The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia Annotated 8th ed

This book provides a unique section by section annotation of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia. The work focuses on the most important decisions concerning the Commonwealth Constitution and has been updated to incorporate amendments to the statutes and discussions on the recent case law. Examples of significant recent cases covered in this edition include:

• Hogan v Hinch (2011) 85 ALJR 398 (implied freedom of political communication)
• South Australia v Totani (2010) 271 ALR 662 (Kable principle)
• Kirk v Industrial Relations Commission (2010) 239 CLR 531 (privative clauses)
• Rowe v Electoral Commissioner (2010) 273 ALR 1 (closure of electoral rolls)

Features

• A combination of primary resources and comments by highly respected authors provides a section by section annotation of the Commonwealth of Australia.
• The lay-out provides a clear distinction between Constitution and commentary ensures students can easily identify the important commentary of the author.
• The introduction gives students an introduction to important principles of Constitutional law, like the history and general themes such as federalism as well as other important Constitutional matters which don?t fall into the section by section annotation.