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(Sir John Salmond Library)
The University of Adelaide
SA 5005
AUSTRALIA
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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