing treaties to overcome issues of issues of Indigenous sovereignty (Justice French) - Action to equalise the status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander First Nations people under the Constitution - Changes elicited by the 1967 Referendum - How can Australia operate by popular sovereignty, when Imperial rule underpinned our constitutional foundations? - The strict constitutional interpretation of S 44 reinforces the dominance of legal constitutionalism in the Australian legal system.