Australian Constitutional Law
Please also refer to our webpage on Legal History
Websites
Australian Federation
Database
A database containing the full text of the debates and conventions of the 1890's
leading up to Federation with a range of participants' accounts and other contextual
material from the time. These include the Quick and Garran "Annotated Constitution
of the Commonwealth of Australia" and "Studies in Australian Constitutional Law"
by Andrew Inglis Clark, as well as a large number of books, pamphlets and articles
by Deakin,Barton, Parkes, Griffiths, Spence and others. (description taken from
publicity for the relase of the site)
Australian
Public Law Website
A site created and maintained by NTU Law School Staff and students.
Aimed primarily at law students with the aim of providing comprehensive
coverage of public law issues (including Constitutional Law). Contains
links, conference papers, un-refereed journal articles and case notes.
Constitution Finder
An index offering constitutions, charters, amendments, and other related documents.
Nations of the world and states are listed alphabetically, and each nation's or
state's name is linked to its constitutional text posted somewhere on the Internet
Constitutions, Treaties and
Declarations (created by Keele University, UK)
Constitutional
Law
An excellent site maintained by the Parliamentary Library. Contains diverse material
relevant to Constitutional Law - an excellent starting point. Highly recommended.
This site is a component of the Weblaw Project
Documenting A Democracy
The aim of this website is to: "to trace the development of Australian
democracy through the key documents directing the constitutional paths
taken so far."
Maintained by the National Archives of Australia it contains original
transcripts and information relating to various State , Federal and Imperial
sources.
Records of the Australasian
Constitutional Conventions of the 1890s
Access to the debates and proceedings of the Australasian Federation Conference
of 1890 and the Australasian Federal Conventions of 1891 and 1897/8
Journals
Australian journal of legal history
Governance
Hastings constitutional law quarterly
International
journal of constitutional law (ICON)
Public law
Public law review
Statute
law review
Law reports
Commonwealth
law reports
Law reports of the Commonwealth. Constitutional and administrative law reports
Looseleaf Services
Blaustein. Constitutions of the countries of the world
Blaustein. Constitutions of dependencies and special sovereignties
Constitutions of the United States, national and state
Peaslee. Constitutions of nations
Dictionaries and Encyclopaedias
Halsbury's laws of Australia, v.5 Constitutional Law
Laws of Australia, v.19 Government
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