LAW2CSL Full Notes, edited and organised

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Save a bunch of time with these up-to-date constitutional law notes. Perfect for end of year exam and revision. Areas covered: CONSTITUTION • Fundamental principles • Constitutional change INTERPRETATION AND CHARACTERISATION • Methods of interpretation • High Court’s approaches to interpretation • Principles of Characterisation • Test • Subject matter powers vs purposive powers • Core vs incidental • Dual/Multiple Characterisation FEDERALISM • Division of legislative powers • Exclusive powers • Concurrent powers • Adoptions of federalism • Co-Sovereign federalism STATES AND TERRITORIES • State Constitutions • Restrictive procedures • Territories GRANTS POWER • Appropriations CORPORATIONS POWER • Scope of power EXTERNAL AFFAIRS POWER • Relations with other nations • Geographic externality • Matters of international concern EXECUTIVE POWER • Reserve powers • Scope of power • Prerogative powers • Nationhood power • Executive capacities • Test for exercises of executive power JUDICIAL POWER • Separation of judicial power • Federal judicial power • General indicators • Statutory tribunals • Test for separation of judicial power • Exceptions to Separation of Power principles • Judicial delegation • Persona designata • Separation of judicial power in the States • Federal judicial power and detention IMPLIED RIGHTS • Freedom of political communication • Test to identify implied freedom of political communication • Implementation of treaty obligations EXPRESS RIGHTS • Freedom of religion • What is religion? • Establishing a religion • Prohibiting the free exercise of religion • Qualification for any office or public trust INCONSISTENCY • What is a law? • Types of inconsistency • Direct inconsistency • Indirect inconsistency (‘covering the field’) • Consequences of invalidity