Australian Public Law Notes

Description

Very detailed HD notes that go into every part of the course from Weeks 4-12 (Weeks 1-3 were not examined). The material covered in this course includes: • The nature, function, and history of Australian public law; • Fundamental public law concepts and doctrines, notably liberalism, federalism, representative and responsible government, the rule of law, parliamentary supremacy, separation of powers, judicial independence and judicial review; • The various modes of Australian public law, including constitutions, statutes, common law and constitutional conventions at the Commonwealth, State, and Territory levels; • The mechanisms for constitutional change; • The three arms of government: the legislature, the executive and the judiciary – the power invested in each, and the ways in which the exercise of such power is limited and checked; • The structures of Australian parliaments and electoral systems; • The structures of the executive government and the exercise and control of executive power; • The Australian judicial system and the nature of judicial power. The Legislature I: Constitutional Disputes Concerning the Structure and Election of Australian Parliaments The Legislature II: Legislative Power and State Constitutions The Legislature III: Limitations on Legislative Power: Delegation and Abdication of Legislative Power The Legislature IV: The Courts and Parliament: Judicial Intervention in Legislative and Parliamentary Proceedings The Executive I: The Structure of the Executive & the Nature and Content of Executive Power The Executive II: Executive Power (Prerogative & Nationhood) The Executive III: (Spending) The Judiciary I: The Nature and Separation of Judicial Power The Judiciary II: Judicial Adjustment of the Separation of Judicial Power