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Constitutional Law texts are shelved at 342.2
Subject terms to search in the catalogue include: Australia - History; Australia - Politics and Government; Australia Constitutions; Democracy - Australia - History; Federal Government - Australia - History; Australia - Constitutional History
There are a number of "major texts" in this area with regular editions being released. Check the catalogue for details of the current edition.
Indexes:
Full text Journals:
Australian:
International:
Articles
Australian Law Reform Commission
Australian Constitutional Convention 1998
Australian Republican Movement
New South Wales Law Journal 4:2 - "The 1998 Constitutional Convention: an Experiment in Popular Reform?"
Records of the Australasian Federal Conventions of the 1890s
Australian Referendum Information
Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act (Parliament of Australia)
Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act (use AustLII version for [Noteup] fuctions for sections)
Documenting a Democracy (National Archives of Australia) - scanned imaged of significant constitutional legislation and documents
Constitution Act 1889 (WA) (Western Australian Legislation)
Lexis+ - Legislation - Statutes Annotations Federal - Browse to Amended Sections and Annotations
Australia's Constitutional Milestones (Parliament of Australia)
HeinOnline World Constitutions Illustrated
The original Australian Constitution was passed by the British Government via the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900
Australian Constitution s 44: Disqualification (FRoL link)
Department of the Parliamentary Library, Dual Citizenship, Foreign Allegiance and s 44 of the Australian Constitution, 1992.
eBrief: Section 44 of the Constitution, March 2004.
Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Aspects of section 44 of the Australian Constitution Subsections 44(i) and (iv), July 1997
Articles on ProQuest database: paste search string: all(citizen OR 44) NEAR/30 all(constitution) AND loc.Exact("AUSTRALIA" OR "australia" OR "Australia")
Re Canavan; Re Ludlam; Re Waters; Re Roberts [No 2]; Re Joyce; Re Nash; Re Xenophon [2017] HCA 45
Blackshield, Tony, 'Seven Little Australians', Australian Public Law, 30 October 2017.
Blackshield, Tony, '"Exclusive Cognisance” and Cognitive Dissonance: Alley v Gillespie', Australian Public Law, 3 April 2018.
Commonwealth Law Reports (CLR) on Westlaw Australia
Australian Law Reports (ALR) on Lexis+
Unreported decisions on AustLII and Jade Barnet
High Court of Australia - Note links to judges' speeches and other documents
Constitution Education Fund Australia - an independant, non-partisan and non-profit organisation committed to increasing public understanding and appreciation of the Constitution, its history and contemporary relevance
Laws of Australia (Westlaw Australia) - Select Encyclopaedia, Click on Laws of Australia, click on the + next to Government
Our Government (Australian Government) - leads to useful headings such as Australia's Federation, Commonwealth Government and State Governments.
Australia's System of Government - (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade)
About Parliament: House of Representatives InfoSheets (Parliament of Australia)
Constitute Project - The World's Constitutions to Read, Search, and Compare
World Constitutions Illustrated: Contemporary and Historical Documents and Resources